Reese's Peanut Butter Bars

  Reese's Peanut Butter Bars 36 bars

Cookie Base 1 cup butter, softened 3 TBL milk 1 1/2  cups brown sugar, firmly packed 1 cup sugar 1 cup  creamy peanut butter 1 egg  1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups quick oats 2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 350.  Spray a bar or jelly roll pan with cooking spray.   In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugars together.  Mix on high for 1 minute.  Add peanut butter, egg, milk,  and vanilla, mix well.   Add baking soda and salt, mix well.  Slowly add quick oats and flour, mix well, making sure to scrape sides and bottom of bowl.   Press the cookie mixture to bottom of pan.  Bake for 13-15 minutes.  

While baking make the peanut butter frosting.  Let bars cool 5 minutes before frosting with peanut butter frosting. The bars will still be warm so frosting will melt a little. Press softly when frosting.

Cool peanut butter frosted bars completely, before frosting with the chocolate frosting.  I even place in refrigerator for 1 hour.  Then gently spread chocolate frosting over the peanut butter frosting.  

Peanut Butter Frosting 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter 2 TBL butter, softened 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Cream peanut butter and butter together.  Add powdered suger mix well. 
Chocolate Frosting 6 TBL butter, softened 4 cups powdered sugar 1/2 cup cocoa 1 tsp vanilla 6-8 TBL milk
Cream butter and powdered sugar.  Mix on high for 1 minute.  Add cocoa and vanilla, mix well.  Add 6 TBL milk,  mix together.  If needed add more milk until spreadable consistency is reached.   * Great for gathering with large number of people.   **Also know as lunch lady bars.