Vintage Lunchroom Lady peanut butter Bars!

#whippoorwillholler #peanutbutterbars #vintage
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350. 9x13 pan greased
1 cup melted butter
1 1/2 c. Peanut butter
1 1/2 c sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
11/2 t. Salt
1 T. Vanilla
4 eggs
2 c. All purpose flour
Icing
1 cup confectioners sugar
1/4 c. Peanut butter
2 to 3 T. Milk 1 t. Vanilla
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[@JustCallMeLiberty]

I had no friends in grade school ( long story) but one lunch lady would say "hello friend" to me when I came thru the lunch line...it really helped just having even one person think I was ok. The food was always good and we got chocolate or plain milk. I might have to make some of these bars.

[@denagustafson6070]

❤️

[@tammyr2966]

I’m glad you had a friend with the lunch lady! I’m so sorry you didn’t have other friends. If I’d of been in school with you, I would’ve been your friend. I always made friends with the kids others picked on and stood up for them. Everyone needs a friend!❤️💕

[@wadessirenvideos6750]

I felt as if I was not popular during my elementary school days. I spent more time socializing with teachers, the school principal, and any school staff members. There were times when I felt these kind and caring adults were my only friends. I hope you have lots of friends now. I can relate to how you felt back when you were in school. To this day, it's hard to find truly good people to share your positive attitude and outlook on life with.

[@lesleyjae4667]

Hello friend. I've been there too, but we're still here!😊

[@Nharley]

I’ve been there too, hello friend 💞 we are connected on Ms Lori’s page!

[@elizb8421]

Back when lunch ladies actually cooked the food not just reheat processed food! Beautiful bowl! Thanks for sharing👍👍😉

[@mariepereira6477]

My mom was a lunch lady and she was the best lunch ladies have no control of what the government provides for these children and these kids to eat I’m sure if my mom had it her way she cook the food herself as well God bless her heart she did a lot for everyonee

[@jodymarket9112]

I can’t wait to try and make this. Thank you lunch lady. I wish you had made the peanut butter toast too. 😊👌

[@meloneyadams4665]

@@mariepereira6477 uuiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuy Q

[@childofgod1840]

Glorified preheaters, is what I used to call myself.

[@muffassa6739]

I was a cook for 23 years we made everything from scratch but we all lost out jobs

[@lucygray6162]

As a child of the 1960s, I was blessed to have hardworking parents who provided regardless of our meager budget. But some of my little classmates weren't so lucky. School lunches were the only hot meal those children had. Sixty years later, my heart still aches for those kids, and I say a little prayer for the lunch ladies who came up with hot meals every day. I can only wonder how much those kids looked forward to going to school because it meant a decent meal. Bless all of you.

[@jeanniemartens7113]

I was one of them and was so grateful and wanted to give back and work part time during my pregnancy….oh my, the menu hadn’t changed since I had graduated 11 years later but the times were shifting. Fights were breaking out and total lack of respect, no reinforcement for some common curtesies , and having lunch trays throw towards you- with gum stuck on it none the less. Yeh- by the end of the year a very pregnant lunch lady with no tolerance was tossing them right back at the student and the teacher standing right there would laugh when the student looked shocked. The teacher, choking on a laugh, would tell him/her “my guess is you got on her last nerve, do it correctly and their wouldn’t be a problem. The rules are posted on the wall. If you need help wit any translation I can help with that too.

[@Kanelamiel]

You may not be aware. It is something I never hear about what First Lady Obama did for the schools. She had fixed it so every child received free breakfast, lunch, and after-school snacks. No matter if you are a republican or a democrat... you have to respect that. I know because I was working in the school systems at the time.

[@sourpunk4277]

Unfortunately growing up in the 2000s the food has downgraded a lot and I was one of those children that had to rely on the public schools food

[@sarahwieland3243]

So true! It was the same when I was growing up in the 70’s. Our lunch ladies were always the mama’s in the kitchen trying to cook the best they could with what they had. There was never a child that went hungry in my school thanks to these wonderful women ❤

[@pjcash1167]

❤

[@greeneyes4007]

I only wish my lunch ladies back in the day knew how much they were appreciated.. you don’t realize how special they are until you much much older..God bless them all!!

[@Chellees]

Growing up my Momma was a lunch lady at my elementary school. I LOVED seeing her everyday at lunch time!!! And sometimes she’d give me change to buy an ice cream! Those were good memories……

[@evashreves3028]

My mom,too!

[@nightynightshade]

That is just so sweet 🥰💕

[@tional5266]

Being the lunch helper was my favorite part of elementary school! I always thought it would be great to cook for many people, cooking for large groups is one of my favorite activities, I think I probably should have been a lunch lady or a Hutterite or a cook in a hospital or other cafeteria setting, maybe I’ll go volunteer for a soup kitchen or the like

[@doredo329]

This comment touched my heart 💗 God bless you and your momma! 🙏🏾

[@darlenemotley5508]

My foster mom in high school was a lunch lady. God put her in my life to show how good people can be. Bless those who feed the children.

[@jovi8277]

Miss my generation school food especially them rectangular pizzas!

[@kellybroady6378]

Yes that pizza was SO good!! We also had an octagon shaped pizza called "Fiesta pizza" which I loved.

