Recipe: Chewy Peanut Butter Bars

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From: Amy.Ann,.NY

CHEWY PEANUT BUTTER BARS

1 cup crunchy peanut butter
2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
3 eggs
1 cup sifted all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup confectioner's sugar
2 tsp water
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate pieces
1 tsp vegetable shortening.

Combine peanut butter , butter and vanilla in a large bowl; beat with electric beater until well blended; beat in sugar until light and fluffy; beat in eggs, one at a time.

Stir in flour and salt just until blended; spread batter in a greased 13x9x2 inch baking pan.

Bake in moderate oven (350) for 35 minutes. Remove pan and cool slightly.

Combine 10X sugar with warm water in small bowl; stir until smooth; drizzle from a spoon over still warm cookies in pan; swirl with bowl of spoon to make a random pattern. Melt chocolate with shortening over simmering water in top of double boiler. Drizzle over white glaze for a black and white pattern. When cool use a sharp knife to cut and life out carefully with a spatula.