Peanut Butter Lunch Lady Cookie Bars 🍪🥜
Ingredients:
For the Bars:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1½ cups creamy peanut butter (or chunky for texture)
3 sticks (1½ cups) unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
½ cup milk
For the Frosting:
4 cups powdered sugar
¼ cup milk
½ cup peanut butter
½ stick (4 tbsp) butter
Instructions:
Prep: Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Grease a 10×15-inch jelly roll pan or line with parchment.
Dry mix: Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
Wet mix: In another bowl, whisk milk, eggs, and vanilla.
Melt butters: In a saucepan, melt butter and peanut butter until smooth. Let cool slightly.
Combine: Pour melted mixture into dry ingredients, then stir in wet mix until smooth.
Bake: Spread batter evenly in pan. Bake 20 mins until golden edges. Cool completely.
Frosting:
Beat powdered sugar, milk, peanut butter, and butter until creamy.
Spread over cooled bars. Cut into squares once set.