[@mollyrose295]

I loved that rectangle pizza!! My mother gave us money on Fridays to get the rectangle pizza and chocolate cake with white frosting. It was so good. I think we also had a fruit cup and of course a small milk carton. ❤️❤️

[@livylu6287]

I literally just reminded my husband of these while I was trying to get him to remember the peanut butter bars

[@btaos1625]

I knew was the only one that didnt like it! 😆

[@saraferguson1156]

We call it schoolhouse pizza

[@60yobfandproudmills79]

Here's to all the " Lunch ladies" for their delicious school meals,the School Crossing guards who safely helped us to cross the streets,and also the custodians who kept the school clean would get to the elementary school early to get the boiler going to heat up the school on a cold day before the kids got there!...I am a child of the 60/s ..a whole different era...not gonna say a better era but very different with many fond memories!Great video..of a lost time!I love peanut butter...and I will be making this!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@sparklesrosary1473]

They were only reflecting on a good time from their past. You're far too bitter. Take a nap or eat a snickers

[@btaos1625]

Except for their disgusting pizza. Lol. Ours was horrible. I can remember the smell of the grade school cafeteria....😳....not good. Best thing I remember was a cold fruit dispenser in the hallway. All the fruit lined up on little rotating rows of chairs like a ferris wheel wrapped in thin paper. I don't know if it was the fruit I was so interested in or the machine that delivered it! Lol...yes, Im old. 😆

[@Boredchinchilla]

@@btaos1625 I didn’t get to eat pizza at home so school pizza was awesome tasting to me lol. Once I had actual pizza at a birthday party when I was 10 (before that all the parties I went to were at McDs or were home bbqs) I was hooked and couldn’t eat the school stuff anymore.

[@sjr7822]

Yes, our teacher fired up the woodstove in our classroom

[@lorianndupont7586]

❤️

[@janemcqueen8283]

I love this lady. She is so peaceful and filled with knowledge. I could listen to her for hours lol! She’s pretty too!

[@mickeybell2633]

I remember the smell of bread baking at my elementary school. Back then everything was made from scratch.

[@johnnyace1300]

wowwww when was this?

[@MJkatzTheWriter]

Back in the late 50's, early 60's I remember walking down the hallway near the cafeteria and smelling WONDERFUL hints of what our lunch was going to be! :)

[@elizabethalderman3495]

1969. I can still remember the smell and taste of those buttered knot rolls. Omg...the best!!!!

[@bubbles3042]

As Edith sang "Those were the days"

[@mattrobinson5099]

@@johnnyace1300 In the 90's my elementary school baked the rolls in house. Not sure if the dough was made there or somewhere else but it was baked fresh. The whole school of hungry kids knew lunch was coming when the smell of fresh baked bread start wafting through the halls. Their pizza wasn't very good though.

[@stellawright1512]

LORI I'VE NEVER COMMENTED BEFORE BUT I WANTED TO TELL YOU WITH TEARS IN MY EYES HOW MUCH I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!! I'M 70 YEARS OLD AND THIS TAKES ME BACK TO MY SCHOOL DAYS AND THE BEST PART OF THEM WAS THE CAFETERIA FOOD! MY MOTHER HAD 16 CHILDREN AND RAISED 14 TWO DIED AT BIRTH! WE WERE VERY POOR AND DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO EAT AT HOME SO WE WERE ALWAYS GLAD TO GET THE BEST MEAL OF THE DAY AT SCHOOL. I REMEMBER THE YEAST ROLLS, HOMEMADE MASHED POTATOES, MEATLOAF AND YES THE DELICIOUS PEANUT BARS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE CHERISHED MEMORIES BACK! GOD BLESS YOU! KEEP THEM COMING!❤🙏🙏🙏

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello how are you doing?

[@dionesilva4260]

Thank you for sharing this with all of the world to enjoy and still see that the world still has at least a handful of beautiful people in it still.. ❤️‍🩹

[@markmelton587]

Yes! I can remember smelling the aroma of fresh baking homemade yeast rolls that wafted through the entire schoolhouse. We could tell by the smell what we were going to get to eat that day. My stomach would be growling all morning, waiting to eat that delicious food. This was in the Sixties. My children in the Nineties were served factory garbage because of Reagan and the Republicans.

[@doredo329]

I do not like peanutbutter but loved the homemade peanutbutter bars served at lunch! I teach now and wish my students could experience the AWESOME lunches we ate from our sweet beautiful lunch ladies 🥰

[@tama3442]

Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from the wrath of GOD❗️ *What is the Gospel?* The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Romans 10:9 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. JESUS CHRIST can come anytime! Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS

[@samename6479]

@@tama3442The gospel is the death, burial & resurrection of Jesus Christ. Obey the gospel, Acts 2:38, " Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost". Acts 2:39, " It is the promise to you and to your children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call ". The church was born on the day of Pentecost. Jesus spoke that we must be born of water & of the Spirit to enter into the kingdom of heaven. This is the promise, a supernatural birth from above. People need to know that the epistles fromRomans-Jude are not written to the world. The epistles are written to the people that came from the book of Acts where they obeyed the gospel, were baptized in Jesus name & filled w the Holy Ghost. In Matthew 16, Jesus gave the keys of heaven to Peter, therefore Peter was not in error. Once we obey the gospel we are free to go further, & into the epistles to learn & grow in the Lord. Amen. Be blessed everyone. The first thing the Lord spoke to me as I got off my knees from prayer was "Grow. there's more". ALLELUIA We can never outlearn the Lord.

[@terrytarpley2953]

I'm the same way but boy could I gobble these down and it's like everyone gave me theirs even took some home with me

[@askmamalouise7605]

Lunch ladies really wore many hats! The lunch lady often ensured the children were treated fairly in food security, peer engagement, and social happiness. They never screamed at the children when it was raging noisy in the lunch room, primarily because I believe they lived for the noise of it all! Thank you to all of the lunch ladies throughout the world. I love this video; I had to subscribe.

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Thank you, we give smiles and hugs too, xoxoxo

[@AM-ru5lh]

A few months ago I was visiting my home town for a friends sons birthday party at a bowling alley. I went to the food stand to grab some snacks and the lady behind the counter was acting weird. I placed my order and she said come back in fifteen minutes. When I did she told me that she knew she remembered me from somewhere. Turns out she was a lunch lady at my elementary school. She remembered me 30+ years later. Those were the days... just a group of hardworking cooks, making everything from scratch and serving everything like you were their own kids. 😊❤

[@belleferrar8898]

I like your story. I never had the experience of eating a school lunch. I went to a parochial school all 12 years and in elementary school I walked home each day for lunch and in high school, we either brought our own lunch or bought out of the vending machines.

