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www.RecipeFaire.com Presents:
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar Cookies
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by:   
Helen Hunt  
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar Cookies Recipe combines quick-cook oats, brown sugar, flour, butter, chopped peanuts, semi-sweet chocolate chips, eggs, and condensed milk and bakes all to create a delicious dessert.
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INGREDIENTS
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2 cups quick-cooking oats
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1 3/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
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1 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1 cup butter
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1/2 cup chopped peanuts
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1 cup (6 oz. pkg.) semi-sweet chocolate chips
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1 large egg, beaten
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1 (14 oz.) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
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1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
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DIRECTIONS
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1:
HEAT oven to 350°F. Combine oats, brown sugar, flour, baking powder and baking soda in large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in peanuts.
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2:
RESERVE 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture. Stir egg into remaining crumb mixture. Press onto bottom of 13 x 9-inch baking pan. BAKE 15 minutes.
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3:
STIR together sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter in small bowl until well combined. Pour evenly over partially baked crust.
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4:
STIR together reserved crumb mixture and chocolate chips. Sprinkle evenly over peanut butter layer. BAKE an additional 15 minutes. Cool. Cut into bars.
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