It’s time for the Peanut Butter Bash! This time our ingredients were Peanut Butter and Jelly, which I have loved since the beginning of time. This Peanut Butter & Jelly Tart is super easy to whip up for a weeknight dessert. It’s got some of my favorite things like a flaky puff pastry crust, cream cheese, and peanut butter!
This tart is very reminiscent of my Summer Berry Tart. You make the puff pastry the same exact way, except I did discover something. If you crank the oven up to 400 degrees, the puff pastry is done in about 7-8 minutes versus 10-12 minutes.
While the tart is baking, I whipped up some peanut butter cheesecake.
One the tart had cooled, I pushed down the center to create an crust around the edge and then added the peanut butter cheesecake to the middle.
Then it was time for the jelly. I actually prefer either fruit spread or jam over jelly. I just love the taste of jam over jelly. Recently, I discovered Simple Truth Organic fruit spreads. My kids love these, and they taste amazing. I used their grape fruit spread for this tart.
I took about two tablespoons of the grape fruit spread and heated it in the microwave for about 10 seconds and then stirred it until it was more liquid. Next, I dropped small spoonfuls over the peanut butter cheesecake and then swirled.
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Peanut Butter & Jelly Tart
Ingredients
- 1 puff pastry sheet, defrosted
- 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons grape jam, jelly, or fruit spread
Instructions
- Allow the puff pastry to defrost for about an hour.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Lay puff pastry on parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
- Gently slice about halfway through the puff pastry about 1 inch from the edges all the way around.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes until golden brown.
- When you can touch the puff pastry, push the middle down flat.
- While the pastry is baking, combine peanut butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar in an electric mixer and beat on medium high until smooth and creamy.
- Spread the peanut butter cheesecake to the cut edges of the puff pastry.
- Heat the grape jam for about 10 seconds and stir until smooth and a little runny.
- Drop spoonfuls of it all over the peanut butter cheesecake and then swirl gently with a knife.
- Slice and serve immediately!
18 comments
I’m a pastry loving girl and who can resist peanut butter and jelly? I would love a bite for breakfast. Gosh, this is making me hungry!
This looks amazing! And so easy! A lot of times, I see recipes that look really good, but because I am not a great cook, they look overwhelming to me and I just don’t even attempt them. This, however, is something even I can do, so thank you for that!
Pastries are my favorite! When combined with peanut butter and jelly, hello – Love this idea! Can’t wait to try it!
Debbie
I love peanut butter and jelly. I could definitely make this for a dessert for my family. YUM>
Oh this would be such a treat. I love it! This really is a timeless flavor combo.
What an awesome recipe! PB and J is a staple meal in my house. We have to make these. Yum!
What a fun recipe! My girls would love to try this recipe, since PB&J is always a hit in our house. I’d love to make this tart soon!
How much fun! I seriously love peanut butter and jelly (always have) and this is such a fancy way to eat it! I can’t wait to make it this weekend.
I love peanut butter jelly tart. I would love to have this for snacks. The kids would also love it.
This sounds super delicious. I never thought of mixing peanut butter with cream cheese. I’m not a huge fan of peanut butter but this sounds similar to PBJ sandwich.
Yummy, I’ve never made a tart before. That flaky crust looks amazing. Can’t go wrong with PBJ.
These look so easy to make. I bet my son would love these.
I don’t think I have ever had anything that was PB+J (except a sandwich). This looks so yummy especially with the cream cheese added.
This looks heavenly. I will have to treat myself to this soon!
I am loving this recipe! I absolutly have to make this! Best tart ever!
Cathy
Oh my goodness.. This looks so fun!! Some of my family loves peanut butter and jelly, so they’ll love this! I also wanted to mention that I’m having a link-up this Sunday (Sunday’s Simple Homemaker) on my website and would love if you drop in to join – Each link gets a comment! 🙂
My kids (like most kids) love pb and jelly sandwiches…I love this take on it! I’ve been meaning to make more recipes with puff pastries.
Yummm… This looks so delicious!! I can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing!!