#WIEN Oatmeal Peanut Butter Bars

This week I felt the need to provide tasty treats to my co-workers and found this gem on Pinterest. Easy, and sort of good for you? You can be the judge...

Adapted from this recipe from Tastes of Lizzy T's

I used a 9x13 pan and the bars were plenty big!

Makes 24 bars

Bars
1/2 C. butter (1 stick), softened
1/2 C. white sugar
1/2 C. brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 C. peanut butter
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Salt
1 C. flour
1 C. oats (quick or old-fashioned work)

Streusel
1/2 C. flour
1/2 C. brown sugar, packed
1/4 C. butter, cut into bits
3 Tbsp. peanut butter

Icing
1 C. powdered sugar
1/4 C. peanut butter
2-4 Tbsp. milk

First make the bars. In a stand mixer, blend together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add in the egg, vanilla, and peanut butter and beat until smooth. Next add in the remaining dry ingredients and mix until combined. Line a 9x13" cake pan with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray. Spread the bar mixture into the pan.

Next, make the struesel topping. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, brown sugar, butter, and peanut butter. You hands are your best tool for this job. You'll want to keep the mixture crumbly, so do your best to break up the butter into tiny bits. Once it resembles coarse sand, it's ready. Sprinkle the struesel on top of the bar mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Do your best to lift edge of the parchment paper up shimmy the bars out onto a flat surface.

Next, make the icing. Using a stick blender, mix together the powdered sugar, butter, and 2 tablespoons of milk. Add more milk to get to the desired consistency, but make sure the icing gets nice and smooth! Drizzle over the cooled bars and cut into 24 squares.