[@anniefannycharles9951]

They cared.

[@marlenecampbell5439]

And the food was so good.

[@wandacunningham3843]

A smog this just like God

[@Fresh.Peches]

Back before every other kid had a nut allergy

[@georgepretnick4460]

School lunch ladies are angels.

[@1QYITSTORM]

Yeees maam they could always tell who was truly in need. Undercover Blessings

[@wickedevilvegan6250]

They are a godsend. They give us a taste of our childhood.

[@williamshelton4150]

Amen. Do they exist anymore? I fondly remember mine in Mexia, Texas in the early 1980s.

[@Kittiesdawn]

Oh really? Ours were related to the one in ‘Matilda’.

[@bsugar6882]

Yes we are love all the kids

[@beckymatte4982]

I was a lunch lady for 25 yrs I retired when the pandemic hit but I sure enjoyed seeing all 5 of our grandkids come through that line!

[@lilblackduc7312]

God bless you! 😇 I've not done without food. But, I don't take it for granted, either...Ladies who've cooked spoiled me through the 1960s. I don't forget...🇺🇸 😎👍☕

[@amethystanne4586]

Hello! Our 4 now-adult children were and 6 of their kids are students of our local school system. 2 of my DD’s and I are Lunch Ladies.

[@gabriellsbaby]

My sister and I use to walk so we could save our bus money and buy these peanut butter bars at school in the morning, they were still a little warm and they came in a little wax bag. For years we have looked for the recipe only to find "almost, close, nope that's not it". I made this the first time and must have overcooked it. This time it was perfection. 30 minutes, pull it out even if it still looks a little underdone in the middle. Your frosting was perfect and just the right amount. USE ALL THAT BUTTER! Thanks for bringing back one of our favorite treats from childhood.

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

That makes me happy!

[@ntoole9151]

My Grandma was a lunch lady for years I believe in the 40’s-50’s. She was an incredible cook. Spoke often of working around the commodities designing menus and receipes. I still have & use her mixing bowl and 9x13 baking sheet she received as a wedding gift in the 1920s.

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

That's wonderful! Xoxoxo

[@joycehanson977]

@N Toole That's great! I bet you loved going to Grandma's to visit (and eat)! It's wonderful to have somethings to remember her by, as well. 😁👍

[@vernareed2692]

When i went to school in arkansas they used commodities& i loved the food!! It was always so good,home cooking!! Never a meal or food i didn't like!

[@fleaflicker1451]

What an amazing treasure!!!!😢

[@jow6845]

N Toole That’s because they made things to last back then - lucky you.

[@virginiaphillips5217]

It doesn't matter WHAT you cook..I will watch always usually at the end of a busy day with a cup of coffee and YOU. You bring me a peace and contentment in an othwise hectic world. My dear husband who passed 16 months ago, gave me that same kind of peace and contentment. He was the kindest, sweetest person I knew and I miss him more than I can say. He brought me such happiness. You are that same sweet soul...and I thank God I found you.

[@markmelton587]

Ma'am, your husband is still with you, every minute of the day and night. You'll be rejoined soon enough.

[@shelpippg2202]

I love this woman’s voice. It’s so gentle & sweet. ❤️ She sounds like that one friend’s grandma that everyone wanted to have. Everyone called her Gram, she always had cookies in her kitchen, and she would always say, “Well, hiiii darlin! Howyamomanem?” She knew everyone in town, and would always fix you a sandwich. ❤️ Love from east Texas

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Thank you

[@tama3442]

Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from the wrath of GOD❗️ *What is the Gospel?* The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Romans 10:9 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. JESUS CHRIST can come anytime! Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS

[@tabithabrown8215]

@@WhippoorwillHoller thank you so much ☺️🎃

[@lisabandy3186]

Gotta Love them soutern grandmas

[@mariannedeering5520]

Your metal measuring cups bring back memories of watching my Mom bake cookies - She baked cookies every day - the neighborhood kids would get off the bus and run to our house and stand at our side door waiting for my Mom to share our cookies. Miss those days, and her!

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hi how are you doing?

[@maryp7694]

I kind of feel sorry for kids today, I don't think the quality of school lunches is anywhere near like lunches of the past. The wonderful lunch ladies ar my old elementary school used to make Applesauce Cake, have you heard if it?

[@juliejohnston1875]

Mary P Agree with you! Food was always good. 😻

[@nunya2954]

@Hellmark Channel - You really are dumb.

[@pnhnut]

You are so right! Lunch ladies rocked that kitchen back in the day. It truly was the heart of the school. I feel so sorry for kids today.

[@pnhnut]

@Hellmark Channel um, it is called dessert? hear of it? It is NOT a main staple of the meal, duh.

[@kandy1643]

Hellmark Channel they didn’t only serve the peanut butter bars weirdo

[@michelleperkins9886]

Hello from one lunch room lady to another! I sure do remember the days of abundant commodities very well. Peanut butter, American cheese, Nonfat Dry milk, fig nuggets, Turkey pastrami… Ah the memories of the good old days trying to figure out different ways to use up bonus items!! My personal favorite recipe was Wacky Cake and no-bake chocolate drop cookies! Keep cooking that good school food!!!

[@tama3442]

Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from the wrath of GOD❗️ *What is the Gospel?* The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Romans 10:9 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. JESUS CHRIST can come anytime! Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS

[@askmamalouise7605]

Thank you for your service! The lunch room lady was like having a 2nd Mom at school!

