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Bars: Peanut Butter 'N' Fudge Filled Bars

Source of Recipe

billk54 at rc


List of Ingredients


2 cups brown sugar, firmly packe
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons peanut butter, divided
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt, optional
2 cups quick or old-fashioned oats, uncooked
14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
12-ounce package semisweet chocolate pieces
2/3 cup peanuts, chopped


Recipe


Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13-by-9-inch baking pan. In large mixer bowl, beat brown sugar, butter and 1/4 cup peanut butter until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine flour, baking soda and salt and add to mixture; beat until mixed. Stir in oats; mix well. Reserve 1 cup of this oat mixture; set aside. Spread remaining oat mixture into prepared pan.

In small saucepan, combine milk, chocolate pieces and remaining 2 tablespoons peanut butter. Cook over low heat until chocolate is melted, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in peanuts. Spread chocolate/peanut butter mixture evenly over crust in pan and drop remaining oat mixture by teaspoonfuls to spread evenly over chocolate mixture. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack. Cut into bars.

Makes 32 bars.