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Grandmother’s Hoosier Peanut Bars

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1/2 cup butter
1/c cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
1 6oz package chocolate chips
3/4 cup peanuts chopped
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 brown sugar

add egg yolks and vanilla and mix well
mix dry ingredients and stir into butter mixture
press into a 9×13 pan

sprinkle chocolate chips over top
sprinkle 1/2 cup peanuts

beat 2 egg whites until firm
add 1 cup brown sugar, beat until stiff

spread over top

sprinkle with rest of peanuts

bake at 325 35 – 40 minutes

Written by Linda MacPhee-Cobb

May 25th, 2007 at 5:00 am