Name: Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 eggs, room temperature; 2 cups creamy peanut butter; 3 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1 1/2 cups raspberry jam; 2/3 cups peanuts, coarsely chopped (optional)

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PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY BARS – Rich dessert bars made with layers of creamy peanut butter cookie and sweet raspberry jelly. These soft, crumbly bars are sure to make you feel like a kid again.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars are seriously addictive. They perfectly balance the amount of rich peanut butter to sweet jelly. They are a bit crumbly on the outside, but very rich and soft on the inside.

I made these bars with raspberry jelly. If that’s not your favorite combination with peanut butter, or you don’t have it on hand, you could easily substitute it for a different jelly flavor.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars are pretty rich. I would recommend cutting them into small portions and serving them with a tall glass of cold milk, or my personal favorite chocolate milk.

I found that the chopped peanuts mostly fell off of the bars. They looked pretty on top, but I would probably leave those out next time. I didn’t feel like they were worth the effort.

Here’s what you need to make Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars…

Unsalted butter
Sugar
Vanilla
Eggs
Creamy peanut butter
Flour
Baking powder
Salt
Raspberry jam
Peanuts

Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars

Yield: 4 dozen

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY BARS - Rich dessert bars made with layers of creamy peanut butter cookie and sweet raspberry jelly. These soft, crumbly bars are sure to make you feel like a kid again.

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs, room temperature
2 cups creamy peanut butter
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups raspberry jam
2/3 cups peanuts, coarsely chopped (optional)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350.
Grease and flour a 9x13 pan.
In a stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until it lightens in color.
Add in the vanilla, eggs and peanut butter. Mix unitl fully combined.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
A little at a time add the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture, mix until fully combined. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl as needed.
Evenly spread 2/3 of the dough into the 9x13 pan.
Evenly spread the jam over the dough.
Top the remaining 1/3 of the dough on top of the jelly by flattening chunks and piecing it together.
Sprinkle the chopped peanuts on top.
Bake for 40-45 minutes, until golden brown.
Cool and cut into small triangles.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 48 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 193Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 143mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 1gSugar: 12gProtein: 4g

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is only an estimate.