Chewy Peanut Butter Cookie Bars Recipe
These Chewy Peanut Butter Cookie Bars are sweet, soft, chewy and SO peanut buttery! Bake the batch in one pan, so you get 36 bars all at once. No waiting for batches of cookies to bake when you make these bars!
Servings 36 medium bars
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose 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 F.
- Line a 9 x 9 square baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, peanut butter, and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla.
- In a separate large bowl whisk together the flour, oats, baking soda and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and combine.
- Stir in the peanut butter chips.
- Spread the cookie dough into the baking pan, making sure it is smooth and level.
- Bake for 30 - 35 minutes, or until the centre looks set and the edges are golden brown. 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.