Tagalong Bars

Tagalong Bars takes about 45 minutes from beginning to end. For 25 cents per serving, this recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. One serving contains 245 calories, 6g of protein, and 17g of fat. Head to the store and pick up creamy peanut butter, milk chocolate chips, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today. A few people really liked this hor d'oeuvre. 64 people found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. It is brought to you by Crazy for Crust. With a spoonacular score of 22%, this dish is not so awesome. Similar recipes include Tagalong Bars, Low Carb Tagalong Bars, and Girl Scout Cookie Tagalong Cake Bars.

Servings: 16

 

Ingredients:

1 cup creamy peanut butter (I use Skippy)

2 teaspoons Crisco shortening

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup milk chocolate chips

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided

Equipment:

stand mixer

hand mixer

bowl

aluminum foil

oven

frying pan

microwave

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9x9 pan with foil and spray with cooking spray.Cream butter and 1/3 cup powdered sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer (or using a hand mixer). Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix, scraping the bowl a few times to make sure that the butter and powdered sugar are completely incorporated. Mix in salt and flour until combined. It will take a few moments to turn from crumbly into an actual dough. Just keep mixing until it does.Press dough into the prepared pan, like a crust.Bake for 14-18 minutes, until the shortbread is no longer shiny or translucent. It wont brown very much, if at all. Let cool completely before the next step.Mix peanut butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla with a hand mixer. Spread evenly over the top of the cooled shortbread.Melt chocolate chips and shortening in a microwave safe bowl. (Heat on high in 30 second increments, stirring between each, until melted and smooth.) Spread over the top of the peanut butter layer.Important: it was cold in my house when I made these bars. I let them set and the chocolate harden on the counter. If you must chill them to set the chocolate, make sure you let them come up to room temperature before cutting so that the chocolate doesnt break. The peanut butter is smooth and does not harden, so if the chocolate is too hard the peanut butter layer will smoosh out while cutting. Letting the bars harden overnight on the counter shouldnt be a problem, unless its summer and very warm in your house

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9x9 pan with foil and spray with cooking spray.Cream butter and 1/3 cup powdered sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer (or using a hand mixer).

2. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix, scraping the bowl a few times to make sure that the butter and powdered sugar are completely incorporated.

3. Mix in salt and flour until combined. It will take a few moments to turn from crumbly into an actual dough. Just keep mixing until it does.Press dough into the prepared pan, like a crust.

4. Bake for 14-18 minutes, until the shortbread is no longer shiny or translucent. It wont brown very much, if at all.

5. Let cool completely before the next step.

6. Mix peanut butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla with a hand mixer.

7. Spread evenly over the top of the cooled shortbread.Melt chocolate chips and shortening in a microwave safe bowl. (

8. Heat on high in 30 second increments, stirring between each, until melted and smooth.)

9. Spread over the top of the peanut butter layer.Important: it was cold in my house when I made these bars. I let them set and the chocolate harden on the counter. If you must chill them to set the chocolate, make sure you let them come up to room temperature before cutting so that the chocolate doesnt break. The peanut butter is smooth and does not harden, so if the chocolate is too hard the peanut butter layer will smoosh out while cutting.

10. Letting the bars harden overnight on the counter shouldnt be a problem, unless its summer and very warm in your house


Nutrition Information:

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244k Calories
5g Protein
17g Total Fat
18g Carbs
1% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
244k
12%

Fat
17g
26%

  Saturated Fat
7g
45%

Carbohydrates
18g
6%

  Sugar
8g
10%

Cholesterol
16mg
6%

Sodium
119mg
5%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
5g
11%

Manganese
0.3mg
15%

Vitamin B3
2mg
14%

Vitamin E
1mg
11%

Folate
30µg
8%

Phosphorus
70mg
7%

Magnesium
27mg
7%

Fiber
1g
6%

Selenium
4µg
6%

Vitamin B1
0.09mg
6%

Iron
0.9mg
5%

Vitamin B6
0.09mg
5%

Copper
0.09mg
5%

Vitamin A
202IU
4%

Vitamin B2
0.07mg
4%

Zinc
0.54mg
4%

Potassium
117mg
3%

Calcium
23mg
2%

Vitamin B5
0.23mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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