Peanut Butter Apple Cookie Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream the shortening, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in apple. , Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake until golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks.

Steps:

• 1. Combine the butter, peanut butter & brown sugar until creamy.
• 2. Add eggs, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda & salt, stirring until well combined
• 3. Mix in flour.
• 4. Fold in apples
• 5. Spread into greased 9x13 baking dish
• 6. Bake at 350' for about 25 minutes or until set.

Steps:

• Make the bars: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F with a rack in the center. Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick spray, line the bottom with parchment paper, then spray the parchment.
• Melt the butter in a medium skillet and then pour into a medium heatproof bowl, reserving about 1 tablespoon of the butter in the skillet. Add the apples and 1 tablespoon of the granulated sugar to the skillet, toss and cook over medium heat until the apples are softened and slightly shrunken and most of the juice has evaporated, 3 to 5 minutes.
• While the apples cook, whisk together the oats, flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda in a medium bowl and set aside.
• In the medium heatproof bowl, stir the brown sugar, remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar, peanut butter and vanilla into the melted butter. Add the egg and mix well to combine. Stir in the dry ingredients, mixing well, and then stir in the cooked apples and apple chips. The dough will be stiff.
• Spread the dough into the prepared baking pan and smooth the top. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until evenly deep golden brown and the center feels firm to the touch. Place the pan on a wire rack and cool completely.
• Finish the bars: Remove the cooled bar from the pan. Melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave in a small microwaveable bowl in 8 second increments, stirring well after each until melted, about 30 seconds. Transfer to a sandwich bag, snip off a small opening at the tip and drizzle the white chocolate over the surface of the baked bar. Sprinkle with the apple chip pieces. Cut in half and then cut each half into 6 bars. Store covered at room temperature for up to 4 days.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray the bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Mix flour, brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, milk, egg, vanilla extract, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Fold chocolate chips into the batter. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease an 11x7 inch baking pan. If you don't have one, you can use an 8x8, 9x9, or if neceessary an 11x13.
• Place peanut butter and butter in a microwave safe dish. Heat in the microwave for 30-45 seconds or until butter is melted. Stir together.
• Place all ingredients, except fruit, into a bowl. Using an electric beater or KitchenAid mixer, beat ingredients together for approximately 1 minutes.
• Peel a whole apple and thinly chop into pieces, no larger than the size of your thumb nail.
• Stir the apples into the oatmeal mixture.
• Pour the mixture into greased pan and press entire mixture down firmly with your fingers.
• Place pan into the oven and cook for 25 minutes or until edges are golden brown. If you are using an 11x13 pan, it will take a bit less time because the mixture will be much thinner.
• Let cool for 10 minutes before slicing into strips. Let the remaining bars cool entirely before you place in tupperware or wrap them in foil.

Steps:

• 1. Sift flour with baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Beat egg until light and gradually beat in sugar. Stir in milk, vanilla and peanut butter.
• 2. Fold in flour mixture and apples. Spread in a foil lined and buttered 8-inch square pan or dish.
• 3. Bake in 350^ oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan for about 5 minutes. Lift out the foil and cut into 12 squares or into 24 sticks. If desired frost the bars. If cutting into sticks roll in sifted powdered sugar.
• 4. Cut into sticks, if desired.

Steps:

• beat butter and peanut butter for 30 seconds. add sugars and beat until fluffy. add remaining ingredients, except chocolate chips, in order given. spread into 9 x 13 pan. bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. sprinkle with chocolate chips and let stand for 5 minutes. spread chocolate and cool. prepare icing by beating ingredients together for a drizzling consistency. drizzle over chocolate layer and cut into bars.