Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Blossom Bars

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup mini chocolate chip
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 35 hershey chocolate kisses

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350*f. line a 13x9" baking pan with parchment papaer, leaving a 1" overhang; set aside.
• 2 combine the butter, peanut butter, and brown sugar in a large bowl; blend with an electric mixer on medium speed, scraping sides of bowl down often, until creamy.
• 3 add the eggs and vanilla; blend well.
• 4 reduce mixer speed to low; add the flour, baking powder, and baking soda, mixing just until combined. gently stir in the chocolate chips.
• 5 pat the dough into the prepared pan; sprinkle with sugar.
• 6 bake 20-22 minutes or until golden brown; cool in pan 5 minutes.
• 7 immediately press evenly spaced kisses into the warm bars; cool completely.
• 8 cut into bars, cutting evenly between the kisses.