Recipe - Peanut Brittle Crunchies

1 Three fourths cup Flour
1 cup Butter; softened
One half cup Sugar
One half cup Light brown sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 Egg yolk
1 pack (6 oz) semisweet chocolate
pieces; (1 cup)
2/3 cup Salted peanuts; finely
chopped

Preheat oven to 275° Spray or grease 15One half x 10One half jelly roll pan. Into
large bowl measure first 6 ingredients. With mixer on low speed, beat
ingredients until well blended, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber
spatula. Spread dough evenly in pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until
golden. About 10 minutes before cookies are done, in heavy 1 qt saucepan
over low heat, heat chocolate pieces until melted, stirring frequently.
Remove saucepan from heat. Remove jelly roll pan from oven; pour melted
chocolate over baked layer in pan. With metal spatula, quickly and evenly
spread chocolate over baked layer, sprinkle with peanuts, carefully
pressing peanuts into chocolate. Immediately cut lengthwise into 4 strips,
then cut each strip crosswise into 12 pieces. Cool in pan on wire rack
until chocolate is firm. Store bars in tightly covered container. (abt 100
calories each)

Recipe by: Tootie's Special Recipe Collection

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by
LVFG53A@prodigy.com (MRS IRA M DENNIS) on 7 De, cup 1997