Peanut butter chocolate bars

🧂 Ingredients

• ½ cup butter

  unsalted, room temperature
• ⅓ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ¾ cup applesauce

  unsweetened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ¼ cups flour

  all purpose
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• 1 ½ cups chocolate chips

  plus extra for topping
• ½ cup roasted peanuts

  unsalted, plus extra for topping
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• 2 In a large bowl, add butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Beat until light
  and creamy. It will take about 3 minutes.
• 3 In the same bowl, add applesauce and vanilla extract. Beat again for some
  seconds to combine.
• 4 Now add flour, baking soda and salt to the bowl. Use a spatula to combine. Don’t
  overmix the batter.
• 5 Add chocolate chips, peanuts and peanut butter. Gently mix all together to
  combine.
• 6 Transfer dough in the greased baking dish. Top with more chocolate chips and
  roasted peanuts. Bake in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes.
• 7 Remove and let rest for at least 20 minutes before cutting into bars.

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