Thursday, August 23, 2007

peanut butter bars

1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/2 cup shortening (I use Crisco butter flavored)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup milk
Preheat oven to 350. Cream brown sugar, peanut butter and shortening. Add eggs and vanilla: beat well. Stir together flour & baking powder. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating till well mixed. Spread in a greased 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Bake in 350 oven about 30 minutes or till done (center will be slightly soft.) Cool
Frosting
1/3 cup peanut butter
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
milk or cream
Cream together peanut butter and butter/margarine. Slowly beat in powdered sugar and enough cream to make of spreading consistency.

For the frosting I use more of everything and make a thicker layer of frosting.

We ended up with 5 inches of rain yesterday and last night. During the storm lightening struck a building across the street from C F. There is an apartment on the top floor of the building. The strike knocked down the brick chimney. The bricks went through an awning and landed on the deck. One of our service writers called the people that live there to see if they were ok. They had not even realized they had been hit. There was a small fire, but it was raining so hard the rain put it out. The sun is shining this morning so hope the rain is over for awhile.
Sue

2 comments:

Janell said...

I don't know how much rain we've we've gotten over the past two-three days. I decided not to look in the guage until it quits - which might be tomorrow. Lots of thunder & lightening here, too. Sure slows the sod business down!
Thanks for the recipe!

LaDawn said...

OK, I'm going to try this recipe out when the kids get hom from their Granny's. hard to find chunky peanut butter over here but I might have some in the cupboard!