Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars swirled with grape jelly — the perfect treat for the PB&J lover in your life!
Were you a peanut butter and jelly sandwich loving kid? My brother took a PB&J sandwich every day for lunch in elementary school. Always with Jiff Peanut Butter and Welch’s Grape Jelly on white bread.
I was one of those weird kids that took a thermos to school every day, with soup in it. (I had a very patient Mother. Love you, Mom!! xo) My love of PB&J grew much later. I am not really sure when it was, but I decided to have one, and it was accompanied by a cold glass of milk. It was amazing!
Now, I wouldn’t go and say I am a fanatic or anything. but I do like the occasional PB&J. Always with a cold glass of milk, and it MUST be grape jelly and Jiff peanut butter.
A couple of weeks ago we had our seasonal Freaky Friday blog hop, and I made a recipe from my friend Michelle, at A Dish of Daily Life. I made two of her recipes, actually, her refried beans and these cookie bars. They came highly recommended by a couple of other food blogger buddies, who made them with Strawberry jam like Michelle did.
I know there are a lot of you out there that like your PB&J with strawberry jam, but I decided these needed to be made the way I have always enjoyed a PB&J — with grape jelly. What can I say? “I like what I like!” 😉
PB&J Oatmeal Cookie Bars
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars swirled with grape jelly -- the perfect treat for the PB&J lover in your life!
Ingredients
- 2 sticks of butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups of rolled oats
- 1 cup grape jelly
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 13 x 9 baking pan with foil, leaving a little extra over the edge of the dish. Grease foil with butter.
In a mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Beat in egg. Mix in peanut butter. Slowly add in flour and baking soda, mix until incorporated. Fold in oats.
Set aside 1/2 cup of the dough, and press the rest of it into the bottom of your prepared pan.
Spread jelly over the top of the dough.
Pinch off pieces of reserved dough and drop them on top of the jelly.
Bake for approximately 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool. Grab edges of the foil and pull the bars out of the pan for easy cutting. Cut into squares.
Notes
Adapted from A Dish of Daily Life
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 469Total Fat: 22gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 402mgCarbohydrates: 63gFiber: 3gSugar: 33gProtein: 7g
Nutrition isn't always accurate.
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Find more oatmeal and peanut butter cookie recipes:
Grandma Jane’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Grandma Jane’s Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
If you make this recipe, I’d love to know! Snap a picture, share the photo on social media with the hashtag #AnAffairFromTheHeart – I’d love to see what you made! – Michaela
Lynn Elliott Vining says
What kid wouldn’t love PB&J cookie bars??? Yum!
Christine @ Christine's Pantry says
Gotta love this.
Caroline says
Being brought up in the UK, PB&J wasn’t a thing but these bars look great!
ally says
Oh, man, my grandsons will love this!!
Debra C. says
Haha! I’m still one of those weird gals with the soup thermos! 😉 But I always enjoy a tasty bite after a meal and these bars look heavenly!
Angela says
Omg! How perfect are these bars! The combo of PB& J along with oatmeal happens to be one of my favorites! Cant wait to surprise the kids with these!
Doreen Simpson says
Another beautiful recipe Michaela, I know the grandkids are going to love these ♥
Abbe@This is How I Cook says
Such a simple recipe. I pinned these to try soon!
Julie says
This is definitely a keeper. John loves PB&J especially with Welches Concord Grape jelly. He’d love this as a surprise! Michelle has so many amazing recipes!
Lisa@Lisa's Dinnertime Dish says
Yum!! These bars look so good! I’m sure they wouldn’t last long in my house!
Aunt Bee says
I am so glad you made these. I knew you would LOVE them! It is one of our ALL time favorite treats! I love to surprise my kiddos with them after school!
Michelle says
Glad you enjoyed them, Michaela! And I love grape jelly too!
Dini @ The Flavor Bender says
This is all kinds of amazing! I could eat these everyday!
Jennifer A Stewart says
I love a good PJ&B and will confess that mine are mostly jelly! I even mix it up with strawberry! I know, call me wild! These are perfect for the kids and make them feel like dessert and lunch at the same time!
Christie says
Those look SO amazing. I’m a total peanut butter fiend.
T.T. says
Delicious, made these last night and alternated jelly flavors, hubby and kids loved it…. will make again (maybe not too much I’m trying to lose weight)….lol.
Michaela Kenkel says
Ha! Happy you enjoyed them! Moderation, right?