Candy-Topped Creamy Peanut Butter Bars
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
-
24
ingredients
-
1st Layer
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
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2nd Layer
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup salted peanuts
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3rd Layer
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1⁄4 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄2 cup miniature M&M's chocolate candies
directions
- First layer-Cream the shortening and sugars; add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Bake in a greased 9x13 pan for 20 minutes at 350 degrees, until light golden brown. Cool completely.
- Second layer-Combine the butter, peanut butter, powdered sugar and milk until smooth. Stir in the peanuts and spread over the first layer.
- Third layer-Melt the chocolate chips and butter in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Cool 10 minutes, then stir in the cream. Carefully spread over the second layer and sprinkle with candies.
- Refrigerate about an hour, until chocolate is set, before cutting.
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I'm a stay at home mom with 3 adorable children-an 8 year old daredevil son, a 5 1/2 year old princess and a wild little 2 year old girl! I love to cook, and like having my little helpers in the kitchen!
I usually love recipes that are completely from scratch (I still love them actually) but right now my focus is on having any kind of food ready by mealtime! It's a little crazy here lately. Every summer we have a huge organic garden, apple orchard and raspberry and blueberry patches, along with a woods full of wild foods waiting for me to learn what they are so I can collect them. I'm learning about wild mushrooms first, so if anyone has any tips, let me know. We also eat wild venison which my husband and I hunt ourselves. It's our favorite meat, since it's lean, organic and cheap! Some of my hobbies are: hiking, biking, rock climbing, gardening, playing in the water with my kids, or just swinging in the hammock with a good book. I go stir crazy if I spend too much time inside.