I think my little 3 year old Emma would live off peanut butter and jelly sandwiches if I let her. She calls them “Belly Jellys”. She’ll say, “Mom, Can I have a belly jelly for dinner?” 🙂
It seems like that is all she ever wants to eat lately! It drives me nuts, and worries me sometimes. When she was a baby and toddler I thought I had trained her pretty well in eating healthy foods. She LOVED broccoli, carrots, apples. A lot of good healthy foods, but now it’s either PB & J or Macaroni and Cheese, and if I dont give her either she just wont eat!
Of course, my lil Emma ate these Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars up in no time! They are the perfect treats for kids and adults. I think they would be a cute idea to do for a kids birthday party! They are pretty rich, so you can cut them up into pretty small squares and still be satisfied!
Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter (1 cup), room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups of sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 cups of jam or jelly I used strawberry
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x13 glass baking dish with cooking spray.
- With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together on medium speed for about 2 minutes.
- Turn speed to low and add vanilla, eggs and peanut butter. Mix until well combined.
- In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. With the mixer still on low speed, slowly add in the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture. Mix until all combined.
- Spread 2/3 of the dough evenly into the greased baking dish.
- Spread the jelly evenly over the dough. With the remaining dough, drop spoonfuls evenly over the jam. (Don't worry if it doesn't cover it completely, it will spread as it bakes.)
- Bake 40-45 or until golden brown. Let cool atleast 30 minutes before cutting into squares!
Notes
Yields: 12 large bars or 24 small
Recipe by: Ina Garten
These look delicious! I’m a major peanut butter lover, so it would be dangerous keeping these around my apartment.
My sister/co-blogger had a summer when she was about six where she subsisted solely on pb&j, ramen, and macaroni and cheese. Now she eats almost everything. Hopefully Emma will outgrow it too! 🙂
My little Liam is the same! I will have to try these for sure!
Oh boy! Ok….this WILL be made in my house this weekend! Fantastic photos too by the way! YUMMM
WOW I definitely gonna be making these! I do LOVE me some peanut butter. MMMMM my favorite snack is just peanut butter on bread! lol
Colby is so picky too. I hope they grow out of this stage.
Holly, these look delicious. My children adored PB&J when they were your daughters age. This is my first visit to your blog and I wanted you to know how much I enjoy the food and recipes you feature here. I’ll definitely be back. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Aww, I’m so glad you made them. Aren’t they SO GOOD? Ina, is truly amazing. Looking at your pics makes me want to make them again….soon. Happy Thursday.
YUM! PB&J bars? I have got to try this! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
My little girl is ALL pb&j…. ANd would LOVE these. I’m bookmarking these to make with her this weekend. Have a great weekend!!!
That looks easy and yummy. Don’t worry about your picky eater. She started out great being a healthy eater and she will return to that at some point. All in good time.
Those look absolutely irresistible! I am addicted to peanut butter…
Cheers,
Rosa
Oh my golly, these look amazing!
My family’s a fan of everything peanut butter!
Making these today for my daughter’s preschool!
I made these the other night and they were so yummy! For some reason they ended up a little on the crumbly side but still good, nonetheless.
Looks delicious. I would have liked a “print” version. I had trouble printing and putting it on my Pinterest. My computer too slow.
I just updated the recipe so there is a printable recipe card now 🙂