Peanut Butter Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. crunchy peanut butter
2/3 c. butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. firmly packed light brown sugar
3 eggs
1 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. sifted confectioners sugar
2 tsp. water
1/4 c. semi-sweet chocolate pieces
1 tsp. shortening

Preparation

Combine peanut butter,\tbutter or margarine and vanilla in a large bowl; beat with electric beater until well blended. Beat in sugar until light and
fluffy;
beat
in eggs one at a time.
Stir in flour
and salt just until well blended; spread batter in a greased 13 x
9
x\t2-inch\tbaking\tpan.
Bake
in moderate
oven at 350\u00b0 for 35 minutes or until center springs back
when
lightly touched
with fingertip.
Remove pan from oven to wire rack; cool slightly.
Combine sugar with water in a
small
bowl;
stir until smooth.
Drizzle from a spoon over still
warm
cookies in pan. Swirl with bowl of spoon to make random pattern.
Melt chocolate with shortening over simmering water
in
top of double boiler. Drizzle over the white glaze for
a
black\tand
white
pattern. When
cool, using a sharp knife, cut into 36 rectangles. Carefully lift out of pan with spatula.