Reese's Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

Reese's Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars might be a good recipe to expand your breakfast collection. This recipe serves 24 and costs 38 cents per serving. One portion of this dish contains about 7g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 372 calories. A few people made this recipe, and 25 would say it hit the spot. It is brought to you by Life Made Simple. Head to the store and pick up powdered sugar, eggs, milk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 32 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 25%. Reese’s Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars, Reese’s Peanut Butter S’mores Oatmeal Cookie Bars, and Peanut butter cookie bars with Reese’s peanut butter eggs are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 24

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 22 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 c. granulated sugar

1 c. brown sugar, packed

1 c. peanut butter, creamy or chunky

¾ c. (1½ sticks) butter, room temperature

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

2 c. all-purpose flour

1½ c. quick rolled oats

1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

½ c. peanut butter

2 c. powdered sugar

1/3 c. milk

1 c. chocolate chips (milk or semi-sweet)

5 Reese's peanut butter cups, chopped

Equipment:

baking pan

oven

stand mixer

bowl

mixing bowl

whisk

frying pan

hand mixer

wire rack

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease (or cover with parchment) a 9X13 baking pan, set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the sugars, butter and peanut butter for 1 minute. Turn speed to low and add one egg at a time. Add vanilla and mix until combined. In a medium size mixing bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, baking soda and salt. With mixing speed on low, gradually add the dry ingredients until just combined. Pour dough into the prepared pan and pat down until an even layer is formed. Place in the oven and bake for 22-28 minutes, or until the top begins to brown. Meanwhile, in a medium size mixing bowl, combine all of the topping ingredients. Using a hand mixer, beat until smooth (it should be a spreadable consistency, but will it will also melt and get shiny on contact). Set aside until needed. Remove bars from oven and place pan on a wire rack. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top, then pour on the topping, swirl and spread into an even layer. Top with chunks of peanut butter cups, pressing them in to the topping. Allow to cool for 30 minutes (or refrigerate until the topping is solid) before cutting into bars.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease (or cover with parchment) a 9X13 baking pan, set aside.

2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the sugars, butter and peanut butter for 1 minute. Turn speed to low and add one egg at a time.

3. Add vanilla and mix until combined.

4. In a medium size mixing bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, baking soda and salt. With mixing speed on low, gradually add the dry ingredients until just combined.

5. Pour dough into the prepared pan and pat down until an even layer is formed.

6. Place in the oven and bake for 22-28 minutes, or until the top begins to brown.

7. Meanwhile, in a medium size mixing bowl, combine all of the topping ingredients. Using a hand mixer, beat until smooth (it should be a spreadable consistency, but will it will also melt and get shiny on contact). Set aside until needed.

8. Remove bars from oven and place pan on a wire rack. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top, then pour on the topping, swirl and spread into an even layer. Top with chunks of peanut butter cups, pressing them in to the topping. Allow to cool for 30 minutes (or refrigerate until the topping is solid) before cutting into bars.


Nutrition Information:

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372k Calories
7g Protein
17g Total Fat
49g Carbs
2% Health Score
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Calories
372k
19%

Fat
17g
27%

  Saturated Fat
7g
44%

Carbohydrates
49g
16%

  Sugar
35g
39%

Cholesterol
30mg
10%

Sodium
253mg
11%

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Protein
7g
14%

Manganese
0.5mg
25%

Vitamin B3
3mg
15%

Vitamin E
1mg
11%

Phosphorus
107mg
11%

Selenium
7µg
11%

Magnesium
38mg
10%

Folate
36µg
9%

Vitamin B1
0.13mg
8%

Fiber
2g
8%

Iron
1mg
7%

Copper
0.13mg
6%

Vitamin B2
0.11mg
6%

Zinc
0.84mg
6%

Vitamin B6
0.11mg
6%

Potassium
170mg
5%

Vitamin A
221IU
4%

Vitamin B5
0.38mg
4%

Calcium
38mg
4%

Vitamin D
0.22µg
1%

Vitamin B12
0.07µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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