School Lunch Peanut Butter Fingers

Have you ever done one of those email recipe swap things? You know, the one where you send out a recipe to 7 people and supposedly, you'll get 1,239 of something back? But it NEVER EVER in a million years works? Well, I tried it out once, a few years ago, and ONE person emailed recipes. She was a sister of a dear friend and she went above and beyond and emailed a bunch of recipes because she's cool and cares more than the average person I guess. It was very nice of her. This little gem was amoungst them.

I wasn't a big fan of school lunch. I liked fresh lunch from home, packed by me, with lots of junk food added. (I was the youngest. No one paid attention to what I packed in my lunch. I had free reign.) But when I did eat school lunch, I hoped for a Peanut Butter Finger cause they were GOOD!!! I don't know what school lunch is like in other places, but if you grew up in Utah, you've had a school lunch PB Finger.

These are dangerous to have at our house. Husband and I cannot keep our grubby little hands out of them! And since they make a huge cookie sheet full, that's a lot of calories.

My advice: make them for a grateful group and make sure there's lots of MILK!

School Lunch Peanut Butter Fingers

¾ cup butter or marg.

¾ cup brown sugar

¾ cup sugar

2 eggs

Cream together then add:

¾ cup peanut butter, cream until smooth

(If you really like peanuts, chunky peanut butter is good also!)

Add:

¾ tsp baking soda

½ Tbsp vanilla

½ tsp salt

1 ½ cups oats

1 ½ cups flour

Mix together and pat down into a jellyroll pan.

Bake 350 for 15min.

***Let cool slightly, but while still warm, spread a thin layer of peanut butter over the top.

Frosting:

6 Tbsp butter

1 ½ tsp vanilla

4 ¾ cup powdered sugar

1 Tbsp cocoa

¼ cup milk

Blend until smooth and spread on fingers.

Pour a glass of milk and flash back to elementary school.