Peanut Butter Bliss Bars

Hmmm, is it a “brownie”, “bar” or a “finger?”  This is a nice, easy recipe from the Amish  archives for “peanut butter bliss bars.”

Typical of many Amish recipes this was somewhat sparse on instructions. For instance, the recipe did not call for a pan size. I think you could use a 9 X 13 baking dish. You’d get a thicker “bar”. I ended up using a 12 X 16 inch cookie sheet which made for a thinner bar.  Note I am calling them “bars” even though the title is “fingers.”  If you used a 9 X 13 and got something thicker I think you could cut them into long “finger shapes”….the 12 X 16 , I think, made them too thin to cut into anything other than squares or bars.  But if I did it again I might stick with the thinner “bars” pictured above because I really liked the way they turned out. The recipe makes a light, airy dessert with good peanut butter and chocolate flavor.  Very easy to make and using a 12 X 16 pan I ended up with close to 40 bars. I just lightly greased the cookie sheet with cooking spray, the recipe didn’t say specifically.  

Peanut Butter Bliss Bars

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Course Dessert

Cuisine Amish

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups brown sugar
• ⅔ cup peanut butter
• 2 cups oatmeal
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs

Glaze

• 3 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• ½c cup cocoa

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening, sugar, peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Spread onto large cookie sheet.Bake at 350.
• Cool partly before glazing.For glaze: combine water and butter.Bring to a boil.Blend well, then add sugar and vanilla.Beat until smooth, then spread over the dessert.Let cool and cut into bars.