Recipe: Baseball Bars

2/3 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar, packed

1/4 cup light corn syrup

1/4 cup chunky peanut butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

4 cups quick oats

Topping

Chopped nuts, optional

Melt butter, brown sugar and corn syrup together. Add peanut butter and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in oats. Press mixture into greased 9-inch baking pan. Bake at 375 degrees 15 minutes.

Spread with hot Topping. Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Cool. Refrigerate. If too cold, let stand about 15 minutes for ease in cutting. Cut into bars. Makes 16 to 20 bars.

Topping

1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate pieces

1 (12-ounce) package butterscotch pieces

2/3 cup chunky peanut butter

1 cup chopped unsalted nuts

Mix chocolate and butterscotch pieces, peanut butter and nuts in saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring until blended.