Peanut Butter And Jelly Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups smooth peanut butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups strawberry jam
• 2/3 cup salted peanuts, roughly chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees. grease a 9-by-13-inch pan with butter, and line the bottom with parchment paper. grease the parchment, and coat inside of pan with flour; set aside. place butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. beat on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. on medium speed, add eggs and peanut butter; beat until combined, about 2 minutes.
• 2 whisk together salt, baking powder, and flour. add to bowl of mixer on low speed; combine. add vanilla. transfer two-thirds of mixture to prepared pan; spread evenly with offset spatula. using offset spatula, spread jam on top of peanut-butter mixture. dollop remaining third of peanut-butter mixture on top of jam. sprinkle with peanuts.
• 3 bake until golden, about 45 minutes. transfer to a wire rack to cool; cut into about thirty-six 1 1/2-by-2-inch pieces.