Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
These Peanut Butter Cookie Bars are sweet, soft, chewy and mega peanut buttery!
I made the most delicious peanut butter cookie bar recipe today. The most delicious I tell you. I seriously cannot stop eating these little bars of peanut butter deliciousness. Peanut butter is one of my biggest weaknesses, and combine it with a cookie batter, I can’t stop. Won’t stop.
These cookie bars are sweet, soft, and mega peanut buttery. I under baked mine just a smidge, but I like cookies and bars soft and chewy, and under baking them makes them just perfect. You need to make them. Stat.
And can we just talk about this pan for a second? Isn’t it a thing of beauty? I’ve really grown an appreciation for, and a big love of vintage baking tins and pans. I love the shape of them, the details in the metal, and the worn look they wear. I want to know their stories. Who baked in them? What was baked in them? Where did they come from? I just love the mystery of them, so I find myself scouring thrift shops and antique stores for vintage tins like this one in the picture. So pretty.
Anyway, shall we get back to these Peanut Butter Cookie Bars? Yes, I think we should.
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These Peanut Butter Cookie Bars cookie bars are sweet, soft, chewy and mega peanut buttery!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 36 medium bars 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter (at room temperature)
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup peanut butter chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 9×9 square baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, cream together the butter, peanut butter, and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, baking soda and salt.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and combine.
- Stir in the peanut butter chips.
- Spread the mixture into the baking pan, making sure it is smooth and level.
- Bake for 30 – 35 minutes, or until the centre looks set. See notes.
- Cool on a wire rack before cutting.
Notes
I wanted our bars to be slightly chewy, so they are a little under done. I baked mine for 30 minutes.
Recipe slightly adapted from Taste of Home
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If you love peanut butter you might like these recipes too!
- Peanut Butter Loaf
- Peanut Butter Banana Bread
- Peanut Butter Cookies 3 Ways
- Peanut Butter Banana Popsicles
- Peanut Butter Pancakes
- Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal
- Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this recipe…it’s definitely a keeper around here!
I was going to comment on that vintage pan! I love it! This recipe looks divine! I’m pinning it right this second!
Thank you Tara! 🙂
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Husband is a happy camper as I’m making this right now! Anything peanut butter is a win win:) Thank you for sharing your treasures Jo-Anna!
Made it and it’s so yummy with milk despite that I over baked it a little. Sure making this again!
Oh my gosh, this looks to DIE FOR! My hubby is a PB addict so I’ll have to add it to my recipe box
Oh gosh, these look so delicious. I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Thank you Emma!
I love peanut butter, really love peanut butter! And these cookie bars look amazing! 🙂 Saying hello fro link party palooza!
Cathy
Hi Cathy! I love PB so much too! These bars are the perfect peanut butter fix! Thank you for stopping by!
mmm these look so delicious! I love peanut butter, thanks for sharing : )
Kathryn
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You are so welcome! They’re our fave!
Mmmmmm these look so yummy, the perfect little treat. I’d probably under bake mine as I love the chewy texture too. Thank you for sharing, I came across you on the motivate me monday link party : )
Kathryn | Nimble Note
Thank you Kathryn!
These look delicious. I can’t wait to try it. I have always enjoyed cookie recipes with peanut butter.
These are definitely a family favourite recipe!
Oh my goodness, these look amazing! Thank you for sharing this recipe! Pinned! Please come share this and link up with me at http://www.wrightsimply.com/2015/05/wordless-wednesday-linky-giveaway.html because I know others wlll love it, too!
Have a great weekend ahead!! xx Ashleigh @SimplyWright
I like my cookie bars to be chewy too, so thanks for saying to cook them for 30 minutes. A lot of cookies and other treats that have peanut butter tend to be hard, and I like softer treats.
Visiting from All Things Thursday.
Pinned! They look fabulous! Coming to you from “Espressos of Faith” via #Coffee&Conversation!
the bars sound great. Would it be a sin to sub chocolate chips for the peanut butter chips?
Wishing I had these right now! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
I love PB! Thanks for sharing at Motivational Monday. Hope you will link up again tonight!
Who can resist peanut butter? These look amazing!
Thank you Julie!
Hi Jo-Anna hope your having a great week! Pinned & shared. Hope to see you again soon. Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight party!
I should make this for my son’s birthday, he loves peanut butter. Thanks for posting. Hello from Project Inspired.
Nice! i want some pretty 😀
Look delicious! i want to buy some 😀
Look delicious!
Making these now I’m so excited to try them thank you !
I made these and the taste is amazing, but they just fell apart on me. I’m not sure what I did wrong. ?
These were by far the best pb cookies I’ve ever had!!! Made exactly as the recipe instructed and they came out perfect! Thanks so much!!
★★★★★
I’m so happy you enjoyed them Leslie!