Peanut Butter 'N Fudge Filled Bars

Ingredients

• 2 cups Large Flake Quaker ® Oats or Quick Quaker ® Oats (uncooked)
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1 can (14-ounce) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 2 cups (12 oz. pkg) semisweet chocolate pieces
• 2 tablespoons peanut butter
• 2/3 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts
• Heat oven to 350° F.
• In large bowl, beat sugar, butter and 1/4 cup peanut butter with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs.
• Add combined flour, baking soda and salt; beat well.
• Stir in oats; mix well.
• Reserve 1 cup of oat mixture; set aside. Spread remaining oat mixture evenly onto bottom of 13 x 9‑inch baking pan.
• In small saucepan, combine milk, chocolate chips and remaining 2 tablespoons peanut butter. Cook over low heat until chocolate is melted, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in peanuts.
• Spread mixture evenly over crust in pan. Drop remaining oat mixture by teaspoonfuls evenly over chocolate mixture.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack. Cut into bars.