Brett took Owen on a little camping adventure this weekend. It was a Father’s & Son’s activity for our church. Everything was going well until about 3am when Owen woke up and freaked out (his screams echoing through the campsite). Both boys came crawling into bed with me at about 3:30am. Luckily, the camp site was close and only a 15 minute drive home.
Even though the adventure was kind of a fail, three good things still came of it:
1) My boys still spent some quality father-son time together,
2) I got to enjoy a relaxing girl’s night, and
3) These easy (and delicious) peanut butter cookie bars
I completely forgot that I was supposed to make a dessert to send the boys with, so Friday afternoon I was scrambling to find something quick to make. These peanut butter cookie bars ended up being perfect and only took minutes to throw together!
Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
Ingredients
1/2 c. butter, melted
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1/3 c. peanut butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. quick oats
chocolate chips to sprinkle on top
Instructions
Stir together melted butter and sugars until thoroughly combined. Add egg and mix well. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla extract. Add flour, baking powder, and salt; stir to combine. Stir in oats. Press mixture into a 9×13 pan (lightly greased). Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Return to oven until golden brown and baked through, about 8-10 more minutes.
source: Nosh With Me via One Ordinary Day
These look delicious! You can’t go wrong with PB and chocolate, and I love baked goods with oats in them!
Oh yummy, they have oatmeal in them! They are my baking list, thanks! 🙂
Sorry your little guy had a bad night camping!
But this recipe must have save the day… look great. I am putting them on my ‘must try’ list.
ive been bookmarking quite a few of your recent posts but havent had time to experiment yet. however im for sure going to make the chicken salad sandwich this week, and i was wondering about those carrot stick fries…i would loooove to try those out! are u going to post a recipe soon? like this week soon? lol. i really wanna make it with the lettuce wraps.:)
I love recipes that come together so easy! And the pb/chocolate combination doesn’t hurt, either!
I made these this weekend and they were DELICIOUS!!! Thanks for such a great and easy recipe. My chocolate/cookie monster husband loved them too.
Made this for my husband to take into the police academy-everyone loved them 🙂 Thanks so much!