Best Retro School Cafeteria Peanut Butter Bars Recipes
THE REAL CAFETERIA PEANUT BUTTER BARS
These are exactly like the ones I grew up with in the 80's! You can half the recipe and use a 9x13; I like to make a bunch and either freeze them or gobble them. (I have five kids...they usually get gobbled! ;) Sometimes I leave off the chocolate chip layer, put the PB frosting directly on top of the bars, and smother with Texas sheet cake icing instead. YUM!
Provided by LinsietheGreat
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 55m
Yield 25 bars, 25 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter and white sugar and brown sugar. Blend in peanut butter, eggs, vanilla, and baking soda. Add flour and oatmeal. Mix well.
- Spread batter in greased 15"x10"x1" pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven turn the oven off. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of bars. Return to oven and allow to sit for 8 minutes or until chocolate is melted. Spread to smooth chocolate, and allow to cool.
- To make the peanut butter icing: Mix together powdered sugar, remaining peanut butter, and milk until it makes a spreadable consistency. Cover the bars and enjoy!
THE BEST LUNCH LADY PEANUT BUTTER BARS RECIPE
These Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars are the EXACT recipe they once served in schools! These peanut butter bars have a soft, chewy peanut butter cookie base, creamy peanut butter center and chocolate buttercream on top. These are the best peanut butter bars of all time!
Provided by Camille Beckstrand
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar together.
- Add vanilla, eggs, and 1 cup of the peanut butter; stir to combine.
- Add oats, flour, baking soda and salt and mix until well combined.
- Spray a baking sheet (half sheet jelly roll pan that is approximately 17.8 x 12.8 x 1 inch) with nonstick cooking spray and spread out dough in an even layer.
- Bake for 15 minutes and remove from oven.
- Drop remaining peanut butter (about 1 1/2 cups) by very small spoonfuls (we use a baby spoon) all over on top of warm bars. Let set for about 5-6 minutes and gently spread when peanut butter has begun to melt. It will spread easily when the peanut butter has softened on the warm bars. Don't try to spread it while still thick.
- Then let the bars cool until peanut butter has set up.
- While cooling, mix together frosting ingredients with a hand mixer until smooth and spread on top of bars.
- Cut into bars and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 459 kcal, Carbohydrate 51 g, Protein 10 g, Fat 26 g, SaturatedFat 10 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 44 mg, Sodium 377 mg, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 35 g, ServingSize 1 serving
SCHOOL CAFETERIA PEANUT BUTTER BARS
Remember those flat peanut butter bars you used to get in your school cafeteria lunches? Well, here they are!
Provided by Julesong
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 28m
Yield 1 batch bars
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
- Cream together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl.
- Beat in egg.
- Gradually beat in flour mixture.
- (If you'd like, you can add 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips to the mixture, but I know*my* school could never afford such luxuries as chocolate!) Spread batter into a 13x9x2 inch pan.
- Bake at 375F for 15 to 18 minutes.
- (If you'd like to go the extra mile past what your school could probably afford to make for your lunches, you can take 1 cup of milk chocolate chips and put them on the surface of the peanut butter bars just after you've removed them from the oven. The bar) Let the bars it cool in the pan on a rack then cut into bars.
- Enjoy!
- Note: reduced fat peanut butter for this recipe is not recommended, as it might make the bars drier than you'd like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 4564, Fat 288.8, SaturatedFat 138.9, Cholesterol 674, Sodium 4457.1, Carbohydrate 437.5, Fiber 18.4, Sugar 225.9, Protein 82.7
CAFETERIA PEANUT BUTTER BARS
These were the peanut butter bars that our school cafeteria used to sell for 25 cents a bar. I am sure they had to make multiple pans a day, these were so good! Very easy to make and really tasty! No baking required. Prep time does not include refrigeration time.
Provided by musiclady12076
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 15m
Yield 36 2x2 squares (cookie sheet), 36 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- 1. Mix the sifted powdered sugar, brown sugar and melted butter together well. Fold in the creamy peanut butter until blended.
- 2. Spread the peanut butter mixture into a buttered pan; 9x13 for thicker bars, cookie sheet for thinner bars.
- 3. Melt the chocolate chips and 1/2 cup butter and pour over the peanut butter mixture. Spread around to make it even.
- 4. Refrigerate for 1 hour, until chocolate has solidified most of the way, and cut into bars with an unserrated knife.
- 5. Return to the refrigerator over night until set. (I return to the freezer for faster set time).
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