Peanut Butter Bars

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup regular margarine
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg, large
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup peanut butter, crunchy style
• 1 cup unbleached flour, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup oats, quick cooking
• 1 cup chocolate chips, semi-sweet
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/4 cup milk, hot
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter, brown sugar, and sugar in a mixing bowl until light
• 2 and fluffy, using an electric mixer at medium speed.
• 3 beat in the egg and vanilla.
• 4 blend in the peanut butter.
• 5 sift the flour, baking soda and salt together.
• 6 stir the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture, blending well.
• 7 stir in the oats.
• 8 spread the mixture in a greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
• 9 sprinkle with the chocolate chips.
• 10 bake in a 350 degree f.
• 11 oven for 25 minutes or until done. cool in the pan on a rack.
• 12 while still warm drizzle with the vanilla glaze. when cooled, cut into 48 (2 x 1 1/2-inch) bars.
• 13 vanilla glaze: combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and beat, with an electric mixer set to high speed, until smooth.