Monday, April 7, 2008

Peanut Butter Bars

as requested....I thought Mom might take too long.....sorry Mom:)

3/4 Cup Butter or Margarine
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
3/4 Cup White Sugar
3/4 Cup Peanut Butter
2 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
3/4 tsp. Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 1/2 Cups Flour
1 1/2 Cups Oatmeal
Small Jar Peanut Butter

Mix butter, brown and white sugar, peanut butter, eggs and vanilla. Beat Well. Then add soda, salt, flour and oatmeal. Mix together and put in a 9 x 13 inch pan (double recipe for a cookie sheet). Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 15 minutes (until golden brown). Dab on Peanut Butter and spread evenly, then let cool before putting chocolate on top.

Chocolate for Topping:

1 Cup Sugar
1/3 Cup Canned Milk
5 Tbsp. Butter
1 Cup Chocolate Chips

Put on stove and bring to boil. Boil 45 Seconds. Remove from heat and add chocolate chips. Spread on top. Enjoy!

2 comments:

John and Crystal Pinegar Family said...

Thanks Candace!

Candace said...

So I've now made this recipe a few times and have decided that you need to cook the cookie part about 20-25 minutes, and that I think next time I'm going to use powdered sugar in the chocolate topping instead of reg. sugar....it seems like the sugar crystals don't totally dissolve