Oh, yes. That’s right. I married peanut butter and jelly together in the tastiest way I could think of. Shortbread!

I don’t know about you guys, but I just love shortbread cookies. Normally I like my cookies soft and chewy, but sometimes you just really need a piece of shortbread. It’s crisp, but it also melts in your mouth. Magical.

I was lucky enough to get a jar of Peter Pan’s new Simply Ground peanut butter in the mail last week and I knew I had to put it to good use. They asked me to create you guys a recipe featuring the product and I think this recipe is perfection!



Peter Pan Simply Ground is a fun new peanut butter – it’s creamy and spreadable, just how I like it, but it also has tiny little chunks of peanuts in there. It’s like a homemade peanut butter, without all of the work! And there are no weirdo ingredients lurking in the jar either! Love that.

I also really dig the jar of this peanut butter – it has a nice wide opening, so I can dip my spoon in there all day long. Or crackers. Or celery. Orrrrrr my whole hand for a really big scoop, not that I would know anything about that.

Simply Ground comes in both honey roasted and original. I like the original in this recipe and on my sandwiches, but I like the honey roasted for eating straight from the jar. It’s the perfect little sweet treat and it’s packed with protein.

Anyway, this shortbread is a bit different from traditional shortbread. The peanut butter is mixed right in with the butter! It gives this a slightly chewier texture than traditional shortbread. I patted this dough out into a 9×13 pan and then took some jelly and swirled it through the dough. Shortbread dough is thick and not the easiest thing to swirl jelly in, but grab a knife and go for it!

Hope you guys like these little peanut butter and jelly shortbread bars as much as we do!