[@michelebradley7813]

My elder Cousin Myra (R.I.P.) was the head cook at my High school, 2 of the Lunch ladies went to my Church🙏🏽 Back then, they made everything from Scratch. Everyone loved Cousin Myra's Meatloaf, Sloppy Joe, 'Chicken Spaghetti', Apple 🍎 Crisp & the Orange 🍊 Cookies 😍. After Cousin Myra retired (I was in College by then) she gave me a copy of the recipes for each of those & I still make them to this day. 🥲❤

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello how’re you doing?

[@jaquitamaynard7326]

Would you mind sharing the recipe for the apple crisp and orange cookie with me? I would love to make some for my grandson.

[@glendamitchell3111]

I'm sure we would all like to have your recipes if you don't mind sharing.

[@charitytanel8107]

Maybe you could share some of the recipes with this lady from Whiporwill Hollow and she can show everyone how to make them, I'm sure she won't mind to give you rhe credit, Please!

[@markmelton587]

God bless Aunt Myra!

[@shirleysaventures2188]

Yes, I am a retired lunchroom lady of 33 years and we cooked the same recipe. The kids loved them! I remember getting honey and we mixed honey and peanutbutter together to make sandwiches. And yes, we had alot of peanut allergies, we had to quit making anything with peanutbutter. Also the same with fish allergies. So sad, we had to stop making alot of different things because of food allergies. I'm enjoying my retirement!!!!!

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hi how are you doing?

[@RowenMyBoat]

Oh how I loved the peanut butter sandwiches, and knew it was sweeter than most peanut butter! I think I could however many sandwiches they would have given me, but I always ate one and yearned for more. Do you know why the decision to mix honey with it came from? Do you have any memory of the ratio of peanut butter to honey. So I can try to make some?..

[@julieridgeway8539]

My grandma was a lunch lady and I was so jealous that the kids at her school got to have her cooking every day. 💜

[@smiththomson95]

Hello Julie How are you doing today?

[@ccreel64]

So was mine!❤

[@vickihornsby3477]

In 1961 I went to Cascade Elementary School in Chehalis, Wa. The cafeteria was in the basement. About twice a week in the cold rainy winter we would get homemade veg. beef soup and homemade rolls. Everyday we got rolls. You could walk into the school and smell the Heavenly Scent of rolls or bread baking, the little bit of steam coming up through the heater vents. The lunches were wonderful. If you didn't have a lunch ticket, you still got to eat and NO one made an issue of it. Great memories.

[@LGAussie]

That’s really great!!

[@w8n2xhl]

Vicki Hornsby I breaks my heart to here that a child’s lunch is thrown in the trash because their linch account is not current.

[@e.conboy4286]

Colleen Austin : WHAT????

[@vickihornsby3477]

@@e.conboy4286 At Noble Elementary School in Bakersfield, about once every 2 weeks we would get Peanut butter bars (squares) They tasted like Reeses without the chocolate . My favorite. I have a recipe for home made (Reeses ) that was passed around church for a while. I made them and the inside was just like the ones I remember from my childhood.

[@w8n2xhl]

E. Conboy true and horrid stories, sadly.

[@adrianawood2365]

Lunch ladies and bus driver’s were your parents away from home. Love my memories of them

[@donnadenevan-lynch4022]

Dont forget the crossing guards! Like loving aunts and uncles.

[@tarryllangston4668]

This is the sweetest lady on KZbin. I love her content. The women in the cafeteria always made me feel safe.

[@MissMolly3377]

School lunches in the 70s and 80s were like a home cooked dinner. They were awesome. The lunch ladies always did such a wonderful job. I loved the lunch ladies. My mom had the menu and would pack, on the days that we didn't like what they were serving, which wasn't too often.

[@sarahmcvay6689]

Oh my, I grew up as the 4th child in a family of 8 brothers and sisters. Our lunch tickets were not too expensive, but we had a bunch of hungry mouths. At my elementary school, we could work in the kitchen to help reduce the cost of the lunches for all of us. We didn't have to work hard, and I enjoyed it a lot. The peanut butter bars are STILL one of my favorites❤❤. I grew up in a tiny town in Wyoming, and my siblings ALL remember them. Mama didn't always have the money for sweet treats after Dad paid the bills, so "volunteering" in the cafeteria wasn't a bad thing at all......

[@gsabo1000]

I remember the oatmeal, pb and coco bars in school.

[@sinmore11]

I'm glad you can remember it that way

[@makaea97]

Thankyou for sharing that story

[@trae4529]

omg.. yes, lunch tickets....by the week or by the month....

[@paulalane8638]

You grew up blessed! I love Wyoming and Peanut Butter bars❣😊

[@Jojoie]

When you talked about the peanut butter toast, I lost it! I have been trying to remember my whole life what exactly that was! I knew it was peanut butter and bread 😆 this is life changing, thank you so much! Best day ever! 💓

[@virginiaallisonpeck2517]

We used to mix peanut butter and honey on buttered toast. We ate it for breakfast or a snack.

[@ejsparks9706]

We had these in elementary school when I was a kid, but our lunch lady put some oats in the bars too. I remember they were my favorite thing ever!

[@moladhdodhia1580]

Never had a sandwich at my public school, everything was really good, like a home cooked meal.

[@coreenaburke5775]

Once in a while we got a sub sandwich with cold cuts. That was one of my favorite meals at school sub day!

[@bam2431]

Where did u grow up??!

[@VetsrisAuguste]

I am so glad you said that. I just made that same claim here at my house, but nobody believes me. We were never served cold sandwiches of any kind. When we were fed hot sandwiches like hot dogs, burgers or sloppy joes, they were served on home made buns that we could smell baking all morning long.

[@cellison9414]

I went to school in the 60's and we had good homemade food every day. I remember a peanut butter bar, also plenty of peanut butter sandwiches, chocolate peanut butter no bake cookies, it was all good. By the time my kids went to school the food had gone downhill, taco tubs, pizza, all premade stuff. I don't get the allergies, even my grandkids have allergies. Heck, hardly anyone had allergies when I was a kid! Thanks for the recipe!

