Paula Deen's Peanut butter bars

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Categories:	Cookies, Other Desserts, Quick & Easy
Serves:	9x13 pan
Prep Time:	15 Min
Cook Time:	30 Min

Ingredients

PEANUT BUTTER BARS
1 stk	butter
1/2 c	peanut butter
1 1/2 c	sugar (i used dark brown)
2	eggs
1 tsp	vanilla extract
1 c	self rising flour (i did 1 cup plus 1 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt)
CHOCOLATE FROSTING
2 Tbsp	butter
1 tsp	vanilla
1 c	powdered sugar
1 Tbsp	(rounded) hersleys baking cocoa
	water

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Stormy Stewart

Well Seasoned

Mount Morris, MI (pop. 3,086)

karlyn255

Member Since Mar 2011

Stormy's Notes:

This recipe I found on page 150 of paula's cook book entitled
"Lady and Sons Savannah Country Cookbook"

Then I added a frosting of my own.

Mine are darker because I used dark brown sugar instead of regular sugar

Warning: With the dark brown sugar they are very sweet

Directions

For the bars:

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees, Grease and flour a 9x13 pan (I only had a 9x11 so I used that).
Melt butter and peanut butter together over hot water. (I put it in a pan and on simmer it was fast and easy)

Pour into remaining ingredients and stir well. Pour into greased and floured pan and bake 25-30 minutes. (I did 35 as mine was in a smaller pan.) Cook and cut into squares.

NOTE: Besides the things I stated above at the 30 minute mark I took them out of the oven and topped with the frosting and returned it to the oven 5-10 minutes more.

For the frosting just mix all together adding enough water to make a regular icing and frost the hot bars. The frosting will be thin and melty at this point. Return to oven 5-10 minutes until it bubbles or looks really hot and remove and cool. cut and serve

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Stormy Stewart karlyn255

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Pat Duran kitchenchatter

Aug 3, 2012

Mmmmm love me some chocolate and peanut butter.

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Aug 3, 2012

Did you see my answer saginaw is 35-40 minutes from mount morris, north on I-75

Pat Duran kitchenchatter

Aug 3, 2012

CinStraw's Kitchen CinStraw

Aug 3, 2012

yum, peanut butter with chocolate frosting.

FREDA GABLE cookin4me

Aug 4, 2012

Always a good Combination, I would Just Cut the Sugar back a bit if they are that Sweet. Stormy, Thanks for Sharing.

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Sandy Beatty blulady48

I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!

Sandy Beatty blulady48

Aug 7, 2012

this is so easy and so good!! I used about 1 1/3 c regular sugar and they are perfect! My son loves peanut butter just out of the jar so he has been at them since they were hot. husband is very picky sweet eater but says these are 'the best'. what can I say but thanks Stormy!! this is going show up at my table plenty more times.:D

Stormy Stewart karlyn255