Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
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!
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
Ingredients
- 2 Cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 Cup brown sugar tightly packed
- 1/4 Cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 Cup creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 Cups unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 Cup strawberry 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 aside2 Cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoons baking soda, 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- In a mixing bowl, mix sugars, butter, peanut butter and salt, until no lumps are visible. Whisk in eggs and vanilla and mix.1 Cup brown sugar, 1/4 Cup granulated sugar, 1 1/4 Cup creamy peanut butter, 3/4 Cups unsalted butter, 1 teaspoon coarse salt, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 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 jam1 1/2 Cup strawberry jam
- Bake for 40 minutes, or until lightly golden. Remove from the oven and let cool completely. Cut in evenly sized triangles and enjoy!
