Butterscotch Peanut Butter Bars

These bars are a twist on the classic "lunch-lady" peanut butter bars.  They have peanut butter and they have chocolate, but they also have my favorite, butterscotch.   The butterscotch just adds a really yummy flavor.  Go ahead try them, you'll think you've died and gone to heaven!!!

 

 

Butterscotch Peanut Butter Bars

 

Bars:                                                                                 

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temp

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup peanut butter

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup quick-cooking oats

1 cup (6 oz.) butterscotch chips

 

Cream butter, sugars, and peanut butter.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in the flour, baking soda, salt, and oatmeal.  Spread the batter into a greased jelly-roll pan.  Sprinkle butterscotch chips over the batter and bake 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees.

 

Chocolate Topping:                                                                            

1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

 

Melt chocolate chips, once melted stir in peanut butter until smooth.  Frost over cooled peanut butter bars.

 Here's the step-by-step: 

 Cream 2 sticks (1 cup) of room temperature butter with

 1 cup sugar

 1 cup brown sugar

 and 1 cup peanut butter- creamy or chunky (I used creamy).

 Once nice and fluffy, add in 2 eggs

 and 2 teaspoons of vanilla.

 Then mix in 2 teaspoons baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon of salt,

 1 cup flour

 and 1 cup quick-cooking oats.

 Mix until just incorporated.

 Evenly press into a greased jelly-roll pan.

 Top with 1 cup butterscotch chips.

 Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until edges are browned.  Allow to cool.

 While cooling, melt 1-1/2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave for 30 seconds.

Remove, and stir.

 Continue microwaving and stirring like you did before until

 the mixture is smooth and totally melted.

 Now add 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter.  Stir until smooth.

 Frost the peanut butter bars with the chocolate mixture.

 Allow to set a few minutes.  The chocolate will get firmer the longer you let it sit.

Cut into bars.  Makes 2-3 dozen depending on how big you cut your squares.