Peanut Butter Bars

I have 2 apologies to make. First, I apologize for the delay in recipe posts. It's just been a crazy busy couple of weeks. Second, I apologize for the crummy picture of these fabulous tasting bars. I had just enough time to snap this photo before my husband whisked them away to a church meeting. If you ever need a recipe on hand that serves a crowd, tastes great, and is easy to throw together last-minute, then this is it!

Peanut Butter Bars

Ingredients:

• 1 cup creamy butter
• 1 & 1/4 cups peanut butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp. rich vanilla
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups old fasioned oats
• topping: 1 & 1/2 cups peanut butter and 1 & 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter, peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in baking soda, salt, and flour. Blend well. Fold in oats. Press a thin layer of dough into a jelly roll pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Drop tablespoons of peanut butter over hot cookie. Sprinkle semi-sweet chocolate chips over top of hot cookie and let melt. With a spatula, spread peanut butter and melted chocolate chips over the entire pan like frosting. Let cool so chocolate and peanut butter firm up. Cut in squares and serve.