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.

Oreo and Peanut Butter Brownie Cakes

Oreo and Peanut Butter Brownie Cake

Ingredients:

1 Box Brownie Mix

24 Oreo Cookies

1/2 cup Peanut Butter, creamy

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12 muffin cup baking tin with paper liners.

Prepare brownie mix according to package directions.

For each cupcake cup, spread 1 teaspoon of peanut butter over 2 Oreo cookies and stack them on top of each other. Place Oreo stacks into the cupcake lined muffin cups.

Spoon 2 tablespoons of brownie batter over each stacked Oreos and let it run down the sides of the cookies.

If you have left over brownie batter, bake separately in a muffin tin(s).

Bake cookies for 18-20 minutes, until brownies are cooked through.

Let cool completely, then serve.

Valentine Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup butter

1 cup creamy peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

Sanding sugar

Dove heart chocolates or Hershey's kisses

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, cream together butter and peanut butter. 

Beat in sugars until blended. 

Add eggs and vanilla.

Add flour mixture, beat until well blended.

Chill dough for about 1 hour.

Shape dough into 1" balls, roll in sanding sugar and place 2" apart on ungreased or parchment lined baking sheet. (Do not flatten.)

Bake at 350 degrees for approx. 12 minutes. As soon as you remove them from the oven, place either a heart shaped chocolate or Hershey kiss in center of cookie. Press down lightly. Wait about 1 minute and remove to cooling rack to cool completely.

Yield: 6 dozen

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