Sometimes I just love the ease of a bar cookie like these chocolate chip peanut butter oatmeal bars. There is no need to scoop and cook several trays of cookies. Just spread it all into a pan and let it bake.

You can also get a texture with a bar cookie that you can’t always accomplish with a regular cookie. With bars, the result can be a more tender and/or chewy consistency.

This bar cookie recipe I have for you today combines the flavors of 3 cookies – chocolate chip, peanut butter, and oatmeal. Not only are these a  delicious combination of cookies, but these bars are super soft and will say that way for days!

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

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Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 cup butter softened
• ▢ 1 ⅓ cups brown sugar
• ▢ ⅓ cup sugar
• ▢ 1 cup peanut butter
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1 ½ cups flour
• ▢ 2 tsp baking soda
• ▢ 1 tsp salt
• ▢ 1 ½ cups old-fashioned oats
• ▢ 1 pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips set aside 1/2 cup for sprinkling on top

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, and sugar together with a mixer for several minutes. Add peanut butter and beat together until smooth.
• Add in eggs one at a time and blending after each one.
• in another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add this to the creamed mixture and mix until just combined.
• Mix in the oats and chocolate chips (with the exception of the 1/2 cup that is reserved) until just combined.
• Spread into a 13x9 greased pan. Sprinkle the reserved 1/2 cup chocolate chips on top and bake for 25-30 minutes until just light brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Don't over-bake for best results.
• Allow to cool, then cut into bars and store in an airtight container. Makes 24 bars.

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Recipe adapted from The Baking Chocolatess.