Peanut Butter Crunch Layer Bars

Create ultimate bars in an easy way, starting with refrigerated cookie dough. Toffee, nuts, butterscotch and chocolate all rolled into layered goodness.

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Bake-Off® Contest 45, 2012
Blanchard, Michigan
  • ingredients 8
  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total Time 2 hr 10 min

Ingredients

2
rolls Pillsbury® refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough
3/4
cup Heath® Bits 'O Brickle® toffee bits
1
cup Reese’s® peanut butter baking chips
1 3/4
cups Fisher® Nut Topping
1
teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
1
bag (12 oz) Hershey’s® semi-sweet chocolate baking chips
1
bag (11 oz) Hershey’s® butterscotch baking chips
1/4
cup Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter

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LOCATION

Directions

  • 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan (dark pan not recommended) with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. In large bowl, break up 1 1/2 rolls of cookie dough. (Refrigerate 1/2 roll cookie dough for another use.) Add toffee bits, peanut butter chips, 1/2 cup of the nut topping and vanilla. Mix with wooden spoon or knead with hands until well blended. Press evenly in bottom of pan.
  • 2 Bake for 18 to 24 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
  • 3 In large microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and butterscotch chips on High 2 to 2 minutes 30 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until smooth. Stir in peanut butter until smooth. Spread over cooled bars. Sprinkle with remaining 1 1/4 cups nut topping; press in lightly. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm.
  • 4 For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows. Store covered.

Nutrition Information 

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
320
(
Calories from Fat
160),
% Daily Value
Total Fat
18g
18%
(Saturated Fat
7g,
7%
Trans Fat
1g
1%
),
Cholesterol
0mg
0%;
Sodium
190mg
190%;
Total Carbohydrate
34g
34%
(Dietary Fiber
1g
1%
  Sugars
24g
24%
),
Protein
4g
4%
;
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%;
Vitamin C
0%;
Calcium
0%;
Iron
6%;
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choices:
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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