Peanut Butter Oreo Bars
a peanut butter cookie base filled with crush oreo pieces. The perfect balance of chocolate and peanut butter.
Servings 8
Ingredients
For the peanut butter bars
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup slightly crushed Oreos about 4 cookies, plus more for garnish
Instructions
For the bars
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. and line an 8×8 square baking pan with parchment paper and spray the parchment paper with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk the melted butter and granulated sugar until well combined. Whisk in the peanut butter vigorously for about 30-45 seconds.
- Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Whisk them together.
- Switch to a rubber spatula. Fold in the flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and crushed Oreos all at once.
- Evenly press the dough into the prepared pan.
- Optional: You can swirl in melted dollops peanut butter, and then place whole and/or slightly crushed Oreos on top for a finished looked.
- Bake for 22-25 minutes. Mine took about 24 minutes, but my oven tends to run a little cool.