Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars

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Prep Time
20 Mins
Bake Time
45 Mins
Total Time
1 Hour 5 Mins
Yield
24 bars
April 2012
RECIPE BY MyRecipes

Try this recipe that's a new twist on a classic. Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars combine those oh-so-tasty flavors that we all know and love into a dessert bar that the whole family will appreciate. Bonus: no bread crusts to cut off!

Ingredients

  • 1 stick (1/4 lb.) unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups strawberry preserves
  • 2/3 cup salted peanuts
  • 2/3 cup peanut butter chips

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 274
  • Fat 15g
  • Satfat 5g
  • Protein 7g
  • Carbohydrate 30g
  • Fiber 2g
  • Cholesterol 19mg
  • Sodium 152mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and lightly flour a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.

Step 2

Using an electric mixer on medium speed, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Lower speed; add egg, vanilla and peanut butter and beat until combined.

Step 3

In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder and salt. On low speed, slowly add flour mixture to peanut butter mixture. Mix until just combined. Set aside 1/2 cup dough.

Step 4

Using your fingertips, press remaining dough into an even layer in pan. Spread preserves over dough. Crumble reserved 1/2 cup dough over preserves and then sprinkle with peanuts and peanut butter chips.

Step 5

Bake until golden and bubbly, 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and cut into bars.

Chef's Notes

This recipe also appeared in the September 2007 issue.

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Ratings & Reviews

Dollmakervbar's Review

SpokaneBaker
June 06, 2013
Oh Wow! These bars are great! Made them exactly as the recipe was written, except that I didn't have a 9 x 13 mine was 9.5 x 13.5, but it worked out just fine. I used Dry Roasted Peanuts and pulsed them a bit in a mini food processor. Heaven. Hubby loves them too.

SpokaneBaker's Review

Dollmakervbar
December 07, 2010
Oh my gosh! We used to have this great bakery - Cielo Bakery - in Spokane that made the most wonderful peanut butter & jelly bars. Then they closed and I have been craving them ever since. These bars are exactly like Cielo Bakery's!! I make them in a 9x9 pan instead of the 13x9 so they're thicker, and leave off the peanut butter chips. Maybe bake another 5 minutes, but not long.