Peanut Butter and Jam Oatmeal Bars
photo by mary winecoff
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
24
ingredients
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
- 2 1⁄2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal
- 3⁄4 cup butter, melted
- 1⁄2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup strawberry preserves
- 1⁄2 cup roasted peanuts, chopped
directions
- Line bottom and sides of a 13 x 9 inch pan with aluminum foil, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over sides; lightly grease foil.
- Stir together cake mix and oats in large bowl.
- Stir in butter with a fork until mixture is crumbly and dry ingredients are moistened.
- Press half of oat mixture evenly onto bottom of pan.
- Stir together peanut butter and preserves in a medium bowl.
- Gently spread peanut butter mixture evenly over oat mixture in pan.
- Sprinkle peanuts and remaining half of oat mixture evenly over peanut butter mixture.
- Bake at 375F for 30 minutes or until top is golden brown.
- Let cool in pan on a wire rack 1 hour or until completely cool.
- Lift baked bars from pan, using foil sides as handles.
- Place on cutting board and cut into 24 bars.
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This turned out really nice and for not liking peanut butter other then sandwiches, I did like these bars. If you are in a hurry to get something baked these will work well! The only problem I had was when I was trying to spread the peanut butter mixture. The bottom crust would pull away from the pan. So I had to drop spoonfuls around the base then try to carefully spread it. I wonder if I could have buttered my knife to help spread. I bet that would have worked, well next time I'll give that a try. I have people ask me for the recipe at church this morning, I'm off to print 2 copies for them. Made for *1-2-3 Hit Wonders* game 2007
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I have two boys who will usually eat most things I put in front of them. As a single mom I use them as my guinea pigs....sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I have a huge garden, blueberry and blackberry bushes. I am always looking for a new recipe. I have three cats (Xiao Mao, which means little cat in Chinese, Pumpkin and Max) and two border collies, Lucy and Grace. All my animals come from Rescue Agencies.
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