Sarah's Pb&j Chocolate Bars
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
36
ingredients
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For the base
- 118.29 ml unsalted butter
- 78.78 ml granulated sugar
- 78.78 ml unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 sleeve saltine, finely crushed (40 crackers, regular or whole wheat)
- 177.44 ml finely chopped roasted peanuts
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For the filling and glaze
- 59.14 ml grape jelly
- 103.53 ml unsalted butter, softened
- 4.92 ml unsalted butter, softened
- 78.78 ml creamy peanut butter
- 118.29 ml confectioners' sugar
- 113.39 g semisweet chocolate, chopped
directions
- Make the base: Line an 8-inch square baking pan with foil, extending it over the sides.
- Put the butter in a medium heatproof bowl; position the bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water (the bowl should not touch the water). Once the butter melts, stir in the sugar and cocoa.
- Whisk in the egg; cook, whisking, until the mixture is warm and the consistency of hot fudge, 6 minutes.
- Remove from the heat; mix in the saltine crumbs and peanuts.
- Press the crust into the pan.
- Set aside the saucepan of water.
- Make the filling: Spread the jelly over the crust in the pan; place in the freezer for a few minutes.
- Beat 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon butter, the peanut butter and confectioners' sugar with a mixer until light.
- Spread over the jelly layer; return to the freezer while you make the glaze.
- Place the chocolate and the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a heatproof bowl; set over the pan of simmering water and stir until the chocolate is melted.
- Remove from the heat; stir until smooth.
- When cool but still runny, spread the glaze over the chilled peanut butter layer.
- Freeze for another 30 minutes.
- Bring the bars to room temperature.
- Use the foil flaps to remove the bars from the pan; cut into squares.
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Vino Girl
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My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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