Peanut Butter Bars II recipe

Name: Peanut Butter Bars II
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips; ½ cup white sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup chopped walnuts; ½ cup creamy peanut butter; ½ cup unsalted butter; 1 cup light brown sugar; 1 (13 ounce) package miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, halved

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Step 2

Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt in small bowl. Beat together sugars, 1/2 cup butter and peanut butter in a large bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Stir in flour mixture to blend. Fold in chopped nuts.

Step 3

Pour batter into prepared pan. Press the peanut butter cups lightly into the batter.

Step 4

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Cool in pan.

Step 5

To Make Topping: Melt chocolate and 1/2 cup butter in a small bowl in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval, until smooth. Drizzle the chocolate in pan. Cut into bars.