Outrageous Cookie Bars Food

OUTRAGEOUS CHOCOLATE COOKIES OR BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat sugar, margarine or butter, peanut butter, vanilla and egg until creamy and well blended.
• Mix in dry ingredients.
• Add chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into greased 9-by-9-inch pan.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.

OUTRAGEOUS PEANUT BUTTER CUP BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Line 8-inch square pan with heavy-duty foil, leaving extra foil extending over edges. Spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• Place 3/4 cup butter and chocolate in medium heatproof bowl; place over medium saucepan of barely simmering water. Stir frequently until mixture is melted and smooth. Remove bowl from saucepan; let stand until cooled slightly.
• In large bowl, beat eggs, sugar and salt at medium speed until blended. At low speed, beat in chocolate mixture and 1 teaspoon vanilla until blended. Beat in flour just until incorporated. Gently stir in peanut butter cups. Spread batter in pan.
• Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached (be careful not to hit peanut butter cups). Top may crack during baking. Cool completely on wire rack. (Bars may sink slightly during cooling.).
• Meanwhile, in another large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter at medium speed until blended and smooth. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. At low speed, beat in 2 1/2 cups of the powdered sugar until blended and smooth, adding additional powdered sugar, if necessary, to achieve desired spreading consistency. Stir in peanut butter. Spread frosting over bars; sprinkle with peanuts.
• Using foil edges, lift bars from pan. Slide bars off foil onto cutting board; cut into 16 pieces.
• (Bars can be made up to 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving.).

OUTRAGEOUS PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with foil. Using electric mixer, beat first 6 ingredients in large bowl until well blended. Stir flour, oats and baking soda in small bowl to blend; mix into peanut butter mixture. Gently mix in candy bar cubes.
• Drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheets (15 per sheet), spacing 1 1/2 inches apart. Flatten cookies slightly with moistened fingertips. Freeze cookies on sheets 15 minutes.
• Bake cookies 10 minutes. Reverse sheets and bake until golden, about 10 minutes longer. Let cookies cool on sheets until beginning to firm, about 5 minutes. Using metal spatula, transfer cookies to racks and cool completely.

OUTRAGEOUS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, white sugar and peanut butter until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Strit into the peanut butter mixture.
• Mix in the oats and chocolate chips.
• Drop by rounded spoonfulls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven until the edges are golden.
• Remove from cookie sheets to wire racks to cool.

OUTRAGEOUS COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Melt butter in 13x9-inch baking pan in oven; remove from oven. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs over butter. Stir well; press onto bottom of pan. pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Sprinkle with morsels, coconut and nuts; press down firmly.
• Bake in preheated 350F oven for 25-30 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.