Chocolate-Peanut Bars

Yield: Makes about 4 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup  butter or margarine, softened
• 1  cup  crunchy peanut butter
• 1  (16-ounce) box powdered sugar
• 1 1/2  cups  vanilla wafers, crushed (about 45 cookies)
• 1  (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1/2  cup  whipping cream

Preparation

Beat butter and peanut butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. Add powdered sugar and vanilla wafer crumbs; beat until blended. Press mixture evenly into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking pan lined with wax paper.

Stir together chocolate morsels and whipping cream in a medium saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Spread evenly on top of peanut butter mixture. Chill 1 hour or until firm.

Remove from refrigerator, and let stand at room temperature 10 minutes or until slightly softened. Cut into 48 bars.