[@unitedstatesdale]

Anyone remember Dilly Rolls ?

[@kellygress7424]

I make Dilly Rolls! I'm a professional baker. But, anyone can make them they are a batter bread. The recipe I use is in the Pillsbury Complete Book of Baking. You can Google the recipe online. They are awesome and everyone loves them! :)

[@masuganut2082]

Apparently they think kids have so many allergies from all the junk that’s put in to foods for so long and pesticides and such. Too many chemicals . I’m fortunate that my kids don’t have any allergies

[@maggie2sticks717]

What the heck is a taco tub anyway?

[@ramibu239]

Yeah when I was a kid in the 70's I don't remember hearing of any other kid that had peanut allergies, or gluten sensitivities, etc. We all ate PBJ on Wonder Bread & were rail thin mind you! Now you can't even have or go to a kids party w/out making sure whose allergic to what & no one can bring this, etc. Now I understand that there are legit - & very deadly - food allergies to things like nuts or Strawberries, I'm just agreeing that we never used to hear of them. I still have my Aunt's recipe for those Peanutbutter Chocolate Nobake Cookies btw...and you are right they are delicious!!!

[@user-lu1vg9cv3y]

Miss Lori, I made these tonight!! I’ve made them several times and I could never think to tell you ♥️♥️ My house smells like heaven right now ♥️ we are in Florence,Alabama, and snowed in for the second day❣️❣️❣️❄️❄️❄️ I’ve lost 56 lbs. and I will probably gain it back soon ♥️♥️ I love your videos and you too♥️ I’m old enough to be your Mother, I’m 75!! Thank you Lord for letting me live this long 🙏🙏🙏

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Wonderful!

[@donnacocanour5062]

I can’t wait to try it! I guess it was 5th. And 6th. Grade when I worked in the cafeteria and we got free lunch in exchange for our work. I am grateful for the lunchroom ladies who taught us to be good workers. Thank you for all the kids you fed and influenced. (They always cooked great meals too.)

[@mchrysogelos7623]

Wow, we never had that opportunity in our school, that would have been wonderful!! You don't lose so much of what you learn in childhood!!

[@lorimckellar2787]

@@mchrysogelos7623 ikr!!! We didn't get that type of opportunity either, well 1 year when I went to private catholic school in the 6th grade we could work as a dish washer, spraying down the trays and putting them in the industrial dishwasher, but never cooking. I was fortunate and had many influencers in my life growing up who taught many things about cooking, but imagine how great that could be for students who don't learn how to cook at, for whatever reason. These days home economics is not offered either. How are today's students going to know basic life skills like cooking, sewing, and how to balance their bank accounts??? They want to teach them twenty ways to solve a simple math problem, but don't teach them how to boil water, crazy!!! 💜💜💜

[@caryulmer7063]

When I was young in school Lori, there was always that one really pretty, really nice lunchroom lady that all the kids loved. I'm sure that's the type of lunchroom lady you were.😊

[@kristinbecerra4410]

I wanted to say THANK YOU I've been searching for this recipe for my husband for years. He would always talk about these peanut butter bars when he was in school and how delicious they were. I thought I found the recipe but when I'd make it he said they weren't. They had a glaze. I showed him this video and he said Those are it!!! So I will be making him your recipe for father's day as a surprise ❤

[@LGAussie]

That’s so kool !! I’m looking for the large vanilla butter cookies schools made. Some were half chocolate.

[@kristinbecerra4410]

@@LGAussie did you check out all her recipes? Maybe she has it?? I hope you do find it. Good luck👍😉😊

[@darciwaterman7824]

Being a lunch lady now this make me smile for 2 reason. One, I want to make them again. Two, I so remember all the good food we used to have!

[@irishdivajeffries6668]

Our lunch ladies made everything from scratch! Their hamburger gravy was awesome and I haven’t had it since and I’m 69 years old! Love that bowl!

[@MinnesotaNorth101]

I buy up those recipe boxes with card s at estate sales, when I find them. Really fun to go through.

[@gsabo1000]

Great idea!!!

[@patriciacox8597]

I never thought of that. I bet you have a gold mine of traditional family favorites😊

[@SCUUBDO]

I bet!!

[@brendameyer3055]

So do I. I love them!

[@ramibu239]

That's so sad though to think of someone's cherished family recipes being sold off! Why would no one want them; was there no one left on the family line to pass them down to, etc? It's just I come from a long line of wonderful cooks & bakers. My Mother & I both love collecting cookbooks. So the thought that any of our family recipes would perhaps one day possibly not stay in the family is sad to think of. But yes. It would be interesting to look through those old treasures!

[@shanejoyce1666]

Thank you for sharing this. Brought back memories of my childhood in the 70's and early 80's. Back when school food was good, before the government controlled what ya all could cook. And you seem like a sweet southern gentlewoman.

[@lisalee2885]

I'm 55 and have great memories of elementary and school years 😄😄Kids today really missed out.

[@marywallace9667]

My mom was lunchroom lady for 15yrs and the only cook. 300 kids every day. Kindergarten through 9th. The older girls got to help out in kitchen. Mom was always a wonderful cook and kids could get seconds. Thanks for the memories.

[@goconnor5460]

My grandma was a lunch lady. Today is her birthday, though she passed several years ago. Thank you for this recipe. I've been wanting to make these again!

[@EastCoastPlusForty]

Last winter’s quarantine I did a lot of projects around the house. This winter is quarantine I’m going to make Every lunch lady recipe lol 🤭

[@danacaldwell1035]

I've been a lunch lady for years and love it. I love the close relationship you have with the other ladies and I love the kids. Ive she'd tears over some kids and had many days of laughs and smiles with them too.

