Mrs. field's creamy peanut butter chocolate bars

Course: Chocolate Cookies and bars
Yield:

Mrs. field's creamy peanut butter chocolate bars ingredients

Crust
8 med Butter cookies
1⁄4 c Salted butter, melted
CHOCOLATE LAYERS
2 1⁄2 c Milk chocolate chips =15 oz
PEANUT BUTTER FILLING
1 1⁄2 c Creamy peanut butter
1⁄2 c salted butter, softened
3 c Confectioners' sugar
2 T pure vanilla extract

Cooking Mrs. field's creamy peanut butter chocolate bars

1. *crush cookies until finely ground.
2. Add butter & mix. Press crumb mixture into bottom of 8x8 baking pan & bake 10 mins.
3. At 325°F.
4. Cool to room temperature.
5. *melt chocolate.
6. Pour half into pan & smooth evenly over crust.
7. Place pan in refrigerator.
8. Keep remaining choc.
9. Warm. *blend peanut butter & butter together until smooth using electric mixer.
10. Slowly beat in confectioners" sugar & vanilla.
11. Beat until smooth.
12. Spread mixture over chilled chocolate layer.
13. Pour remaining warm chocolate over top & spread smoothly.
14. Chill in refrigerator one hour.
15. Yields 24-36 bars.