Peanut Butter-Oat Bars

Name: Peanut Butter-Oat Bars
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 355 milliliters firmly packed brown sugar; 227 grams cup butter, melted; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 315 milliliters peanut butter; 158 milliliters chopped unsalted roasted peanuts; 473 milliliters regular rolled oats; 118 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 158 milliliters unsweetened shredded dried coconut

Peanut Butter-Oat Bars might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe makes 20 servings with 396 calories, 9g of protein, and 25g of fat each. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Only If you have roasted peanuts, peanut butter, coconut, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a bowl, mix butter and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in flour, oats, peanuts, and coconut until well blended.

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Brown Sugar

Coconut

Peanuts

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Oats

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Bowl

Press dough evenly into a buttered and floured 10- by 15-inch baking pan. For chewy bars, bake in a 350 oven until edges are lightly browned, about 20 minutes; for crisp bars, bake until slightly darker brown, about 5 minutes longer.

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Dough

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Baking Pan

Oven

Spread with peanut butter.

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Peanut Butter

Spread

Let cool about 15 minutes.

Seal chocolate chips in a heavy 1-quart zip-lock plastic bag.

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Chocolate Chips

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Ziploc Bags

Heat in a microwave oven at 30% power until chips are soft, about 2 minutes. Squeeze chocolate to one corner of bag, then use scissors to snip a very small hole in the corner. Squeeze chocolate in thin lines over peanut butter. Chill until the chocolate is firm, about 20 minutes.

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Peanut Butter

Chocolate