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                        | Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar Cookies | 
                            | 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 | 
                    
                        | 1 3/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar | 
                    
                        | 1 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour | 
                    
                        | 1 teaspoon baking powder | 
                    
                        | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda | 
                    
                        | 1 cup butter | 
                    
                        | 1/2 cup chopped peanuts | 
                    
                        | 1 cup (6 oz. pkg.) semi-sweet chocolate chips | 
                    
                        | 1 large egg, beaten | 
                    
                        | 1 (14 oz.) can Sweetened Condensed Milk | 
                    
                        | 1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter | 
                    
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 DIRECTIONS
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                            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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                            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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                            STIR together sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter in small bowl until well combined. Pour evenly over partially baked crust. | 
                    
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                            STIR together reserved crumb mixture and chocolate chips. Sprinkle evenly over peanut butter layer. BAKE an additional 15 minutes. Cool. Cut into bars. |