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Peanut Butter and Jelly Quinoa Bars

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Quinoa Bars

Created by Wendy at Fit-and-Frugal.com Peanut Butter and Jelly Quinoa Bars taste as good as they sound. Made with Ancient Harvest quinoa these delicious bars deliver a comfort-packed flavor kick. For Quinoa Flakes cooking instructions and recipe ideas, visit our How To Use Quinoa Flakes page.

Prep Time: 10
Total Time: 40

Ingredients

  • 3 cups Ancient Harvest Quinoa Flakes
  • 1 cup natural creamy peanut butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt (unless using salted peanut butter)
  • ⅔ cup jam or jelly of choice

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a large bowl combine quinoa flakes, peanut butter, eggs, baking soda, vanilla, and salt and mix well.
  3. Press a little over half of the batter into an 8 X 8 baking pan lightly coated with cooking spray or lined with parchment paper. Use a rubber spatula to spread jam over mixture. (Soften jam as needed in a saucepan or microwave to help with spreading.) Crumble remaining mixture over jam layer as topping.
  4. Bake for 30 minutes, until topping is browned and jam layer is bubbly. Allow to cool before cutting into squares.
Servings: 16