Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites. image: Essy Roz
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites. image: Essy Roz
It’s a match made in heaven –
A good fruit jelly and a smooth peanut butter.
It’s a classic,
A classic that nothing can compete with.
It usually arrives on top of something.
This classic combination will usually be served on top of an amazing slice of bread.
But this time I decided to give this combination my own fabulous version.
This bite is going to spin your head.
I wear a big smile on my face while writing this description,
Because I remember how good this bite makes me feel.
It melts in your mouth,
The outside of this bite is the beginning of the insane experience that will happen in your mouth.
The bite begins with soft dough, creamy and crumbly, and it has a little salty sting to it,
A moment later you feel the amazing taste of the jelly,
That has been caramelized in the oven and became a sweet, slightly chewy and marvelous layer.
After that will come another layer of dough and marvelous saltiness.
And at the end of the bite, your mouth will automatically look for the next bite.
Wow this plate of cookies is going to be gobbled in seconds,
Because there’s nothing like a classic that’s getting a little face lift and turning into a marvelous experience.
All that stands between you and this fabulous bite are a few simple actions and you’ll get a lot of peace in your heart.
Happy and joyful days of classics to us all 🙂
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites. image: Essy Roz
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites. image: Essy Roz
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites. image: Essy Roz
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites
Ingredients: suitable for between 30-35 cookies
- ½ cup peanut butter (For alternatives, have a look at “A little extra From Me”)
- ¼ cup maple syrup (For alternatives, have a look at “A little extra From Me”)
- 1 cup oat flour (For alternatives, have a look at “A little extra From Me”)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- A tiny pinch of salt
- 3-4 Tablespoons fruit jam with a smooth texture (I used blueberry jam) / can use chocolate spread instead
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 355°F (180°C) on turbo mode.
- In a bowl put peanut butter, maple syrup, salt, oat flour and baking powder and mix well to a sticky mixture. I recommend working with a spoon at first and once crumbs of dough are formed begin using your hands until a ball of dough is formed. If the mixture is too sticky and moist add 2-3 tablespoons of flour and mix until the dough is comfortable to work with. If the mixture is too dry add 1-2 tablespoons of peanut butter and mix until the dough is convenient to work with.
- Roll out the ball of dough between two pieces of parchment paper into a square or rectangular shape, roll until it’s ½ cm thick (0.2”). Try rolling out the dough equally to the same thickness so the cookies won’t burn,
- Remove the top parchment paper and leave the dough on the bottom parchment paper.
- Smear the jam on half of the rolled out dough, try smearing a generous and even layer, and fold the other side that has no jam on top of the side that has jam on it.
- Using a big knife cut the dough into medium size squares.
- Move the dough together with the parchment paper to the baking pan and bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes. After 8 minutes check the cookies, they should seem dry and a little tann, I they don’t seem that way, give them another minute or two.
- Take them out of the oven, they’ll get stiff only after they cool. At this stage go over the cuts we’ve made with a knife, so the cookies will separate easily from one another.
Cool down and serve 🙂
A little extra from me:
- Can be kept on the counter in a sealed box / jar for up to 4 days.
- I recommend using maple syrup in this recipe. If you would still like to substitute it, you can use date honey. Date honey will color the mixture, therefore while baking the cookies using date honey, give them extra attention.
- Oat flour can be substituted for 1½ cup of almond flour, although I recommend using oat flour.
- Click here to see how to grind oat flour at home.
- Peanut butter can be substituted for almond butter / another nut butter that you like. This change will create jelly bites with subtle flavor without the peanut flavor.
How to grind oatmeal at home 🙂
The dough mixture without the flour. image: Essy Roz
Our beautiful dough ball. image: Essy Roz
The dough rolled between the two baking papers. image: Essy Roz
Half of the dough is smeared with a generous layer of jam. image: Essy Roz
Half of the clean dough is folded over the dough with the jam. image: Essy Roz
Cut the dough into squares with a large knife. image: Essy Roz
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites before baking. image: Essy Roz
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites after baking. image: Essy Roz
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites. image: Essy Roz
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites. image: Essy Roz
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites. image: Essy Roz
Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites. image: Essy Roz
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