Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars
These Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars are layers of oatmeal peanut butter blondies with a chocolate frosting on top. The ultimate decadent dessert!
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LUNCH LADY BARS
If I were to have one dessert that personified me, this would be it. A little sweet, a little salty, and thick as can be.
Not to mention I have over 100 peanut butter recipes on this site. I truly love peanut butter.
HOW TO MAKE THESE
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees ℉ and spray a jelly roll pan (17.8 x 12.8 x 1 inch) with nonstick cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
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In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar together.
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Add the vanilla, eggs, and 1 cup of the peanut butter. Mix well.
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Add oats, flour, baking soda and salt and mix until well combined.
Spread dough in an even layer onto the prepared pan. The dough will be wet so it helps to spray your hands with cooking spray to press it in. -
Bake bars for 15 minutes and remove from oven.
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Drop remaining 1 ½ cups of peanut butter in small spoonfuls all over on top of warm bars. Let peanut butter sit for about 5 minutes and spread when peanut butter has softened and melted.
Let bars sit until set up before spreading the chocolate frosting on.
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For the chocolate frosting: In a large bowl, beat together the butter, powdered sugar, cocoa, milk, and vanilla until smooth and spread on top of bars.Cut into bars and serve.
Spread dough in an even layer onto the prepared pan. The dough will be wet so it helps to spray your hands with cooking spray to press it in.
Let bars sit until set up before spreading the chocolate frosting on.
Cut into bars and serve.
CAN YOU FREEZE THESE?
Yes. You can freeze these up to three months. You can either freeze the whole pan or cut into bars and stack separated by parchment paper. Thaw and serve.
OTHER PEANUT BUTTER RECIPES:
- Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
- Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Turtle Buckeye Brownies
- Cutler’s Peanut Butter Cookies
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cupcakes
- No-Bake Cookies
- Homemade Reese’s Bars
- Monster Cookie Cheesecake Bars
Lunch Lady Bars
These Lunch lady bars are layers of oatmeal peanut butter blondies with a chocolate frosting on top. The ultimate decadent dessert!
Ingredients
BARS:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2½ cups peanut butter, divided
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees ℉ and spray a jelly roll pan (17.8 x 12.8 x 1 inch) with nonstick cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar together.
- Add the vanilla, eggs, and 1 cup of the peanut butter. Mix well
- Add oats, flour, baking soda and salt and mix until well combined. Spread dough in an even layer onto the prepared pan. The dough will be wet so it helps to spray your hands with cooking spray to press it in.
- Bake bars for 15 minutes and remove from oven.
- Drop remaining 1 ½ cups of peanut butter in small spoonfuls all over on top of warm bars. Let peanut butter sit for about 5 minutes and spread when peanut butter has softened and melted. Let bars sit until set up before spreading the chocolate frosting on.
- For the chocolate frosting: In a large bowl, beat together the butter, powdered sugar, cocoa, milk, and vanilla until smooth and spread on top of bars. Cut into bars and serve.
