Peanut Butter-oatmeal Brownies With Peanut Butter Frosting

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons maple extract (or use 2-3 teaspoons vanilla)
• 1 1/4 cups peanut butter
• 2 cups large-flake oats
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts (optional)
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons milk (more as needed, or use whipping cream)
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• 3 grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• 4 in a large bowl using an electric mixer cream the butter or margarine with and brown sugar until well creamed.
• 5 mix in the peanut butter.
• 6 add in eggs and maple or vanilla extract; mix until well blended (about 3 minutes).
• 7 in a bowl combine the flour with oats, baking soda and cinnamon; add to the creamed mixture and mix until well combined.
• 8 mix in chopped peanuts.
• 9 transfer to baking dish, then spread out evenly (the mixture will be quite thick so use you hands to spread in the dish).
• 10 bake for about 20-22 minutes.
• 11 cool completely before frosting.
• 12 for the frosting; in a bowl beat butter or margarine and peanut butter until fluffy using an electric mixer.
• 13 gradually mix in confectioners sugar, when the mixture stars to get thick add in the milk or cream a tablespoon at a time until a desired spreadable consistency is achieved.
• 14 spread over the cooled brownies.
• 15 cut into bars.