Linda's Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Nut Squares
Created by LindasBusyKitchen on October 27, 2011
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #1486
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup walnuts or pecans
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- Frosting:
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 2-3 tablespoons milk
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
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Step 2: In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugars until craamy.
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Step 3: Add egg, peanut butter, baking soda, salt and vanilla. Mix well.
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Step 4: Add flour, oats and nuts. Mix in well.
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Step 5: Spread mix evenly into pan, and bake for 18-20 minutes, or until golden brown.
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Step 6: Take out of oven and sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over the top. As they melt, spread with a knife all over the top. Set aside to cool.
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Step 7: In a medium size mixing bowl add confectionary sugar, peanut butter and 2 tablespoons of milk. Mix until smooth, adding the last tablespoon of milk, if needed, to make it creamy but not runny.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (54.7 g)
- Calories 224.7
- Total Fat - 14.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.5 g
- Cholesterol - 10.6 mg
- Sodium - 128.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 20.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.5 g
- Sugars - 11.3 g
- Protein - 6.2 g
- Calcium - 38.5 mg
- Iron - 1.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg