Monster Cookie Bars

By srumbel

These cookie bars contain my favorite cookie combination of oats, peanut butter, and chocolate. (And just because peanut butter is so good, I’ve added in some peanut butter chips!) Feel free to use your favorite kind of chocolate chips. I used a mixture of milk chocolate and semi-sweet to get a couple of different flavors of chocolate into these bars. I also used mini M&M’s, because they make it seem like there are lots of M&M’s in your cookie bars without going overboard! Next time you want cookies, but don’t have the time, give these cookie bars a try!
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Ingredients

• 1/4 C butter, softened
• 3/4 C no-stir natural peanut butter
• 1/2 C brown sugar
• 1/4 C sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 C all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 C quick oats
• 1/2 C mini M&M's
• 1/2 C chocolate chips (I used a mixture of milk and semi-sweet)
• 1/4 C peanut butter chips

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 30mins

Preparation

Step 1

1.Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray a 9x9 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
2.In the bowl of a stand mixture, beat together butter and peanut butter until smooth. Add in sugars and beat until well-combined. Add in egg and vanilla extract and beat until smooth.
3.In a small bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Slowly add flour mixture to wet ingredients and beat until combined. Stir in oats.
4.Add in M&M's, chocolate chips, and peanut butter chips. Stir until just combined.
5.Press dough into the bottom of prepared baking dish.
6.Baked for 12-15 minutes or until edges start to turn golden brown and center is set.
7.Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes and then cut into bars.