Sunday, November 6, 2011

Peanut Butter Bars

3/4 C butter
3/4 C brown sugar
3/4 C sugar
3/4 C peanut butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
3/4 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 C flour
1 1/2 C oatmeal

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large mixing bowl cream together butter, sugars and peanut butter. Add eggs and vanilla. Add soda and salt and mix until well blended. Add flour slowly, incorporating but do not over mix. Stir in oatmeal by hand. Grease a jelly roll pan/cookie sheet and press mixture in evenly. Bake at 350 for 12-15 min until golden brown. Allow to cool before adding chocolate layer.

Chocolate layer:
1 C sugar
1/2 C evaporated milk
5 Tbs butter
1 Cup chocolate chips

In a small saucepan bring first three ing. to a boil for 45 sec. Remove from heat and add chocolate chips. Stir till smooth and pour over bars. Top with chopped reese's peanut butter cups. (Optional) Once cooled drizzle with peanut butter glaze.

Peanut butter glaze:
Mix together
2 C pwd sugar
2 Tbs Peanut butter
and enough milk to make a nice glaze
drizzle over top of bars.