[@shirleyperry3170]

Dana Caldwell , Everyone loved our lunches and the elementary school lunchroom ladies! They were the best adults to share their food with and guide the little children. Sweet.

[@Bear-cm1vl]

Ms. Dana, much love and lots of respect from all your kids; you may not be their mama by blood, but you are by food. Thank you.

[@LadyBirch]

I recently worked at a school as a lunch lady and I loved the ladies I worked with but the kids were just mean this so disrespected us and I say that what kind of parents are raising these kids that they would smart off and disrespect a lunch lady! When I was growing up and my own kids we loved the lunch lady we would never have been mean to her she gave us our food! If you were nice to her you got extra food but these kids I mean you will not believe how they act today!

[@danacaldwell1035]

Most of the kids at my school are nice to all of us ladies. Once in a while we get a little attitude from one.

[@nitaw4687]

@@LadyBirch I totally agree, this generation makes me smh😱. When i was in elementary my best friend mother was a lunch lady at our school. She would ALWAYS give us extra food, i loved the days we had pizza and peanut butter cookies with the choice of chocolate milk.

[@neeterb5584]

When I was in 3rd and 4th grade my mom was a "lunch lady" at my school. She converted the school's recipe to family size and continued to make the bars for years. She just sprinkled powdered sugar on top instead of a glaze. Thank you for sharing.

[@jane1385]

That’s what our school did too. They were the bomb!!

[@kathrynking9788]

My Mama was a cook at school for many years. Was in a car wreck & soon had to quit. Oh my, how it broke her heart. She started an account in her name just to feed the children that would have gone without breakfast & lunch. Most of them, it was the only food they had at all!💔Soon, most of the other lunchroom workers went in with her! Before they did, most of Mama’s check went to pay for those darlin kids with hungry eyes and replaced with happy children! They are all grown up now with kids too. After all these yrs mama still worries about the children. So, GOD BLESS YOU!

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

your mama was a wonderful person!

[@leesal9862]

I wish my children had a wonderful lady serving them love. This truly is a need for our children. Thank you.

[@liz83lds]

I just made this and it was the most delicious thing Ive ever had. Unbelievably good. Im gonna share it with everyone. It turned out perfectly when I did everything she did. So easy. My husband wont stop eating them and he's on a diet. haha.

[@Zomy_Streams]

You made this while your husband was on a diet, that’s plain evil lol!

[@pambisugar8286]

Do you think halving the butter with olive oil would work?

[@brandykimbrel4353]

I made these but I guess I didn't cook mine long enough I cook them as long as you said at the temperature and it seemed to be a little Jiggly in the middle I thought that might be like brownies and I cooked them a little longer still little Jiggly so I thought okay it's like brownies it'll set up after it cools down and they were undercooked the edges that were cooked good tasted really good though I have to try to get another time

[@RubyTwilite]

Liz did you use a 9×13 pan? I have a quarter sheet pan which is 9×13 but what she's using looks like a half sheet pan. Thanks.

[@mchrysogelos7623]

STOP, you are making me hungry, and I am done eating for the night!!!! arg. will be making them soon!

[@terryporche9059]

Lori I’m 72 yrs young, my grandma used to cook at school. I remember as a young boy her making the peanut butter bars and cookies. He best was a pecan candy. Pralines and she would grind pecans and mixed it all together like a pecan fridge bar It was so good.

[@tpaw6908]

Oh the good old lunches , I remember we didn't have lettuce and we would get a bag of chips and crunch them up and put on our sandwiches. We called the open face cheese bread,put under broiler got it bubbly later added a big slice tomato. Lunch Lady's are the best. Going to try this recipe soon. ❤️🙏

[@impeccable6648901]

I teach, and I know they don’t make school food like they used to. I remember these bars-I often dream about them!!! Thank you for this incredible recipe! Be blessed!

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Thank you for your dedication for educating! I hope you make these, you'll love them! Xoxoxo

[@anga3659]

Thank you so much for this recipe! This was my absolute favorite! I went to school in the 70's and we lived in a somewhat rural community. The schools hot lunches were the best!! You know everyone says how unhealthy butter is or the sugars, etc. But we were healthy kids back in the day. To my recollection children back then weren't so neurotic about their weight and obesity wasn't an issue. We were more active at school mentally and physically. Parents and kids didn't have to "go to the gym to work out". Because you got plenty of exercise doing the chores around the house together. We also got a ton of fresh air, riding our bikes or walking. Thank you for sharing this vintage lunch-lady recipe. It brings back fond memories for me. God bless you.

[@PlantNative]

Permeable is the word (peanut shell) I need to start buying organic pb This is 1st time I’ve watched this channel...the lady is very relaxing to listen to!

[@Stephenrsm7600]

Miss Lori, I LOVE peanut butter, so I am sure I will love your lunch lady peanut butter bars!!! Thank you for sharing!!! I LOVE your lunch lady series!!!!

[@dagneytaggart7707]

Healthy is best, but when your belly is empty everything is good. In early elementary school, I'd go back in the kitchen and help the lunch ladies do whatever they'd let me do. That's when they actually cooked in the school, not just reheating. I don't know how I got started, or why they let me, but it was great fun. (Sometimes I got a leftover brownie or cookie) Great memories of the lunch ladies.

[@gsabo1000]

Now, nothing is cooked. Just nuked...it is sad.

[@ja_Iam]

I’m so grateful to have grown up with home cooked meals in our lunchroom. Those ladies sure could cook. I started school in ‘66. Things were much kinder and simpler then.

[@RV-there-Yet]

Same here Karen! I volunteered in the dish room, washing dishes and helping clean up. After awhile I was able to help in the kitchen, and oh my, was that ever a treat~ a real honor if you were asked into the kitchen =) If you were good in class, got your work done early, you could put on a safety vest and go help the little kids- half day kindergarten, either as a crossing guard or bus aide. That was fun too, but I much preferred the kitchen~ still do. We had one lunch lady who was real mean, had to stay out of her cross hairs- all the others were so kind & loving~ great memories for me too =)

[@carolynandrews2115]

Karen D z

[@ravesterj4316]

Me too! I used to feel all privileged to leave class to go help them.

