Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

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I found this recipe over at Bake at 350 and they are super yummy! The peanut butter isn't real strong and they are nice and moist in the center. I made a double batch because I needed to bring cookies to Young Women's. The girls loved these cookies.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

6 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease an 8 x 8" pan

Whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.

Cream the butter and peanut butter together until smooth. Beat in the sugars until combined.
Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl after each addition. Stir in the vanilla.
Stir in the flour mixture. Add the chocolate chips, stirring until combined.

Spread the batter into the prepared pan (you WILL want to lick the spoon...it's yummy!). Bake for about 30- 32 minutes. Cool completely before cutting.

Strawberry Muffins and Tuesday Tag-Along

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I found both this muffin recipe over at Confessions of a Bakeaholic. Since it's strawberry season I thought I'd give it a try. I didn't add the orange zest because I was out of oranges, but I did add about 1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips. They were delicious! She has two different Strawberry Muffin recipes posted, this first one she got from America's Favorites:Bake Sale. The other recipe came from Cooking Light and it's just a lighter version of Strawberry Muffins. I'll post that recipe tomorrow.

Strawberry Muffins

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2 1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1 cup uncooked old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 egg, beaten
1 t vanilla
1 cup chopped fresh strawberries
Finely grated zest of one orange

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Grease bottoms only of 12 standard muffin pan cups or line with paper liners. Set aside.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Stir in oats and sugar. Combine milk, butter, egg and vanilla in a small bowl until well blended; stir into flour mixture just until moistened. Fold in the strawberries and orange zest. Spoon into prepared muffin cups, filling about 2/3 full.

Bake 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned and toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean. Remove from pan. Cool on wire rack 10 minutes. Serve.