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Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
Sweet and crunchy peanut butter and jelly bars are filled with all the flavors of a classic PB&J sandwich. An easy cookie bar recipe that tastes like childhood!
👥 20 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 25m⏳ Prep: 1h🔥 Cook: 25 min👤 Shelly📖 cookiesandcups
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- oven
- baking dish
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- pan
- baking sheet
- spatula
- whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cookie Crust
2
Preheat oven to 375°
3
Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray
4
In mixing bowl combine sugar, flour, salt and butter. Mix together on medium speed until dough begins to hold together. Add egg and mix again until dough just comes together.
cup cold butter, cut into tablespoon sized pieces1/2butter, room temperature1 cupcreamy peanut butter2 cupscold butter, but into cubes6 Tbspegg1
5
Press dough in the bottom pf prepared pan evenly.
6
Place pan on a baking sheet and bake ⏱️ 20-25 minutes until dough starts to get golden.
7
Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
8
Reduce oven temperature to 325°
9
Peanut Butter and Jelly Filling
cup cold butter, cut into tablespoon sized pieces1/2butter, room temperature1 cupcreamy peanut butter2 cupscold butter, but into cubes6 Tbsp
10
In mixing bowl with paddle attachment beat the butter until smooth. Add in the peanut butter and continue beating until incorporated and creamy.
cup cold butter, cut into tablespoon sized pieces1/2butter, room temperature1 cupcreamy peanut butter2 cupscold butter, but into cubes6 Tbsp
11
Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and continue beating until smooth.
vanilla1 tsp
12
Spread this evenly on top of crust with an offset spatula.
13
Freeze this while you make your crumb topping.
14
Crumb Topping
15
In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and brown sugar. Next whisk in the oats. Pour this mixture into mixing bowl and add your cubes of cold butter. With paddle attachment beat on low speed until loose crumbs form.
cup cold butter, cut into tablespoon sized pieces1/2butter, room temperature1 cupcreamy peanut butter2 cupscold butter, but into cubes6 Tbsp
16
Take pan out of freezer. Spread your 2 cups of jelly or preserves on top of the peanut butter layer.
cup cold butter, cut into tablespoon sized pieces1/2butter, room temperature1 cupcreamy peanut butter2 cupscold butter, but into cubes6 Tbsp
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Sprinkle the crumb topping on top of the jelly layer evenly, covering the jelly completely.
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Bake bars for ⏱️ 20-25 minutes until the top is brown.
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Allow bars to cool for ⏱️ 30 minutes on a wire rack and then transfer to refrigerator to continue to cool, approx ⏱️ 2 hours.
20
When completely cooled cut into squares.
Nutrition Facts
calories
348 calories
fat Content
22.6 g
serving Size
1 Bar
fiber Content
3.4 g
sugar Content
14.3 g
sodium Content
397.7 mg
protein Content
8.8 g
trans Fat Content
0 g
cholesterol Content
0.1 mg
carbohydrate Content
31 g
saturated Fat Content
4.1 g
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