Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate* Bars

You'll be smilin' when you sink your choppers into these puppies!!
(makes 16 bars)

1/2 cup smooth* peanut butter
5&1/2 Y. Kerrygold* butter, softened
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 t. vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. sea* salt
Semi sweet* or milk chocolate* chips
Coarse kosher* salt , and turbinado sugar, for garnish

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9" square baking dish. Beat together peanut butter and butter in a bowl with an electric mixer on med. speed, 30 sec. Gradually beat in sugars, eggs, and vanilla until creamy. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl, then stir into peanut butter mixture until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into prepared dish. Bake until evenly browned and edges start to pull away from sides of pan, 30-35 min. Cool completely in pan on wire rack, then cut into 16 squares. Sprinkle with kosher salt and turbinado sugar. Bars will keep up to 3 days in an air tight container.

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Love,

MM