Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes Peanut-Butter-and-Jelly Cheesecake Squares Be the first to rate & review! By Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Martha Stewart is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, and lifestyle expert who has taught millions of people through generations the joy of entertaining, cooking, gardening, collecting, crafting, and home renovating via her eponymous magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Emmy-winning television shows, and 99 books (and counting). Based in Katonah, N.Y., where she helms her 156-acre Bedford Farm, Martha is America's first self-made female billionaire. Editorial Guidelines Updated on January 16, 2019 Rate PRINT Share Prep Time: 35 mins Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins Yield: 24 2-inch squares Three things go into making this recipe really smooth: creamy peanut butter, like Jif or Skippy (our test-kitchen's go-to for baking); and room-temperature eggs and cream cheese. Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more, softened, for brushing 14 graham crackers (each 3 by 5 inches), broken into pieces ⅔ cup unsalted roasted peanuts ⅓ cup packed light-brown sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt 2 pounds cream cheese (4 eight-ounce bars), room temperature 1 cup creamy peanut butter, such as Jif or Skippy 1 cup granulated sugar 4 large eggs, room temperature 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1 cup Concord-grape jelly Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with butter. Finely grind crackers in a food processor. Add melted butter, peanuts, brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; pulse until peanuts are chopped and texture of mixture resembles wet sand.Transfer to prepared baking dish; press firmly and evenly into bottom and three-quarters of the way up sides. Bake until set and slightly darkened, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely. Reduce oven to 325 degrees. In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese and peanut butter on medium speed until smooth. Gradually beat in granulated sugar until lightand fluffy, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla until smooth. Pour filling into cooked crust; smooth top with asmall offset spatula. Bake until puffed and set along edges but still slightly wobbly in center, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool completely. Whisk jelly in a saucepan over medium until melted. Pour evenly over cake, then tilt dish to spread jelly to edges in a thin, even layer. Refrigerate until jelly is firmly set, about 4 hours.Cut cake into squares, wiping knife between cuts for clean edges, or cover and refrigerate up to 3 days. Bryan Gardner Originally appeared: Martha Stewart Living, September 2016 Rate It PRINT