Monkey Peanut Butter Bars recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup butter
½ cup white sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar
⅓ cup peanut butter
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup rolled oats
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup confectioners' sugar
¼ cup peanut butter
3 ½ tablespoons milk

Nutrition Info

453.9 calories
carbohydrate: 60.2 g
cholesterol: 36.2 mg
fat: 23.4 g
fiber: 3.4 g
protein: 7 g
saturatedFat: 11.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 178.5 mg
sugar: 43.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Cream butter and white sugar and brown sugar. Blend in 1/3 cup peanut butter, egg, vanilla, and baking soda. Add flour and oatmeal. Mix well!

  2. Spread in greased 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 minutes. Remove and sprinkle with chocolate chips.

  3. Return to oven and bake for eight minutes. Spread to smooth out chocolate chips. Cool! Mix icing and spread over bars. Refrigerate to set. Cut and eat.

  4. To Make Icing: Mix together 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup peanut butter and 3 1/2 tablespoons milk until it makes a spreadable consistency.

Recipe Yield

2 dozen

Recipe Note

We call this recipe 'Monkey' as a family tradition. We also have Monkey Bread. These bars are wonderful especially for when your the parent who has to bring a snack for school!

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