Who doesn't like peanut butter and jelly?!
Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups jam (your choice of flavor!)
- 1/2 cups salted peanuts, chopped into small pieces
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Grab a large yet shallow 9×13 or bigger pan, line it with parchment paper, and then spray the parchment with cooking spray and flour it.
- Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer on medium speed for about 2 minutes.
- Turn the mixer to low and add the eggs, vanilla and peanut butter and mix until combined.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together.
- Turn the mixer back on to low speed and add the flour mixture until just combined.
- Spread 2/3 of the dough into the baking pan, spreading to the edges (use your hands, it’s easiest that way!)
- Spread the jam evenly over the dough.
- Drop small chunks of the remaining dough over the jam. You’ll have some spots where the jam shows through, but don’t worry about that.
- Scatter the peanuts over the top.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until the dough is golden brown. Cool completely and then cut into squares. Enjoy!
In honor of Peanut Butter & Jelly Day recently, I have decided to make Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars. This is a recipe i found online and decided to try it out and it turn out well. One of the main thing i would definitely encourage you if you are planning to try out this recipe is to make this as large and thin as possible as the peanut butter bottom can get a bit too much. Overall it’s fun to make with the family and makes for a great snack/dessert.
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