No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Feb. 27th, 2010 07:53 pmNo-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
2 cups peanut butter, divided
3/4 cups (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar, divided
3 cups graham crackers crumbs
2 cups (12-ounce package) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels, divided
GREASE 13x9-inch baking pan.
BEAT 1 1/4 cups peanut butter and butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in 1 cup powdered sugar. With hands or wooden spoon, work in remaining powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs and 1/2 cup morsels. Press evenly into prepared pan. Smooth top with spatula.
MELT remaining peanut butter and remaining morsels in medium, heavy-duty saucepan over lowest possible heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Spread over graham cracker crust in pan. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until chocolate is firm; cut into bars. Store in refrigerator.
Makes 5 dozen bars
IDK why there's a lot of italics in the book, and I almost didn't add them here, but the emphasis seems to be an important note for the recipe to work.