Peanut Butter 'N' Jelly Bars

Submitted by Sherri35

"These are delicious, chewy bar cookies that are made with ingredients we always have on hand. They freeze well too!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 20-24

ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 cup grape jelly or 1 cup jam (or your favorite flavor)

directions

1. Combine flour, sugar and baking powder.
2. Cut in butter and peanut butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
3. Stir in eggs, mixing well until all flour is incorporated.
4. Press half of mixture into greased 13x9x2 baking pan.
5. Spread grape jelly or jam over peanut butter mixture (don't worry if crumbs get mixed in while you're trying to spread the jam- it doesn't matter).
6. Crumble remaining dough over jelly.
7. Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
8. Cool and cut into bars.

Reviews

[MommaMJ]

These are easy and good; my daughter's daycare friends loved them. One change; the first batch I made exactly according to recipe, and I just thought it was a little too sweet for me and not quite peanut-buttery enough. So second batch, I melted about 1/3 cup of peanut butter in the microwave, then drizzled it over the jam and drew a knife through for swirls, before adding the rest of the dough. Also put a little (tsp) lemon juice in the jam to help make it tart. More like PBJ sandwiches, super-yum.

 

[Debbb]

Really good! I used strawberry jam but followed the recipe otherwise.

 

[FMR674]

I should have reviewed this recipe a long time ago because I've been using it for years now. I make it gluten free by substituting Pamela's baking mix for the flour. This is a crowd pleaser!

 

[Chef jen_hart]

I made this for dessert for our family's Sunday lunch and it was a hit. I didn't have any jam, so I sliced fresh strawberries and used them for the middle layer. I thought it was a nice substitution (and lessened the amount of added sugar in the recipe.)

 

[Jules211]

I made these over the weekend. They were dry out of the oven, but when i put the in an air tight container they softened. I used strawberry freezer jam. I think next time i will use more. They are very good and evryone wants me to make again. Thanks for posting