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The #1 Coveted School Recipe: The Best Peanut Butter Squares in the World

Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars

Catherine Olson
Peanut Butter Squares School Recipe from your Childhood Primary Days
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 squares

Equipment

  • Hand Mixer

Ingredients
  

Cookie Dough

  • ¾ cup butter
  • ¾ cup peanut butter
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • 1 ½ cups rolled oats
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¾ tsp baking soda

Frosting

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup butter
  • ¾ cup peanut butter
  • 1 ½ cups melted chocolate chips
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ⅓-½ cup milk

Instructions
 

Cookie Dough

  • In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy
  • Add eggs and vanilla and continue mixing until well combined
  • Add dry ingredients and stir together until a dough forms
  • Drop onto a well greased 15x10 sheet pan and spread evenly throughout
  • Bake at 325° Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes until lightly browned
  • Remove from oven and let cool

Frosting

  • Add all ingredients into a large mixing bowl and use a handheld mixer to combine
  • Spread evenly over cooled cookies
Keyword Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars