Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
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Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • 1 stick butter
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup or 9 oz peanut butter (Ina used Skippy)
  • 1 ½ cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¾ raspberry jam or other jam (9 oz) I used strawberry.
  • ½ cup salted peanuts
Instructions
  1. Mise en place
  2. Prepare a 9x9 pan with parchment paper
  3. Preheat oven to 350° F
  4. In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
  5. Cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until light yellow, about 2 minutes.
  6. Add vanilla, egg, and peanut butter; mix until well combined.
  7. Slowly add the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture. Mix just until combined.
  8. Spread two thirds of the dough in the prepared pan, using a knife to spread it evenly. Spread the jam evenly over the dough.
  9. Drop small spoonsful of the remaining dough evenly over the jam.
  10. Don’t worry if all the jam isn’t covered; the dough will spread when it bakes. Sprinkle with the chopped peanuts.
  11. Bake for 45 minutes, until golden brown.
  12. Cool and cut into small squares.
Notes
Note* base your salt addition by the peanuts you use. I bought 50% less salt and that was more than adequate for me. When adding flour, mix just to incorporate so not develop the gluten. If you over mix you will have a tough cookie.
Recipe by Make Mine Lemon at https://www.makeminelemon.com/peanut-butter-and-jelly-bars/