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                Best Cookies: PB & Jam Bars  | 
             
            
              by: 
                Donna Monday  | 
             
            
              Peanut butter and jam make great sandwiches, but these two winners make even better cookies. These cookies have a crispy texture with a yummy chocolate peanut butter topping. Best of all, they’re no bake cookies, so leave your oven off.
 
 PB & Jam Bars
 
 Bar
 
 3 cups miniature marshmallows
 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
 ˝ cup butter
 4 ˝ cups crips rice cereal
 
 Filling
 
 2/3 cup strawberry, apricot, or peach jam
 
 Topping
 
 ˝ cup milk chocolate chips
 1 tablespoon crunchy peanut butter
 2 teaspoons shortening
 
 Directions
 
 Melt marshmallows, 1 cup peanut butter and butter in 3-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth (4 to 5 minutes). Add cereal; quickly stir until well coated. Press mixture into ungreased 11x7-inch pan.
 
 Spoon jam by teaspoonfuls over hot cereal mixture; gently spead over top.
 
 Melt chocolate chips, 1 tablespoon peanut butter and shortening in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth (2 to 4 minutes). Gently spread over jam layer. Refrigerate until chocolate layer is firm (about 2 hours). Cut into bars.
 
  
  
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