Peanut Butter Fudge Bars

Makes 16 servings.

Ingredients

Cookie Base
115g marge
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup caster sugar
1 egg
190g peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 1/4 cups sr flour

Chocolate Fudge
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
4 tbsps cocoa
4 tbsps chocolate chips
30g marge
100 mls water
4 tbsps flour
2 eggs

1 tbsp peanut butter

Method

Cream together the marge and sugars until smooth. Mix in the peanut butter, egg and vanilla. Then add the flour. Press the dough into a large baking dish, and bake at 180 for 15 - 20 minutes or until the top is golden.

Meanwhile place the sugar, cocoa, chocolate chips, marge and water in a saucepan, and cook over a low heat stirring frequently until smooth (about 3-4 mins). Remove from the heat and mix in the flour and eggs.

Pour the fudge over the base and bake for 20 minutes.

When it's cool, heat 1 tbsp peanut butter until it thins, and using a spoon, drizzle it over the top, then leave to set.

Variations: The cookie base is soft, almost like blondies; if you prefer a base that is more crunchy, change the quantities to 125g peanut butter, and 1 1/2 cups flour instead.
- Before making the fudge layer, sprinkle 1 cup chocolate chips, 1/2 cup chopped pretzels and 1/2 cup peanuts over the cookie layer.
- Make a brownie layer instead of the chocolate fudge. Or, make the brownie mix, swirl in the peanut butter cookie batter, then bake it.