Mixed Berry Jam Peanut Butters Bars

Mixed Berry Jam with peanut butter and vanilla

Ingredients

 1/2 cup butter, cubed

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1-1/2 cups sugar

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup Pascale’s Mixed Berry Jam (adjust to personal
taste) 

Directions

In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter and peanut butter;
stir until smooth. Combine sugar and flour; gradually add to butter mixture and
mix well. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Dollop in Pascale’s Mixed Berry jam (or warm
slightly and swirl in for more decorative bars) Bake at 350° until lightly
browned and edges start to pull away from sides of pan, 28-32 minutes. Cool on
a wire rack.

Chef Jesse Pita IG: @chefjessepita

Born and raised as New Yorker, growing up in Long Island just outside of Queens.  After discovering my passion for the food and beverage industry working at local restaurants in High School, decide to attended the Culinary Institute of America, where I received my bachelor's degree.  At the age of 22  I moved to Maui, Hawaii where I worked in various award winning restaurants for approximately 13 years, until recently relocating with my wife to South Florida, becoming one of the opening Chef De Cuisine at The Ben Hotel in West Palm Beach.