Southern peanut bar cookies: A retro peanut brittle-like cookie recipe

Name: Southern peanut bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 1-1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar; 1/3 cup butter or margarine; 2 eggs; 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1/4 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 5 ounces of chopped peanut Munch Bars (about 3 bars)

Categories: 1970s, 1980s, Vintage advertisements, Vintage dessert recipes

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This Southern peanut bar cookie is a delicious bar cookie that’s almost like a peanut brittle blondie! They’re made with rich Munch peanut brittle candy bars.

Here’s how the original recipe looked years ago. (PS: Snickers no longer is the company behind Munch bars.)

Peanut brittle Southern peanut bar cookie recipe (60s & 70s)

ALSO SEE: Peanut brittle cookie recipe (1953)

Now, get crunching on this indulgent peanut brittle Southern peanut bar cookie recipe!

Southern peanut bars

Yield: 16 cookie bars

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

1-1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup butter or margarine
2 eggs
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
5 ounces of chopped peanut Munch Bars (about 3 bars)

Instructions

Combine 1 cup flour and confectioners' sugar in a bowl.
Cut in butter or margarine with a pastry blender until mixture resembles cornmeal.
Sprinkle mixture on bottom of 9- by 9- by 2-inch baking pan; pat down firmly. Bake at 375 (F) for 10 minutes, or until golden.
Lower heat to 325 (F).
Beat eggs, brown sugar, remaining 1/4 cup flour, baking powder, and vanilla in bowl.
Stir in Munch candy bars.
Pour mixture over bottom layer.
Bake 20 minutes, or until brown.
Cool in pan or on wire rack, then cut into bars.
Garnish with colored coconut, if you wish.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 246Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 75mgCarbohydrates: 40gFiber: 1gSugar: 15gProtein: 5g

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