Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars

By Addie

These quick bars combine my favorite flavors in one dessert. Pour yourself a big glass of milk (or if you’re naughty, like me make it chocolate milk). If you like peanut butter and jelly, then you are going to love these. I used strawberry jam to make mine. I think they’d be awesome with grape or blackberry too. Or cherry or…really any kind of jam would be great in these bars. I adapted the recipe for Cherry Oat Bars. I thought I’d be able to decrease the butter, since I was adding in peanut butter, but that didn’t work out. The photo of the ingredients only shows part of the butter you’ll need. I love recipes like this one that use common pantry ingredients. If you’ve got a nearly full jar of jam to spare, then you’ve probably got everything you’ll need to make these.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups quick oats
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) butter, softened
• 1 1/4-1 1/2 cups any kind of jam

Details

Adapted from eatathomecooks.com

Preparation

Step 1

Place all the ingredients, except the jam into a mixer bowl. Blend until well combined. Press half into a greased (or parchment paper lined) 8 inch pan. Spread jam over the first layer. Top with rest of peanut butter mixture, pressing lightly with your hands.


Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Cool completely before serving. These really do taste better cool.