Chocolate-peanut Butter Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1 3/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter, slightly softened
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate pieces
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º f.
• 2 for crumb mixture:.
• 3 in a large bowl stir together the oats, brown sugar, all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• 4 using a pastry blender (or two knives), cut in the butter till mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• 5 stir peanuts into mixture.
• 6 for topping:.
• 7 stir together 1 3/4 of above crumb mixture and the chocolate pieces and set aside.
• 8 for crust:.
• 9 stir the egg into the remaining crumb mixture.
• 10 press mixture into bottom of a jelly roll pan (15 x 10 x 1).
• 11 partially bake the crust at 350º f for 15 minutes.
• 12 while the crust bakes, make the filling.
• 13 for filling:.
• 14 stir together the condensed milk and peanut butter until well combined.
• 15 carefully pour the peanut-butter filling over the partially baked crust.
• 16 sprinkle topping mixture over top of filling.
• 17 bake at 350º f for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges.
• 18 cool in pan on rack.
• 19 cut into bars.