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Reuven's Recipe corneR - Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Bars

A comment I made on a previous post gave me the idea of posting some recipes on the site. (Those who know me know that I am quite fond of baking - desserts in particular.) I'll start with what has come to be one of my specialties: Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Bars. Easy, delicious and quite impressive-looking. I think the recipe originated with Nestles, though I can't find it there now. (There may be some copyright issues to consider as I post more, but I suppose I'll deal with that later.)

Without further ado:

Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Bars

Ingredients:
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/3 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup unsifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 12 oz. pkg. (2 cups) chocolate chips

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Combine peanut butter, butter, brown sugar and sugar and beat until creamy.

3. Gradually beat in eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking powder and salt.

4. Spread into a greased 13" by 9" baking pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top.

5. Put in oven for 4 minutes. Remove from oven and run knife through to marbleize.

6. Return to oven. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes, until dough in middle is beginning to slightly brown.

Let me know if you try it out - you won't regret it (unless you're highly allergic to peanuts and die a slow and painful death as soon as you open the peanut butter jar).

Update: This site states that posting recipes from somewhere else isn't a problem as long as I reword the instructions.