Peanut Butter Crunch Bars

Did you grow up on these in your school cafeteria? Don't tell my mom, but I remember trading the rest of my meal with anyone who would oblige and sometimes ended up with three of these bars on my tray. I am a dessert girl, and these were my favorite!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup Crisco
• 1 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups quick oatmeal

Directions

• Mix together and put in greased and floured 12 x 16 pan.
• Bake at 350* for 20 minutes.

Frosting

• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 2 1/2 tbsp margarine
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 4 cups powdered sugar

Mix and add enough water (we used about 1 cup) to make it to spreading consistency. Spread evenly on bars.

Thoughts

• Just as delicious as I remember!
• I think next time I might put them in a smaller pan so they are a little thicker.
• In school the bars were usually a darker color, although I believe this is the exact recipe.
• I'm not sure why they are called crunch bars, as there is really no crunch. Did we mix them too well?
• Another idea I had is to add M&Ms on top...which would taste like monster cookie bars!

Thanks to Lauren for sharing this recipe with me so I could make it for our life group! I know Chris really enjoyed them :)