[@michelj.gaudet5048]

Oh dang! I done croaked at the 1 cup of butter! HELP ME!!!✨🤗✨ Please keep the ‘Lunch Lady’ thang a-goin’ on for us.😘

[@spumonicherrykitty7507]

butter isn't the bad part for me it is the sugar.

[@karenthegoodkind]

Excellent! I fondly remember the scratch peanut butter bars while in school. The staff in the cafeterias in k12 were excellence in action, a combination of chefs and artist. I'm so grateful for getting to experience such talents! Thank you Laurie (if I misspeelled your name please excuse me and correct my spelling). God bless you, Mr Brown, and your entire family.

[@AdeAnna-br5tt]

I never had money to buy these in school but I remember seeing all the kids enjoying them. I’ve always wanted to try these, thank you!!!❤

[@Realm44]

Oh I remember this treat in school! It was one of my favorites as well, along with the pizza😃❤️

[@spikesgirl9371]

Chocolate milk on Thursdays only. I still love Thursdays fifty years later.

[@loriann1506]

I just wanted you to know that I just made these. The best ever!!!! This recipe is a keeper. Thanks 🙏 😃

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Glad you like them!

[@veronicaherrera7586]

Did you find the written recipe or just followed along? Thank you

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@WhippoorwillHoller insert drooling noises😂😂😂😂

[@lunatikantigenztiktokhumor910]

Are you 44 in this pic ?

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@lunatikantigenztiktokhumor910 um no

[@jamiesimon6052]

Huge hit! My husband who doesn’t typically like sweets ate two Before dinner..lol. I’ve already been asked for your recipe. Thank you🙂.

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Oh good!

[@gailporterfield6773]

Loved my lunch lady’s ! What good food we had! I am 65 now and wish I had a lot of the recipes! Had been wanting to try the peanut corn flake balls? You don’t by chance have that recipe? Thank you for this, will try for sure! God Bless y’all.

[@douglashagedorn7717]

I’m a recently retired combat field medic. And have taken up cooking to pass the time, and I find it very relaxing for some reason and I like eating LOL, I’m most definitely going to make this for the weekend thanks for sharing this amazing looking recipe.

[@dannybrown5217]

We thank you for your service God bless

[@viggycat8592]

You won't be disappointed with these bars! We had these years ago in my country high school and they became quite the trading commodity!

[@nicelady51]

Thank you and all who have, are, or aim to serve the USofA! 🤗

[@monicag.1527]

Ms. Lori has some great old fashioned recipies. Another channel you might also enjoy is Mary's Nest. She has tons of cooking/kitchen how-to's. She is very thorough in her explainations

[@hopehendrick869]

@Douglas Hagedorn, Thank you for your service.Happy cooking🍰🥧🍞🥞

[@Lc-ov6pm]

Mrs. Lori, you should make a cookbook to include all your favorite desserts & canning recipes. I bet the books would fly off the shelf.

[@heatherbradley5030]

My Grandma was a lunch lady and I just love that. I wish I could’ve had more time with her, but I know she’s with me ❤️

[@lisaschippert9426]

Grandma was one of our lunch ladies!! Homemade cinnamon rolls, yeast butter cake, homemade cookies!

[@smiththomson95]

Hello Lisa How are you doing today?

[@lindaowens9865]

I worked for the Roanoke County School Food Service, Roanoke, Va., in a large high school. I was a Snack Bar Cashier, but rotated once-a-month, so we knew every position. I loved that job. And, I loved these peanut butter bars. We frosted them with a fudge frosting and sold them individually. We always sold out!! Our food was delicious and nutritious...no complaints from the kids or the adults we served. And, the comradery between all of the workers 13 of us, was amazing. God Bless the Lunch Ladies and all those they served! 😊

[@iamwhoiamd7056]

I remember eating those peanut butter bars when in high school. They got me thru the 1st 4 periods until lunch time. I graduated HS in 86 so it was quite a long time ago.

[@christinaquiroz]

Me to they were called gold bars. I don't think they were cooked though

[@Trishlicious]

Class of 87 here. WGH

[@kd5hzw]

thanks Ms. Lori, I'm 57 years old and I remember the peanut butter bars from elementary school..

[@pamwasham2152]

we had something like this in our lunchroom when I was in elementary school and I am 68 now. I thought all those old recipes were lost forever. That was when everything was made from scratch and you knew the lunch ladies just about as well as you new your mom. Thank you so much for doing this. I can’t wait to make it and unfortunately I live by myself so good grief I hate to think how long it’s gonna take me to eat all of the squares but I can put them in the freezer and just go along munching away for quite a while. I’ll share them with my hospice patients. I’m sure they will enjoy them too. That bowl is so cool. You really found a treasure at that flea market.

[@mrsdomino4196]

Lunchroom ladies kept me fed as a youngster. Respect and fond memories. Thank you Mrs. Lori.

[@stephanieW.1922]

Who else just loves to listen to them talk❤😁 I'm a big peanut butter lover of especially bars😋 I'm making these this weekend!

[@constitutionalrepublic1966]

Stephanie W. If you look up “bounty bars” on KZbin, its the name for homemade “Mounds bars”. All other candy bars are there as home made versions. “Bake Like a Pro’s” Channel is one of the best for homemade items.

[@shonna4545]

🙋🏼‍♀️I'm gonna be making these too!!

[@mharvis]

They sound just like my Granny, makes me miss her every time I listen.

