Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

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• FOR THE BARS:
• ½ cups Shortening
• ½ cups Sugar
• ½ cups Brown Sugar
• ½ cups Peanut Butter
• 1 whole Egg
• ¼ cups Milk
• ½ teaspoons Vanilla
• ½ teaspoons Salt
• ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1 cup Flour
• 1 cup Quick Rolled Oats
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• FOR THE ICING:
• 2 cups Powdered Sugar
• ¼ cups Cocoa Powder
• 3 Tablespoons Butter
• 3 Tablespoons Boiling Water
• ½ teaspoons Vanilla

For bars(first eleven ingredients):

Cream shortening, sugars, peanut butter, egg, milk & vanilla until fluffy. Add everything else and beat til well combined.

Spread in a greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Cool completely

For chocolate icing(last five ingredients):

Combine sugar & cocoa, then quickly stir in melted butter & water (I microwave the butter/water for 1 minute). Add vanilla and beat until smooth, spread quickly over cooled bars before it sets up.

These cut neatly if you let them set up overnight – but they never make it that long!