PEANUT
BUTTER BARS
(Yield: 4 dozen)
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup self-rising flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
Vanilla Glaze (below)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 13x9-inch baking pan with
non-stick vegetable spray.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg and vanilla. Blend in peanut butter. Stir in flour
until well blended. Stir in oats. Spread the batter in prepared
baking pan. Sprinkle with chocolate morsels.
Bake for 25 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center comes
out clean. While still warm drizzle with Vanilla Glaze. Cool
in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.
VANILLA GLAZE
¼ cup confectioners’ sugar
¼ cup peanut butter
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
¼ cup hot milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients; beat until smooth.
 
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