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Peanut Logs
- Yield: 24 bars
- Prep 25 mins
- Bake 20 mins
Ingredients
-
1 1/2
cups
all-purpose flour
-
1 1/2
teaspoons
baking powder
-
1/4
teaspoon
salt
-
1/2
cup
milk
-
2
tablespoons
butter
-
1
cup
sugar
-
1
egg
-
Butter Cream Frosting (recipe follows)
-
3
cups
chopped dry-roasted peanuts
Directions
- Grease and lightly flour a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set aside.
- In a bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt. In a saucepan, heat milk and butter together till butter is melted. Let cool slightly.
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat sugar and egg with electric mixer till combined. Beat in milk mixture. Beat in flour mixture till just combined. Spread evenly in prepared pan.
- Bake in a 325 degree F oven 20 to 22 minutes or till browned and firm when touched. Cool in pan on a wire rack.
- Prepare frosting. Cut cake into 24 bars, making 7 cups crosswise and 2 cuts lengthwise. For each bar, frost top and sides; roll in peanuts. Frost bottoms; roll in peanuts.
Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- 1/2
cup
(1 stick) butter
- 3
tablespoons
milk
- 2
teaspoons
vanilla
-
Pinch salt
- 4
cups
confectioners sugar
Directions
- Beat together butter, milk, vanilla, salt and 1 cup of the confectioner's sugar in medium-size bowl until smooth and creamy. Gradually beat in the remaining 3 cups sugar, or until good spreading consistency is reached.
Nutrition Facts
(Peanut Logs)
Fat, total (g) 14, carb. (g) 38, chol. (mg) 22, sodium (mg) 247, cal. (kcal) 290