Recipe: Peanut Butter Bars with Peanut Butter Icing

PEANUT BUTTER BARS

"Here is another one of my favorite bar cookie recipes. Enjoy!"

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter
2 eggs beaten
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup oats, uncooked
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup chocolate chips
Peanut Butter Icing (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a jelly roll pan or two 13x9-inch baking pans. (Recipe may be halved and made in one 13x9-inch pan.)

In mixing bowl cream butter and sugars together, add vanilla and eggs; mix well.

Combine flour, oats, baking soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Spread into prepared pan(s). Sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 10 minutes in pan.

Drizzle icing over top and cut into bars.

PEANUT BUTTER ICING

1 cup powdered sugar
4 tbsp. peanut butter
4 tbsp. milk

Combine the powdered sugar, peanut butter and milk together.

From: MB