Chattanooga Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

Total Time: 53 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 23 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 position the oven rack in the middle position; preheat oven to 375°; line a 9 x 13 inch jelly roll pan with foil, shiny side up; coat the foil with butter or vegetable spray.
• 2 sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• 3 cream butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
• 4 add in sour cream, vanilla, and eggs and beat until smooth.
• 5 add sifted dry ingredients and combine.
• 6 divide the batter in half.
• 7 add peanut butter to half of batter and chocolate chips to other half; mix in thoroughly.
• 8 spread chocolate batter in pan using the offset spatula (layer will be very thin).
• 9 gently spread the peanut butter batter on top.
• 10 bake 18 minutes or until a pick comes out clean.
• 11 topping: remove pan from oven; place on a rack, and sprinkle chocolate chips over the top.
• 12 allow 5 minutes for chocolate chips to soften and melt.
• 13 spread chocolate with a spatula.
• 14 cool on rack 20 minutes more and then refrigerate 1 hour, or until cold and firm.
• 15 cut into squares or triangles while cold.
• 16 store between sheets of wax paper in a covered tin in the refrigerator.