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      Title: Peanut Butter And Jelly Streusel Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 36 Servings
 
    1/2 c  Vegetable shortening
  1 1/4 c  Light brown sugar; packed
    3/4 c  Creamy peanut butter
      3 tb Milk
      1 tb Vanilla extract
      1    Egg
  1 3/4 c  All-purpose flour
    3/4 ts Baking soda
    3/4 ts Salt
      1 c  Strawberry jam; stirred
           - or your favorite flavor
    1/2 c  Rolled oats; quick-cooking
 
  Preheat oven to 350°F; grease a 13x9x2" baking pan. In a large bowl
  with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the shortening, brown
  sugar, peanut butter, milk, and vanilla extract until well blended.
  Add the egg; beat just until blended. In a medium bowl, combine the
  flour, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add the
  flour mixture to the shortening mixture; mix just until blended.
  Press 2/3rds of the dough in the bottom of the prepared pan in an
  even layer. Spread the jam evenly over the dough to within 1/4" of
  the sides. Combine the remaining dough with the oats; drop by
  spoonfuls onto the jam layer. The dough will be stiff. Press
  lightly to even out the dough layer.
  
  Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the edges and streusel topping
  are lightly browned. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. To
  serve, cut into bars.
 
  Recipe by Woman's Day, Holiday Baking, 1994

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