PB & J Crumb Bars - G-Free Foodie

Ingredients

• ½ cup shortening
• ⅔ cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup nut butter (peanut butter, soynut butter, almond butter, sunflower seed butter, etc.)
• 1 egg or egg replacer equivalent*
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1¼ cup plus 2 tablespoon gluten-free all purpose flour, divided**
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon xanthan gum
• about ¾ cup strawberry jam