PB&J Chocolate chip cookie bars

This is a great recipe I found.  and they are delicious.  Yummm.  I used strawberry preserves but you can use whatever jam or jelly you prefer. 

1 1/4 C flour

1/2 C grahm cracker crumbs

1/2 t. soda

1/2 t. salt

1/2 C softened butter or marg

1/2 C sugar

1/2 C brown sugar

1/2 C creamy Peanut  butter

1 egg

1 t. vanilla

12 oz. pk. chocolate chips

3/4 C chopped peanuts

1/2 C jam or jelly

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine flour, grahms, soda and salt in a bowl and set aside. 

beat butter, sugars, and peanut butter together until creamy.  Beat in egg and vanilla. 

gradually add flour mixture.  Stir in choc. chips and nuts.  Press 3/4 of dough into un-greased 13x9 baking pan.  Bake for 15 mins.  then remove from oven.  Drop spoonfuls of jam ontop.  Wait a few minutes then spread evenly over the top to cover.  Drop remaining dough over jam.  Bake 20-25 mins. until edges are set.  Cool then cut into bars.      Makes about 4 dozen.