Butter bar
There are many recipes for butter bars, but they all have one common ingredient: butter. Butter has been a kitchen staple for centuries, and its use in baking dates back to ancient times.
The first recorded recipe for butter bars comes from an ancient Egyptian text called the Papyrus Ebers, which dates back to 1550 BC. This recipe calls for a mixture of ground almonds, dates, and butter, which was then formed into bars and baked.
The use of butter in baking spread to Europe in the Middle Ages, where it was used to make a variety of cakes, cookies, and pastries. Butter bars became particularly popular in Germany, where they were often made with fruit and nuts.
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Recipes
World's Best Peanut Butter Bars
- light brown sugar
- cocoa powder
- vanilla extract
- all purpose flour
- milk
- powdered sugar
- peanut butter
- sugar
- salt
- butter
- rolled oat
- egg
- baking soda
Butterscotch Peanut Butter Bars
- all purpose flour
- confectioners sugar
- baking soda
- vanilla extract
- egg
- butter
- peanut butter
- sugar
- brown sugar
- oatmeal
- salt
- milk
- butterscotch chip
Raspberry Nutter Butter Bars
- CRUST
- brown sugar
- nutter butter sandwich cookie crumb
- salt
- butter
- TOPPING
- nutter butter sandwich cookie crumb
- oat
- salt
- all purpose flour
- butter
- raspberry jam
Double the Streusel Apple Butter Bars
- apple butter
- brown sugar
- all purpose flour
- baking powder
- fashion oat
- pecan
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- all purpose flour
- butter
- maple syrup
- vanilla extract
- honey apple
- butter
BOO! Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
- peanut butter
- honey
- maple syrup
- corn flake
- white chocolate
- sweet
- black sprinkle
5 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars (NO BAKE!)
- arnott marie cracker
- dark chocolate chips melting
- icing sugar powdered sugar
- us butter
- peanut butter
Candy Corn Peanut Butter Bars
- peanut butter
- chocolate candy coating
- candy corn
Rhubarb–Brown Butter Bars
- zest
- hibiscus flower
- nonstick oil spray
- salt
- rhubarb
- vanilla bean
- oat
- all purpose flour
- hazelnut
- baking soda
- sugar
- dark brown sugar
- salt
- hibiscus flower
- butter
- sugar
Reese's No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
- butter
- peanut butter peanut butter
- sweet
- confectioners sugar
- graham cracker
Salted Caramel Butter Bars
- sugar
- salt
- caramel
- powdered sugar
- vanilla
- whipping cream
- butter
- all purpose flour
Coconut Lime Butter Bars
- all purpose flour
- sweetened condensed milk
- brown sugar
- butter
- coconut
- lime juice
- egg yolk
- lime zest
Ganache-Stuffed Peanut Butter Bars
- all purpose flour
- butter
- baking powder
- sugar
- brown sugar
- cream
- peanut butter
- vanilla
- butter
- salt
- sugar
- milk
- egg
- sweet chocolate chip
- salt
Caramely Almond Butter Bars
- butter
- almond extract
- egg
- rolo
- brown sugar
- sugar
- salt
- all purpose flour
Crunchy Peanut Butter Bars
- dark
- powdered sugar
- graham cracker crumb
- rice krispies cereal
- butter
- coconut oil
- peanut butter
No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
- butter
- sweet chocolate chip
- confectionerand#x27 sugar
- graham cracker crumb
- peanut butter
Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar with Spiced Sugar Popcorn
- cocoa butter
- peanut butter
- corn syrup
- black pepper
- vanilla paste
- sugar
- ancho chile
- cayenne powder
- clove
- peanut
- popcorn
- cocoa nib
- cinnamon
- dark chocolate
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Bars
- chocolate chips portion
- egg
- krusteaz molten deep cookie
- pouch molten chocolate
- peanut butter
- sweetened condensed milk
- butter
Caramel Cookie Butter Bars
- chocolate chip
- baking powder
- vanilla extract
- butter
- cookie butter
- salt
- caramel sauce
- baking soda
- egg
- all purpose flour
- brown sugar
- sugar
- caramel sauce
- salt
Caramel-Pecan Cookie Butter Bars
- dark chocolate chip
- shortening
- vanilla extract
- egg
- caramel
- self rising flour
- biscoff cookie spread
- butter
- brown sugar
- sugar
- pecan
- half cream
Ooey Gooey Lemon Coconut Butter Bars
- sweetened coconut flake
- vanilla extract
- egg
- butter
- lemon juice
- brown sugar
- all purpose flour
- sugar
- powdered sugar
- butter
- egg
- cream cheese
Peanut Butter Bars
- peanut butter
- powdered sugar
- baking soda
- salt
- vanilla
- brown sugar
- butter
- sugar
- butter
- all purpose flour
- rolled oat
- egg
- cocoa
- milk
Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars
- brown sugar
- sugar
- butter
- baking soda
- salt
- vanilla extract
- peanut butter
- cocoa powder
- heavy cream
- milk
- butter
- all purpose flour
- rolled oat
- egg
- powdered sugar
Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Bars
- miniature marshmallow
- reese
- butter
- reese peanut butter cereal
Ingredient Breakdown
Insights
Staple Ingredients
- butter 57%
Common Ingredients
- all purpose flour 39%
Usual Ingredients
- peanut butter 35%
- brown sugar 30%
- salt 30%
- sugar 30%
Rarey Ingredients
- egg 22%