Honey Balsamic Chicken

6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste
1/2 cup chicken stock
2/3 cup balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon honey
4 tablespoons green onion tops, thinly sliced

In large fry pan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook, turning and sprinkling pepper equally on each side of chicken, about 10 minutes or until slightly brown on all sides.
Remove chicken from pan and drain off any excess oil. Add garlic to pan; saute over medium heat for 2 minutes. Stir in tomato paste and slowly add chicken stock, scraping to dissolve any bits clinging to bottom of pan. Increase heat to medium-high; add vinegar and honey and rapidly boil for 3 minutes to reduce liquid to one cup. Return chicken to pan; reduce heat to medium low. Cook, turning, about 15 minutes or until liquid thickens and becomes a dark mahogany glaze and chicken is done.

Butter Cream Frosting

Momma’s Chocolate Buttercream
Mix all ingredients:
1- 2lb bag of powdered sugar plus 1 cup
3/4 cup cocoa powder
2 cubes butter, softened
1 tbs vanilla
add milk a little at a time until soft, spreading consistenc

Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix together:
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
Add and mix in:
3 cups oatmeal, ground up in blender
3 cups all purpose flour

This makes a HUGE batch (2 cookie sheets)

Divide dough between 2 regular rimmed cookie sheets. Press dough down evenly to reach all four corners. Bake for 15-20 min.

Once out of the oven, dollop spoonfuls of peanut butter (not included in ingredients above) all over top of warm and golden crust. Once the peanut butter has melted slightly, spread evenly over top. Let cool.

The recipe calls for the buttercream below which is really good. But I think melting chocolate chips and peanut butter together and spreading it on top, is real good too....

Momma’s Chocolate Buttercream
Mix all ingredients:
1- 2lb bag of powdered sugar plus 1 cup
3/4 cup cocoa powder
2 cubes butter, softened
1 tbs vanilla
add milk a little at a time until soft, spreading consistency
Spread over cooled peanut butter fingers, cut into rectangles and DEVOUR!