Peanut Butter And Jelly Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened at room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter or 3/4 cup chunky peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 cup strawberry jam or 1 cup grape jelly, stirred
• 1/2 cup rolled oats

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 13x9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• 3 in medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt, set aside.
• 4 in a large bowl, with electric mixer on medium, beat butter, brown sugar, peanut butter, milk and vanilla until well blended, 1 minute.
• 5 add egg and beat until just blended.
• 6 blend flour mixture into wet ingredients on low speed just until incorporated.
• 7 pat 2/3 of the dough in bottom of pan in an even layer.
• 8 spread jam or jelly evenly over crust to within ¼” of sides.
• 9 with large spoon, combine remaining dough with oats.
• 10 drop by spoonfuls onto jam layer.
• 11 dough will be somewhat stiff.
• 12 press lightly with fingertips to even out dough layer.
• 13 bake 20-25 minutes or until crumb topping is lightly browned and edges pull away from sides of pan.
• 14 transfer pan to wire rack and cool completely.
• 15 cut into 24 bars.