Peanut Butter Bars

You know sometimes when you make a dessert and it is extra good? I know pretty much all desserts are good, but sometimes you make one and it is better than others? Well, roll in the peanut butter bars I made a couple of weeks ago. They were delicious!

I found the recipe through Pinterest on a neat little blog, that I now follow, called Six Sisters' Stuff. You can find the original recipe here. 

One day I was bored and decided I wanted to bake something. When that happens I usually go straight to Pinterest and scroll through my long list of "Delectable Desserts". I saw these, clicked on them, and noticed I had everything already in my cabinets and BAM! they were sitting on my kitchen counter by the time Garrett got home!

For the bars:

You will need:

1 Cup Sugar

1 Cup Brown Sugar, firmly packed

1 Cup Butter

1 Tsp Vanilla

2 Eggs

2 1/2 Cups Peanut Butter, divided

2 Cups Oatmeal, not instant

2 Cups Flour

1 Tsp Baking Soda

1 Tsp Salt

What to do:

Cream first three ingredients together. Add the vanilla, eggs, and 1 cup of the peanut butter and mix until combined. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.

Spread dough on a greased baking sheet. I used our 11in. by 17in. and it was perfect. If you don't have one that size you could split it up onto two different baking sheets. Or, you could bake them in a baking dish for thicker bars!

Bake at 350 for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

While still warm from the oven, spread the remaining 1 1/2 cups of peanut butter on top. It will spread easily! Let sit until peanut butter hardens back up. We sat ours in the fridge to speed up the process!

For the chocolate icing:

You will need:

1 Stick Butter, softened

1/4 Cup Milk

1 Tsp. Vanilla

3 Heaping Spoonfuls Cocoa

2 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar

 Mix all ingredients until smooth and spread onto bars!

 I took these into work and gave some to our neighbors. The recipe makes alot. Everyone loved them and I got a ton of compliments on them! How can you go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate?

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