Every once in awhile I get a craving for these tasty peanut butter bars.  Since they contain oatmeal I feel a little less guilty about eating them- because that makes them healthy right?  They are similar to the kinds served in school cafeterias, however I think these are better.  Here’s the recipe-

I got this recipe from a friend years and years ago and of course like I always do adapted it a little.  You can find this recipe along with lots of others from this blog and yet to be on here in my Family Cookbook

Peanut Butter Bars

Ingredients

• Cookie Base
  1 cup real butter (2 sticks) at room temperature
  1 cup granulated sugar
  2 cups brown sugar
  1 1/2 cups peanut butter (chunky or smooth)
  3 eggs
  2 teaspoons vanilla
  1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  1/2 teaspoons table salt
  3 cups all purpose flour
  3 cups quick oats
  
• Fudge Frosting
  4 cups powdered sugar
  1/2 cup cocoa powder
  1/4 teaspoon table salt
  1/3 cup butter, softened
  1/3 cup boiling water
  1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Mix Cookie base ingredients together, spread on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.
   
2. Make frosting while baking; spread frosting on cookie base while hot.
   (if it doesn’t spread easily you can glop it on then place all back in the warm oven for a minute and then the frosting will spread easily)
   *Variation- you can drizzle about ¾ c. melted peanut butter on top of the cookie base before adding the frosting.

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