Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Chip Or Chocolate Peanut Squares

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/3 cup peanut butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 3 tablespoons peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons milk
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted (optional)
• 2 tablespoons milk (optional)
• 6 ounces chocolate chips (optional)
• 24 solid chocolate wafers (optional)

Recipe

• 1 peanut butter squares:.
• 2 cream together all ingredients, except flour and frosting, until fluffy.
• 3 blend in flour.
• 4 press into bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch pan.
• 5 bake at 350°f for 20 to 25 minutes, or until light golden brown (don't over bake).
• 6 combine all frosting ingredients, adding milk until frosting is a spreadable consistency.
• 7 beat until smooth.
• 8 cool for a few minutes; frost with peanut butter frosting.
• 9 cut into 2-inch squares while warm.
• 10 chocolate peanut squares:.
• 11 add unsweetened chocolate and milk with the egg.
• 12 sprinkle batter in pan with sugar.
• 13 frost if desired.
• 14 peanut butter chip bars:.
• 15 add chocolate chips with the flour.
• 16 brown eyed susans:.
• 17 arrange chocolate wafers on top of hot bars so a wafer will center on each 2-inch square.