Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

Ingredients~

• 3/4 cup light brown sugar (use dark if you love intense flavors)
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp canola oil 
• 1 egg or egg substitute
• 1/2 cup peanut butter  (you decide whether you prefer creamy or chunky)
• 1/2 butter or margarine
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions~

• Preheat oven to 325F
• Lightly coat 8" pan w/ cooking spray or butter
• Using a large bowl and electric mixer on medium, combine sugars, oil, egg, vanilla, peanut butter, margarine and water.
• In different bowl, hand mix flours, baking powder and chocolate chips
• Fold dry mixture into wet mixture
• Spread mixture into pan
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or when tops of cookie bars look dry
• Keep in pan while cooling
• Once cooled completely, cut into squares. Two inch squares makes 16 bars
• Eat!