Good things come in small packages
2011 August 25
Your kids will delight in these snack and there are so tasty even the big kids (a.k.a. Mom or Dad) will like them.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups butter, divided
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/4 cups grape or strawberry jelly
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 cup light roast peanut flour, divided
- 1 cup salted, chopped
- 1/2 cup uncooked quick-cooking oats
- 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoons salt
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 350° . Line bottom and sides of a 13- x 9-inch pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over sides; lightly grease foil.
- Cut 1 cup butter into small pieces. Pulse butter pieces, all-purpose flour, and powdered sugar in a food processor 5 to 6 times or until mixture is crumbly. Press mixture into bottom of prepared pan.
- Bake at 350° on an oven rack one-third up from bottom of oven 22 to 24 minutes or just until golden brown.
- Meanwhile, whisk together jelly, peanut butter, and 1/4 cup peanut flour in a small bowl until smooth.
- Microwave remaining 1/4 cup butter in a microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 25 seconds or until melted. Stir in peanuts, next 4 ingredients, and remaining 1/2 cup peanut flour until well blended and crumbly.
- Spread jelly mixture over crust, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Sprinkle peanut mixture around edges of pan and over jelly mixture.
- Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or just until jelly mixture begins to puff. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack (about 1 hour).
- Carefully and quickly lift baked bars from pan, using foil sides as handles. Place on a cutting board, and cut into 24 bars.
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