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Bar- Peanut Butter Jam Bars




List of Ingredients



• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  
• 1/2 cup sugar
  
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  
• 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
  
• 1 large egg
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 2 cups peanut butter morsels, divided use
  
• 1 cup strawberry jam
  






Instructions



1. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugars, beating well. Add peanut butter, egg, and vanilla, mixing well.
   
   
2. Combine flour, soda, and baking powder; gradually add to butter mixture, mixing well. Reserve 1 cup dough.
   
   
3. Stir 1 cup peanut butter morsels into remaining dough; press in bottom of a 13- x 9- x 2-inch baking pan. Spread jam evenly over dough. Crumble reserved dough over jam, and sprinkle with remaining peanut butter morsels.
   
   
4. Bake at 325 degrees F for 40 minutes or until golden. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack, and cut into bars. Cookies may be frozen up to 3 months. Yield about 3 dozen.
   
   






Final Comments


recipe from Southern Living 20th Anniversary Collection