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August 2, 2011
Peanut Butter Crunch Bars
Keepsake Cookies
Prep time:
18 minuteschilling time:
20 to 30 minutes“My grandmother was thrifty, so when we wanted to buy a candy bar, she made these treats instead.”
Ingredients
Serves 24
- 2/3 cup light corn syrup
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 (18-ounce) jar chunky peanut butter
- 3 1/3 cups cornflakes
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips
Directions
1
Combine corn syrup and granulated sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat.
2
Add peanut butter to the corn syrup mixture and mix well. Add cornflakes and stir until they are coated with peanut butter mixture. Press mixture onto bottom of an 11 × 7-inch baking dish.
3
Place chocolate chips in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring continually, until melted.
4
Spread melted chocolate chips on top of peanut butter mixture. Chill, covered, until chocolate is firm, about 20 to 30 minutes. Cut into small bars.
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Grandma's Secret Trick
Grandma's Secret Trick
"Don't be impatient when you melt chocolate," Grandma cautioned. She said overheating chocolate chips can cause them to "seize," or clump together tightly in a mass, and if they do, there's no reliable way to salvage the chocolate. So to make sure the chocolate didn't seize, Granda melted chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler over simmering, not boiling, water.
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