Peanut Butter Bars ~tastes like Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Candy Bars

1 cup peanut butter

2 cups crushed graham crackers

1 cup melted margarine

3 cups powdered sugar

I use my food processor to crush graham crackers to crumbs.

Add melted margarine...

And the peanut butter.

Mix in the powdered sugar.

Continue mixing until it looks like this.

Press into a 9" x 13" pan.

Melt together

6 oz. chocolate chips

3/4 cup peanut butter

Spread melted chocolate mixture over the peanut butter base.

Cut into bite size pieces.

Banana Bars & Tuesday's Tip of the Day...

None of us want to see our brown bananas go to waste.

So...it's banana bread...banana cake...banana bars...

Slice the over-ripe bananas open and slip into your measuring cup.

If you have a hand-held blender, that small appliance is perfect to create banana puree...

just what you need for baking!

BANANA BARS

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup banana puree

1/3 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

1 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9x13 pan.

Using the muffin method method of mixing, 

combine the moist ingredients...

sugar, banana puree, oil and eggs.

Combine dry ingredients...

 flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.

Add walnuts.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir just until moistened.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or 

until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool completely. 

Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

Enjoy!

Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Bars

2 cups sugar

2 cups white corn syrup

Bring to a boil in a saucepan, stirring frequently.

Remove from the heat and add 2 cups peanut butter.

Stir until smooth.

Pour over 12 cups Rice Krispies.

Fold together until all the cereal is coated.

Turn out into a 9 x 13" cake pan

or a jelly roll pan.

Cover with a sheet of waxed paper and press flat into the pan.

Cut into desired size rectangles for serving.

These are a favorite of my daughters and their friends

and were always requested for snacks at swim meets and cross country gatherings.

Take care,

Natalie, Tins and Treasures