Peanut Butter Cookie Bars with Peanut Butter Glaze

These cookie bars are very, very good. The only way they survived a full 24-hours in our apartment was through sheer will power, but believe me, they didn't last much longer than that.



Peanut Butter Cookie Bars with Peanut Butter Glaze
(adapted from Taste of Home)
Printable Recipe
Serves 24

Ingredients
COOKIE BARS:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar (or whatever you can find in BiH)
1/2 heaping cup creamy peanut butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 heaping cup semisweet chocolate chips (or chunks of chocolate made "for baking or eating")

GLAZE:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons milk

Directions
1) In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugars and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
2) Combine the flour, oats, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into creamed mixture and mix well. Add chocolate chips and mix until just incorporated. Spread into a greased 13x9 baking pan.
3) Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden browned. Cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes or until cool to the touch.
4) In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients; spread evenly over cookie bars. Cut and serve. Enjoy!