Baseball Bars

ingredients

• servings: 16
• 2/3 cup butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups quick cooking oats
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups butterscotch chips
• 2/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1 cup chopped, unsalted dry-roasted peanuts

recipe

• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). grease one 9 inch baking pan.
• in a saucepan over medium heat melt the butter, brown sugar and corn syrup together. stir in 1/4 cup of the peanut butter and the vanilla. mix well and stir in the oats. press the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• bake at 375 degrees f (190 degrees c) for 15 minutes.
• to make topping: in the top half of a double boiler melt the chocolate chips and butterscotch chips together. stir in 2/3 cup of the peanut butter and the chopped nuts. stir until well blended.
• spread the topping over the still warm cooked bars. sprinkle with additional chopped nuts, if desired. let bars cool on a rack then refrigerate. cut into bars once chilled.