Peanut Brittle Yummy Bars

A delicious combination of quick-cooking oats and crushed peanut brittle add great flavor and texture to these treats that begin with convenient, ready-to-use refrigerated cookie dough.

This recipe was created by Judi Maki of Appleton, WI.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 (16.5-ounce) package NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Dough
1 1/2 cups (9 ounces) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels - divided use
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1 cup (about 6 ounces) coarsely crushed peanut brittle
1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
1/2 cup coarsely chopped peanuts or peanut brittle

Cooking Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF (175ºC). Line 9-inch-square baking pan with aluminum foil; grease.
2. Break dough along pre-scored lines; place in large bowl. Add 1/2 cup morsels, oats and 1 cup peanut brittle; combine well. Press onto bottom of prepared pan.
3. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and puffed. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
4. Melted remaining morsels and peanut butter in small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted. Spread over cool bars. Sprinkle with nuts. Let stand until chocolate just begins to set before cutting into bars.

Makes 48 bars.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/48 of recipe): Calories: 120 Calories from Fat: 50 Total Fat: 6 g Saturated Fat: 2 g Cholesterol: 5 mg Sodium: 80 mg Carbohydrates: 14 g Dietary Fiber: .5 g Sugars: 9 g Protein: 2 g

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