Remember those yummy peanut butter bars they used to serve at school lunch? Found this recipe here and decided to give it a try. Since my kids have never eaten school lunch, they really didn't know what they were missing out on. Let's just say that out of a whole cookie sheet and sharing with a few friends, there were no leftovers. Next I make it, I would like to try freezing a few and see how that works out.
School
Lunch Peanut Butter Bars
Ingredients:
1
1/2 C GF Flour (featherlite)
1¼
tsp. Salt
½
tsp. Baking Soda
¾
C Butter
¾
C Sugar
¾
C Brown Sugar
1
½ tsp. Vanilla
1
1/2 C Creamy Peanut Butter (split)
2
Eggs
1
½ C Quick Oats (I blended mine to make more of a flour like consistency)
¾
tsp xanthan gum
Frosting:
½
C Butter (1 stick)
3
½ C Powdered Sugar
2
T Cocoa
¼
C Milk (I use whatever I have in the fridge)
1
tsp. Vanilla
Preheat
oven to 350 degrees. In a small mixing bowl, mix together flour, xanthan gum,baking
soda and salt. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugars, 3/4 C
peanut butter, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually add dry
ingredients, just until incorporated. Then, stir in the oats. Spread onto a
greased 11 x 15 Jelly Roll Pan (cookie sheet). Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until
golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes.
The
frosting is a two-step process. First, whip the remaining ¾ C Creamy Peanut
Butter until it becomes lighter colored and fluffy. Carefully spread the whipped
peanut butter over the pan cookie.
Then,
add butter to a small sauce pan and melt the butter. Add the milk and cocoa.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Heat just until boiling. Remove
from heat and add vanilla. Then, gradually add the powdered sugar. Stir until
thickened. Pour over the peanut butter and gently spread over the cookie. Cool
completely, and slice into bar cookies.
Thanks for posting this! This is my family's most favorite dessert. We do it for birthdays and potlucks and any other reason we can think of. I hope all your readers try it! I just discovered the partially blending the oats trick, it does make a nicer cookie.
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