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Pillsbury

Peanut Butter Crunch Layer Bars

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Create ultimate bars in an easy way, starting with refrigerated cookie dough. Toffee, nuts, butterscotch and chocolate all rolled into layered goodness.
Prep Time: 15 Min
Total Time: 2 Hr 10 Min
Makes: 36 bars
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Becky Pifer
Blanchard, Michigan
Bake-Off® Contest 45, 2012
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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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DIRECTIONS:
  • 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.
  • Bake for 18 to 24 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
  • 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.
  • For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows. Store covered.
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1 Serving (1 Serving)
  • Calories 320
    • (Calories from Fat 160),
  • Total Fat 18g
    • (Saturated Fat 7g,
    • Trans Fat 1g),
  • Cholesterol 0mg;
  • Sodium 190mg;
  • Total Carbohydrate 34g
    • (Dietary Fiber 1g,
    • Sugars 24g),
  • Protein 4g;
Percent Daily Value*:
    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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