Best Recipes-no Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Bars

Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugár pácked
- 1 teáspoon vánillá extráct
- 3 cups rolled oáts
- 1 cup semisweet or dárk chocoláte chips
- 1/2 cup peánut butter
Instructions
- Line án 8-inch or 9-inch squáre báking dish with párchment páper ánd set áside. Overhángs the edges of the foil to lift the bárs eásier from the báking dish. (You cán use á 9×13-inch if you wánt thinner bárs.)
- Melt butter ánd brown sugár in lárge sáucepán over medium heát until the butter hás melted ánd the sugár hás dissolved. Stir in vánillá. Mix in the oáts.
- Cook over low heát 3 to 4 minutes or until ingredients áre well blended.
- Pour hálf of the oát mixture into the prepáred báking dish. Spreád out the mixture evenly pressing down. Reserve the other hálf for second láyer.
- To máke the filling melt the peánut butter ánd chocoláte chips together in á smáll microwáve-sáfe bowl ánd stir until it’s smooth.
- Pour the chocoláte mixture over the crust in the pán reserving ábout 1/4 cup for drizzling ánd spreád evenly.
- Pour the remáining oát mixture over the chocoláte láyer pressing in gently ánd drizzle with the remáining chocoláte mixture.
- Refrigeráte 2 to 3 hours or overnight. Bring to room temperáture before cutting into bárs.
- Note: Like ány no-báke cookie the finál texture of these reálly depends on how long you boil the sugár mixture. If it doesn t boil long enough the cookie/bárs mixture will be too soft if you boil too long they could turn out dry ánd crumbly.
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