This recipe is adapted from one I found in a recipe booklet in 1985. It’s easy to make and produces a large batch of very rich bars. Cut into 16 bars, one bar would be fine for a serving. These also freeze well.
RICH PEANUT BUTTER BARS
COOKIE BARS:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup rolled oats (regular)
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
½ cup butter, softened
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
½ tsp. vanilla
1 egg
FROSTING:
1 cup chocolate chips
GLAZE:
1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 Tblsp. creamy peanut butter
3-5 Tblsp. milk
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a 13×9 inch pan
In large mixer bowl, combine all bar ingredients and blend at low speed until mixture forms a soft dough.
Press dough in bottom of prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle immediately with chocolate chips.
Let stand 5 minutes and then spread chips evenly to cover top.
In small bowl, combine confectioners’ sugar and peanut butter, mixing by hand.
Drizzle over chocolate frosting, and swirl with a knife.
Cool completely. Cut into 16 bars
LILLIAN'S CUPBOARD 
That looks so delicious!!
WOW! They look wonderfully rich and tasty. We will have to try them soon.
Oh, those look so scrumptious! I love peanut butter and chocolate together! My grandkids would love them too. Thanks for sharing!
Blessings,
Dianne
They sound wonderful!
I’m dieting!!! I can’t hear you….lalalalala…I have my fingers in my ears & my eyes closed….lalalalala. Its not working!!! LOL
Thanks for the tempting recipe, Lillian. They look Sooooo good!!
This may be the recipe I make to try out the Kitchen Aid mixer I bought from a friend who hasn’t used it in 3 years. It’s an older model, but probably better for it! I think I have everything you listed! It doesn’t have that much sugar, either, especially divided into 1/16!
Wonderful recipe. Just made and am taking to work this afternoon. Every recipe is good and I appreciate that you ‘size down’ so I don’t have to do the math. BTW dezertsuz, my KitchenAid is a 1970 model, before the commercial mixers were sold for home kitchens — it’s been used “hard” and I’d not trade it for my daughter’s new one.
My son-in-law is always looking for something that I can make for him to take to share with his employees – he likes this one so I will be making this over the holiday weekend for those who have to work it with him. Pinning!