Peanut Butter Tart Squares
Base:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup smooth peanut butter
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup corn starch
1/4 tsp salt
Topping:
1/2 cup corn syrup
2 tbsp corn starch
1/4 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
2 tbsp butter, melted & cooled
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup unsalted roasted peanuts
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
1. Beat butter, peanut butter, and sugar in a bowl until creamy. Stir in flour, cornstarch, and salt until well combined and crumbly. Press into 8" pan lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350F for 12 - 15 minutes, or until pale golden around the edges. Set aside.
2. For the topping, stir together corn syrup, corn starch, baking powder, and salt until smooth. Stir in butter, eggs, and vanilla until well-blended. Pour over crust. Sprinkle peanuts, peanut butter and chocolate chips over the top.
3. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until golden and just set in the middle. Let cool completely in pan on rack. Cut into squares.
This was probably my favourite out of this year's batch of baking. I just love peanut butter and chocolate together, and these squares totally satisfy that craving!So, here are this year's cookies:
Two-Tone Chocolate Shortbread
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Shortbread
Mini Mincemeat Tarts
Pecan Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies
Christmas Blondies
Pecan Cookies
Oatmeal, Cranberry, and White Chocolate Chip Cookies
and these squares
Not bad, eh?
15 comments:
These look fantastic, what a great round up of cookies, no not bad at all, quite impressive actually.
Give me a few minutes to stop drooling and I'll be able to post a witty comment about these delectable squares
These look really really good. Will be saving this recipe. Thanks for the post.
Mmm, pb and chocolate are such a classic pairing. Delicious!
not bad at all... I made three cookie recipes, and I am all cookied out. Can't imagine.
Thanks for the review of the recipe... I love the combination (reese's cup) of Chocolate and peanut butter. Gonna give these a shot soon
33 dozen cookies - WOW! That is really baking it up! Peanut butter and chocolate is the best combo ever, sounds delicious!
Holy crap, that's a lot of cookies! The squares look wicked good, I also love pb and chocolate.
It must have taken you forever to bake that many cookies! Love the chocolate and peanut butter combo. Like Reeses cups...my fav.
Really, more and more the things you are making are... well... things I could eat just about every day.
Thank god you are not in my kitchen as I'd just pork out!
I could also see these packed and wrapped individually and sold at coffee shops. ;-)
Now that is one heck of a chocolate chip cookie, I'd hate to see the glass of milk;)
These look incredibly delicious! I just love PB and Chocolate baked goodies!
are these cakey? dense? thx
Tia: no, they are not cakey, but they are dense. Like a thick pecan pie filling.
These sound great, I love pb & chocolate together, too. And 33 dozen..wowza..I've just cracked the single dozen mark. Ugh...need motivation.
Those look awesome! You can't go wrong with a peanut butter base and more peanut flavor on top.
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