Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

These cookie bars are made with peanut butter and topped with peanuts - they're perfect for peanut lovers !

Lire la recette des barres au beurre de cacahuètes en Français.

The dough for these cookie bars is made with peanut butter and chopped unsalted peanuts, making these peanut butter bars a peanut lover's dream ! :)
Peanut butter cookie bars are easy to make ; they only require basic baking ingredients, and the result is a soft, chewy peanut butter cookie square.
You could also add some chocolate chips to the dough (about 100g - keep a handful on the side to sprinkle on top of the dough before baking, and stir the rest into the dough).

How to make peanut butter cookie bars :

Start by melting the butter with light brown sugar, powdered sugar, and vanilla sugar (vanilla sugar can be replaced by vanilla extract, in that case stir the vanilla extract in with the peanut butter, later). Set aside to cool.

Whisk some flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together. Set aside.

Add an egg and peanut butter to the butter/sugar mix (and vanilla extract if using). Mix until well incorporated.

Stir in the dry ingredients, then the chopped unsalted peanuts.

Press the dough into a square pan, sprinkle some chopped peanuts on top and lightly press them in (this is so they bake into the cookie bars, rather than stay on top). Bake for 25 minutes, let cool and cut into squares.

You might want to check out these recipes :

Homemade peanut butter

Chocolate chip Nutella oatmeal bars

Easter chocolate cookie bars

Nougat cream cookie slices

Let me know in the comments if you make these peanut butter bars ! You can also share a picture on Instagram by tagging @acupofsprinkles and using the hashtag #acupofsprinkles !

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Here is the recipe for peanut butter cookie bars :

Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
by A Cup Of Sprinkles, adapted from the book Pâtisserie Anglaise et Américaine

These cookie bars are made with peanut butter and topped with peanuts - they're perfect for peanut lovers !

Cook time : 25 minutes
12 servings
Keywords : peanut butter, cookie bars, peanuts

Ingredients :
85g of butter
80g of light brown sugar
80g of powdered sugar
1 tsp of vanilla extract or 1/2 tbsp (1 packet) of vanilla sugar
200g of flour
1/4 tsp of baking powder
1/8 tsp of baking soda
1 pinch of salt
1 egg
50g of peanut butter
100g of unsalted peanuts, chopped

Instructions :

Preheat the oven.

Put the butter, light brown sugar, white sugar (and vanilla sugar if using) in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir, and repeat until the butter has completely melted. Set aside.

In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Add the egg and peanut butter to the butter/sugar mix. Add in vanilla extract if using. Mix until well incorporated.

While stirring, add in the dry ingredients, then stir in about 3/4 of the chopped unsalted peanuts.

Press the dough into a square 8x8in (20cmx20cm) pan, lined with baking paper. Sprinkle the remaining chopped peanuts onto the dough, and lightly press them in.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool before cutting into squares.