Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
These cookie bars are really easy to make and fun for a holiday like St. Patrick's Day. I used green candy coated chocolate pieces and it was perfect with the peanut butter.
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter softened
- 3/4 cup Peanut Butter I used regular (smooth) peanut butter
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar Light or dark
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 Eggs
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 3/4 tsp Baking Soda
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 3/4 cup Chocolate Coated Candies
- 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Use an 8 in or 9 in square baking pan and grease the pan and line with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl beat together the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar.
- Add the eggs and the vanilla to the butter/sugar mixture. Mix until combined.
- Add the flour, baking soda and salt to the mixture. Stir the ingredients together with a spoon.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and candy coated chocolate pieces.
- Spread the dough in your prepared pan. Make sure you try and get the dough as smooth as possible.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the edges are slightly browned. Allow to cool before cutting the bars.