Description[]
Source: The Unofficial Strawberry Shortcake Cookbook - A.K. Whitney
After years of not scheming with him, snake-wielding Sour Grapes once again joins villainous forces with the Purple Pieman in Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade (1982). While inspired by Sour Grapes and the formidable team she and the Purple Pieman make, these bars do not strike a single sour note, combining sweet and salty, smooth and crunchy, in perfect harmony.
Makes 16 bars
Ingredients[]
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 3/4 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup grape jelly
- 1/2 cup shelled peanuts, chopped
Directions[]
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Line an 8" square baking pan with wax paper.
- Beat together butter, sugar, and peanut butter in a large bowl.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Stir in flour and baking powder and work it into a sticky dough.
- Divide dough in half and place one half in pan, flattening it and making sure it reaches corners.
- Remove from pan using wax paper liner, place a second piece of wax paper on top, and use a rolling pin to smooth the dough, but do not flatten it further.
- Freeze 10 minutes, wrapped in wax paper.
- Line same pan with nonstick aluminum foil
- Press second dough piece into pan, making sure it reaches corners.
- Spread jelly on top.
- Remove first dough piece from freezer.
- Working quickly, unwrap from wax paper and cut into eight strips and arrange in a lattice pattern on top of jelly.
- Sprinkle with chopped peanuts.
- Bake 35 minutes or until crust is golden.
- Cool in pan 3 hours before cutting and serving.