Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
24 Bars
ingredients
- 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened at room temperature
- 1 1⁄4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 3⁄4 cup creamy peanut butter or 3/4 cup chunky peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 cup strawberry jam or 1 cup grape jelly, stirred
- 1⁄2 cup rolled oats
directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 13x9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt, set aside.
- In a large bowl, with electric mixer on medium, beat butter, brown sugar, peanut butter, milk and vanilla until well blended, 1 minute.
- Add egg and beat until just blended.
- Blend flour mixture into wet ingredients on low speed just until incorporated.
- Pat 2/3 of the dough in bottom of pan in an even layer.
- Spread jam or jelly evenly over crust to within ¼” of sides.
- With large spoon, combine remaining dough with oats.
- Drop by spoonfuls onto jam layer.
- Dough will be somewhat stiff.
- Press lightly with fingertips to even out dough layer.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until crumb topping is lightly browned and edges pull away from sides of pan.
- Transfer pan to wire rack and cool completely.
- Cut into 24 bars.
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