Oatmeal Chocolate Bars

I am a huge fan of oatmeal chocolate cookies. Bar cookies or drop cookies; it makes no difference to me. I love them. I love the chewy texture that oatmeal adds to regular chocolate chip cookies. This recipe in particular looks fantastic. First off, you start with brown sugar as the main sweetener. I love the molasses-y taste of brown sugar, and how it mixes so well with oatmeal. Then the rest of the ingredient list is incredibly short. No flour, no milk or water, no eggs even. It's perfectly simple, and isn't all mucked up with unnecessary flavors. Just sugar, butter, and vanilla. Simple. Then it has a ton of oats. Perfect. Then, as if this wasn't enough, you melt peanut butter with chocolate and spread it on top like frosting. I think this is my new favorite cookie recipe.

This one is also a true Michelle recipe. It's written more as a train of thought than most recipes. Rather than a list of ingredients right at the start, they're listed as you add them. There isn't even an exact amount of butter listed, you just have to determine for yourself what the right amount is. It's simple, to the point, and fantastic. And it has chocolate. The quintessential Michelle recipe.

Oatmeal Chocolate Bars

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
little less than 2 sticks margarine or butter
1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix well and add 4 cups of oatmeal.

Press on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 17 minutes (this might also say 11, but the handwriting is a little sloppy; if I were you I would check it after 11 minutes and see how things are coming along).

Remove from oven and spread with a mixture of 1 cup peanut butter and 16 ounces of chocolate chips.

Chill in fridge and cut into bars when cold.