Creamy and salty peanut butter, with sweet strawberry jam, equals perfection in the form of a bar! These Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars are soft and super easy to make, all your childhood flavors and memories in one dessert!
My childhood memories are filled with Peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches (and spoonfuls for that matter!). It’s such a nostalgic, memory filling flavor that I had to incorporate it in a recipe.
These bars are sweetened mainly with brown sugar, which makes them extra soft, plus the butter and peanut butter helps keeping them moist.
The middle Strawberry jam layer adds an extra texture and helps the flavor combo come full circle.
Ingredients you’ll need to make Peanut Butter and Jelly bars
All-purpose flour
Baking soda
Cornstarch
Brown sugar
Granulated sugar
Creamy peanut butter
Unsalted butter
Coarse salt
Eggs
Vanilla extract
Strawberry jam
How-to video on how to make these bars
Here’s a quick and descriptive video on how to make these; for more detailed instructions check out the recipe at the bottom of the page!
Creamy and salty peanut butter, with sweet strawberry jam, equals perfection in the form of a bar! they're soft and super easy to make, all your childhood flavors and memories in one dessert!
Prep Time20mins
Cook Time40mins
Additional Time1hr
Total Time2hrs
Course: Brownies and Bars
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy peanut butter dessert, Maria Corcuera, Pb and J bars, pb and jelly bars, pb and jelly dessert, peanut butter and jelly bars, sweet fix baker
Servings: 9x13 in pan
Calories: 201kcal
Author: Maria Corcuera
Ingredients
2Cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonsbaking soda
1Tablespooncornstarch
1Cupbrown sugartightly packed
1/4Cupgranulated sugar
1 1/4Cupcreamy peanut butter
3/4Cupsunsalted buttermelted and cooled
1teaspooncoarse salt
2eggsroom temperature
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1 1/2Cupstrawberry jam
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350 F and line the bottom and sides of a 9×13 in baking pan with parchment paper
In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and cornstarch and set aside
In a mixing bowl, mix sugars, butter, peanut butter and salt, until no lumps are visible. Whisk in eggs and vanilla and mix. Mix in your dry ingredients until just combined. Do not over mix!*
Spread 2/3 of the dough into the prepared pan, pressing with a rubber spatula until even. Spread evenly the strawberry jam on top. Crumble the remaining dough with your fingers on top of the jam
Bake for 40 minutes, or until lightly golden. Remove from the oven and let cool completely. Cut in evenly sized triangles and enjoy!
Video
Notes
* Leave eggs outside of fridge for 30 min prior to using. If pressed on time, allow eggs to sit -completely covered- in warm (no hot) water for 5 minutes* Over mixing the dough can result on cakey, hard bars, instead of chewy and soft
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