Thursday, April 17, 2008

Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars

Another great recipe from when I was a nanny...


Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars
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1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup sugar
¾ tsp. baking powder
½ cup (1 stick) cold butter or margarine
1 egg, beaten
¾ cup grape or strawberry jelly
1 2/3 cups (10 oz. package) Peanut Butter Chips, divided

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9 in. square baking pan. Stir together flour, sugar, and baking powder; with pastry blender, cut in cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add egg, blend well. Reserve half of mixture, press the remaining mixture into bottom of greased 9 in. pan. Spread jelly over crust. Sprinkle 1 cup peanut butter chips over jelly. Stir together reserved crumb mixture with remaining 2/3 cup peanut butter chips; sprinkle over top. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 16 bars.

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