If you want something a little different, you might like this recipe. I use to make this peanut butter and chocolate cookie tart all the time to take to the school bake sales when my son was young. The teachers would buy up the trays before they ever made it too the bake sale table. I'm not a peanut butter fan, so I've adapted the recipe over the years to make a shortbread cup for the chocolate filling. This is what the cookie looks like as the shortbread version. The peanut butter version looks the same except the cookie dough is a more golden brown. Home Cookin Chapter: Recipes From Thibeault's Table Peanut butter and chocolate cookie Tarts ======================================== Dough 3/4 cup butter 3/4 cup peanut butter smooth 3/4 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup white sugar 1 egg 1 egg yolk 2 tsp vanilla 2 1/4 cups flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda Chocolate filling 4 oz semisweet chocolate 1 Tablespoon Milk 2 Tablespoons cocoa 1/3 cup butter 2 cups sifted Icing Sugar . Cream butter with peanut butter until very smooth. Beat in sugars. Beat in egg and yolk. Add vanilla. Sift flour with baking soda and mix well. Stir into butter mixture. Press balls of dough into well buttered mini muffin tins. Each ball of dough should be about 3/4's the size of the muffin tin - when you intent the centre it should form the shape of a pudgy little tart shell. Bake in preheated 350ðF oven for 15 minutes or until outside is baked but inside is still chewy. Do not over bake. Cool five minutes on rack and then remove from tins. Cool completely. Filling Combine chocolate, cocoa, milk and butter in small saucepan. Melt over low heat. Mix until smooth. Cool. Beat in icing sugar to give consistency of icing. Pipe about 1 tablespoon of filling into each tart. Note: YOu can spoon the filling in to the centre, but it looks nicer when piped.

I don't think you are looking for peanut butter fudge because that would be too time consuming for a school's cook to make in large quantities. Perhaps you are thinking of Peanut Butter Squares? The one I have is from a cookie cookbook from 1971. Since it makes a huge amount it may have been originally developed for institutional baking and, given the simple preparation method, it would be likely. These have the consistency of a chewy brownie, not like a cake brownie. I do remember making them in the late '70's for a grade-school party and all the kids loved them but I haven't made them since. Nowadays everything has to be peanut-free because there are so many children/people who are allergic to peanuts. Peanut Butter Squares from 1971 Farm Journal "Homemade Cookies" Makes about 8 dozen squares (that's 96 pieces!) 6 eggs 3 C granulated sugar 1 1/2 C brown sugar, packed 1 C peanut butter (smooth or chunky) 1/2 C shortening 1 Tblsp. vanilla 4 C all-purpose flour 1 1/2 Tblsp. baking powder 1 1/2 tsp. salt optional - 1/2 C chopped peanuts for sprinkling on top Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix well together the eggs, sugars, peanut butter, shortening, and vanilla. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix only until dough is smooth, don't over beat. Spread out evenly on two lightly greased jelly roll pans (15 1/2"x10 1/2"x1") or three (yes 3!) 13"x9"x2" pans. Sprinkle with peanuts if desired. Bake for 25 minutes. Cut into 3" squares and cool in the pans on a rack. Nancy

Kids might like the cupcakes more but here's the lemon bar recipe I always use: LEMON BARS DELUXE 2 1/4 cup flour 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, plus additional for sprinkling 2 sticks butter 4 beaten eggs 2 cups granulated sugar 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice 1/2 tsp baking powder Preheat oven to 350°. Whisk together 2 cups of the flour & the confectioners' sugar. Cut in the butter until the mixture clings together. Press the dough into a 13x9x2" baking dish. Bake 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. Meanwhile, beat together the eggs, granulated sugar & lemon juice. Mix the remaining 1/4 cup flour with the baking powder; stir into the egg mixture & pour over the hot baked crust. Bake for 25 minutes longer. Remove from the oven & sprinkle w/confectioners' sugar. Cool. Cut into squares.~~From Mountain Measures. KILLER CUPCAKES (makes 20-22) Cupcakes: 4 squares (4 oz) semisweet chocolate 1 tsp vanilla 2 sticks butter 4 eggs 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup flour Preheat oven to 350°. Line standard muffin tins w/paper cupcake liners. In the top part of a double boiler over simmering water, melt the chocolate w/the vanilla & butter. In a large bowl, beat the eggs until thick & add the sugar. Beat in the flour. Fold in the butter-chocolate mixture. Spoon into the prepared tins, filling the cups 2/3 full. Filling: 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg, beaten Dash of salt 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips Mix the cream cheese, sugar, egg & salt until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop a rounded teaspoon of filling onto the top of each cupcake. Bake 30 minutes.~~ San Francisco Encore

This is a dessert rather than a cookie recipe but it's full of fruit and fiber. It's originally a low sugar diet recipe but you can use real sugar and butter in place of the substitutes that I used, although it's healthier in the original version. It's really good! PLUM CRUMBLE 750 grams (1 1/3 lbs) plums, halved 1 TBS sugar substitute 1 TBS cornflour 1/2 teasp ground ginger 1/2 teasp ground cinnamon TOPPING: 2/3 cup (75 grams) or (3 oz) jumbo porridge oats (not instant or quick cook oats) 1/2 cup (60 grams) or (2.5 oz) wholemeal flour * 8 TBS sugar substitute 1/4 cup (30 grams) or (1 oz) chopped almonds or pecans 4 1/2 TBS (60 grams) or (2.5 oz) soft margarine, non-hydrogenated** 1 teasp grated orange zest 1/2 teasp ground cinnamon 1/4 teasp ground cardamom 1. Preheat the oven to 350F. 2. Put the plums in a bowl with the sugar substitute, cornflour, ginger and cinnamon, mix together and arrange evenly in a deep 9-inch (23 cm) pie plate 3. Topping: - Combine the oats, flour, sugar substitute, almonds, margarine, orange zest, cinnamon and cardamon in a bowl. Using your fingers, rub the ingredients together until the mixture forms a crumbly dough. 4. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the fruit mixture and bake for 35 - 40 minutes or until the topping is golden and the fruit mixture is bubbling. Source: Adapted from Rick Gallop's GI Diet Green Light Cookbook My Comments: *whole wheat flour including the bran. ** although I never otherwise use margarine, I understand that some of the modern light and non-hydrogenated margarines are ok on this diet and better for you than butter. I am using wholegrain spelt flour at the moment for baking  it contains the bran. This was another surprisingly delicious, easy dessert! I used 6 large, dark purple plums, each one about the size of a small egg. When halved they sat cut side upwards in rows in a casserole dish. I used Becel margarine, thinking it was a good diet choice but afterwards noticed  printed in German in very small letters - that it was not recommended for use in baking. Oh well IÂll just find another brand for next time. of a no-fat no-sugar fruit yoghurt over top. SharonCb