The Real Cafeteria Peanut Butter Bars Recipes

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RETRO SCHOOL CAFETERIA PEANUT BUTTER BARS

It's taken me a while to find this recipe. There are many versions of "the peanut butter bar" but, I believe this recipe comes the closest to what I remember eating in the 1960's (via our elementary school lunchroom). Boy those ladies could really cook back then!

Provided by Deborah Olson

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Bar Cookie Recipes

Time 1h5m

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 15



Retro School Cafeteria Peanut Butter Bars image

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 15x10-inch baking pan.
  • Cream white sugar, brown sugar, butter, and eggs together in a mixing bowl. Mix in peanut butter and vanilla extract. Add flour and blend well. Add oats, baking soda, and salt and mix to combine. Spread into the prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool or chill in the refrigerator, about 30 minutes.
  • While bars cool, blend powdered sugar, butter, milk, and peanut butter together in a bowl, adding more milk to give frosting the desired consistency. Frost cooled bars and cut into 20 pieces.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 387.9 calories, Carbohydrate 52.4 g, Cholesterol 49.2 mg, Fat 18.3 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 8.7 g, Sodium 136 mg, Sugar 36.9 g

1 ⅛ cups white sugar
1 ⅛ cups brown sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 large eggs
¾ cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ⅔ cups rolled oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch salt
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 tablespoons milk, or more as needed
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

THE REAL CAFETERIA PEANUT BUTTER BARS

These are exactly like the ones I grew up with in the 80's! You can half the recipe and use a 9x13; I like to make a bunch and either freeze them or gobble them. (I have five kids...they usually get gobbled! ;) Sometimes I leave off the chocolate chip layer, put the PB frosting directly on top of the bars, and smother with Texas sheet cake icing instead. YUM!

Provided by LinsietheGreat

Categories     Bar Cookie

Time 55m

Yield 25 bars, 25 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13



The Real Cafeteria Peanut Butter Bars image

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cream butter and white sugar and brown sugar. Blend in peanut butter, eggs, vanilla, and baking soda. Add flour and oatmeal. Mix well.
  • Spread batter in greased 15"x10"x1" pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
  • Remove pan from oven turn the oven off. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of bars. Return to oven and allow to sit for 8 minutes or until chocolate is melted. Spread to smooth chocolate, and allow to cool.
  • To make the peanut butter icing: Mix together powdered sugar, remaining peanut butter, and milk until it makes a spreadable consistency. Cover the bars and enjoy!

1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups rolled oats
4 cups chocolate chips
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup milk

CAFETERIA PEANUT BUTTER BARS

These were the peanut butter bars that our school cafeteria used to sell for 25 cents a bar. I am sure they had to make multiple pans a day, these were so good! Very easy to make and really tasty! No baking required. Prep time does not include refrigeration time.

Provided by musiclady12076

Categories     Bar Cookie

Time 15m

Yield 36 2x2 squares (cookie sheet), 36 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6



Cafeteria Peanut Butter Bars image

Steps:

  • 1. Mix the sifted powdered sugar, brown sugar and melted butter together well. Fold in the creamy peanut butter until blended.
  • 2. Spread the peanut butter mixture into a buttered pan; 9x13 for thicker bars, cookie sheet for thinner bars.
  • 3. Melt the chocolate chips and 1/2 cup butter and pour over the peanut butter mixture. Spread around to make it even.
  • 4. Refrigerate for 1 hour, until chocolate has solidified most of the way, and cut into bars with an unserrated knife.
  • 5. Return to the refrigerator over night until set. (I return to the freezer for faster set time).

3 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup salted butter, melted
1 (18 ounce) jar creamy peanut butter
12 ounces chocolate chips
1/2 cup salted butter

SCHOOL CAFETERIA PEANUT BUTTER BARS

Remember those flat peanut butter bars you used to get in your school cafeteria lunches? Well, here they are!

Provided by Julesong

Categories     Bar Cookie

Time 28m

Yield 1 batch bars

Number Of Ingredients 11



School Cafeteria Peanut Butter Bars image

Steps:

  • Combine flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
  • Cream together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl.
  • Beat in egg.
  • Gradually beat in flour mixture.
  • (If you'd like, you can add 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips to the mixture, but I know*my* school could never afford such luxuries as chocolate!) Spread batter into a 13x9x2 inch pan.
  • Bake at 375F for 15 to 18 minutes.
  • (If you'd like to go the extra mile past what your school could probably afford to make for your lunches, you can take 1 cup of milk chocolate chips and put them on the surface of the peanut butter bars just after you've removed them from the oven. The bar) Let the bars it cool in the pan on a rack then cut into bars.
  • Enjoy!
  • Note: reduced fat peanut butter for this recipe is not recommended, as it might make the bars drier than you'd like.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4564, Fat 288.8, SaturatedFat 138.9, Cholesterol 674, Sodium 4457.1, Carbohydrate 437.5, Fiber 18.4, Sugar 225.9, Protein 82.7

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
3/4 cup peanut butter (such as Jif or Skippy smooth or chunky, your choice, and NOT reduced fat, "natural peanut butter" no)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
1 cup milk chocolate chips (optional)

NO BAKE CAFETERIA PEANUT BUTTER BARS

I loved these as a kid, brings back such great memories. A great recipe that requires no baking and ends up tasting like what a Reese's cup aspires to be - When I saw it posted on Face Book new I had to save it. Cook time is cooling time. I've had to guess at serving size as it depends on how you cut it, but they are rich.

Provided by Bonnie G 2

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 1 Pan, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6



No Bake Cafeteria Peanut Butter Bars image

Steps:

  • Place all ingredients except the chocolate chips in a large microwave safe bowl.
  • Microwave until butter and peanut butter are melted, one to two minutes (time will vary by microwave).
  • Remove from microwave and use a large spoon to stir all of the ingredients together until they form a ball of dough that leaves the side of the bowl.
  • Pat into a 9x13 pan.
  • Pour chocolate chips into another microwave safe bowl and microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring after each, until completely melted. Spoon over top of peanut butter mixture and spread evenly.
  • Allow to cool completely at room temperature until chocolate hardens again or place in the refrigerator for faster hardening.
  • Cut into squares and serve to some awfully happy people!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 588.1, Fat 37.7, SaturatedFat 14.3, Cholesterol 20.3, Sodium 271.1, Carbohydrate 60.3, Fiber 4.2, Sugar 52.6, Protein 12.1

1/2 cup butter (or margarine, whatever you have)
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed (light or dark, again whatever you have)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups peanut butter
2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

PEANUT BUTTER BARS

I got this recipe when working as a school cafeteria manager years ago. These bars were so popular with kids that we'd have to make extra or we'd run out.-Sarah Thomas, Roanoke, Virginia

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 30m

Yield 8 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 10



Peanut Butter Bars image

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, in batches, cream the sugars, peanut butter and shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Press into three greased 15x10x1-in. baking pans. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until top is golden brown. cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts :

6 cups sugar
3 cups packed brown sugar
2 cups peanut butter
1 cup shortening
12 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
8 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
Confectioners' sugar

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