[@Shellross65]

It's funny that you said that cuz I didn't hear anything special about the way she was talking....I see why now since I found she's from Arkansas...that's where I am from. HA

[@stephanieW.1922]

@@Shellross65 She just has a neat accent & they both just have a calming voice and seem like kind folks I could learn so much from by their stories.

[@cindysteward5154]

I just made these today and they're delicious! Took me right back to elementary school in the 60's. "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end."

[@valarkland7558]

School lunches were so good when all you lovely ladies cooked for us. The lunches now are ridiculous and nothing in cooked like it used to be. I loved peanut butter bars. Everything was good because we rarely had breakfast and was always hungry by lunch. Thank you lunch ladies...

[@pokerdiva680]

You and Mr. Brown remind me of me and my husband's relationship. Forty two years of marriage and he still makes my heart sing and butterflies flutter. How blessed are we? You make me smile, Mrs. Brown. And you too, Mr. Brown! Wonderful recipe, will try today because of the quarantine I am trying all new recipes, nothing already in my wheel house, so this one looks perfect as we are peanut butter fudge lovers, not cookies so much for some reason. This looks even better than a brownie recipe because of the tender cake and I noticed that crumb texture as soon as you did, Mrs. Brown! GMTA. Stay blessed, you are so beautiful. Thank you for making my quarantine funner

[@nothin2seehere]

Also, peanut crops are often rotated with cotton crops, which often have more pesticides used on them. Then the peanuts (which are actually roots), absorb the toxins left in the soil by the cotton crops. Some experts blame the increase in peanut allergies to this. I'm thankful I dont have peanut allergies. I Love peanut butter! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

[@pambisugar8286]

Such an unfortunate decision. Thanks for the information Colleen😉

[@tiffanypruitt4250]

Absolutely right. Great comment.

[@gemasanmiguel3692]

True and mold they hold

[@allisonalbainy2382]

So interesting .. never knew this

[@GardeningWarrior]

These lunch lady recipes remind me of my elementary school bus driver and his wife who was the head cook at our elementary school. She had giant photo books with her recipe cards in them and she would make the monthly meal plans and put the recipes in an empty book for 2 weeks of every breakfast and lunch. I loved to go in to school early and watch her and the other ladies working in such a peaceful efficient manner..it was such a joy to see and experience. She always did the peanut butter glaze too-so yummy!

[@fondoftheduh]

That's so sweet how you call your husband Mr Brown. I have plenty of words for my husband and none so respectful.

[@bsota8513]

😄😅😄

[@AuntBecky1]

Those bars look a lot healthier than what we had for hot lunch in school in the 1980's. Ours were more like a spread out buck-eye...a giant confection.

[@lightningbug276]

Pizza and peanut butter square day was Friday. Only day I ate lunch at school. Lol

[@taffiahunt3124]

Hi liz do you have the recipe for the lunch room pizza. That was my favor meal lunch room pizza. Thank you for the peanut butter bars. Im going to try today.

[@elezabeththomas2693]

That Bowl! What a treasure find, one of a kind...lucky dog.

[@FineFeatheredHomestead]

California kids in 70's had hot dog days once a week until everything suddenly turned into processed foods every day in the name of safety. Most moms stuck to lunchboxes from home, but sadly many had that processed food for lunch every day throughout youth. There were no lunch ladies in my memory. What a treasure your work must have brought to kids! I really look forward to trying some of your recipes! Blessings!

[@jenniferzimmerman376]

My love of peanut butter started with peanut butter bars❤️❤️ My beautiful Mom had those same measuring cups, took me back to standing on the chair in our kitchen for to teach me as a little girl how to bake🙏🙏❤️❤️ Blessings to you and your family 🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@susiemccoy7]

I'm going to make these for the nursing home staff. I like to say thank you to all the workers who take good care of my sister.

[@jwill749]

When I was in grade school, in Spokane, WA, (55 years ago) my favorite hot lunch was chili because it was always served with cinnamon rolls still warm from the oven. We could smell those cinnamon rolls baking all throughout the entire school.

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Yes, our chili days had cinnamon rolls too, the kids and teachers loved it! Xoxoxo

[@sCarrieCemetery]

I've heard so many good things about that combination but have never tried it. Does the cinnamon roll have icing on it, or is it naked in a bowl with just the chili poured over top?

[@jwill749]

@@sCarrieCemetery Ms. Brown has a recipe on here for lunchroom cinnamon rolls just like the kind I used to have with chili. No frosting and they were on the side, for dessert. I always figured they went together because once the chili is set to simmer there is time to make cinnamon rolls. I really don't know why they were served together but I love chili and I love cinnamon rolls so I was a happy girl.

[@livelygranny4Jesus]

i too attended Audubon all six years! When i was in 6th grade you could sign up to help the cooks, i ❤ it!!! The highlight of my school years in Spokane!

[@jwill749]

@@livelygranny4Jesus I went to Stevens Elementary, Westview Elementary and Indian Trail Elementary. Then we moved to San Diego. I miss Autumns.

[@JoMamaLuvsReptiles]

We got served with choc frosting on top of it. I too was a lunch lady. I found the original recipe boxes of hand written recipe cards. I asked to keep them and I still have them to this day. Love them.

[@lauraknoop1877]

We made your recipe for these peanut butter bars the other day. Wow...they are absolutely delicious!!! We can't wait to make them for our family. Thank you Miss Lori!!

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello how are you doing?

[@antcathycraig4303]

I have been looking for this recipe for over 50 years. Thank you.

[@ramibu239]

Does it taste like a pb brownie or blondie? Just trying to get the consistency of it.

[@sharonolsen6579]

@@ramibu239 They have a texture all their own.. hard to describe .. as memory serves .. : ]

[@coxvigy6]

Me too

[@laurie5098]

I went to school in the 70s and early 80s. 1st through 6th grade was good homemade food also! I loved the food. I didn't appreciate how hard they worked at the time. My 23 year old son took his lunch and ate a PBJ every day from Preschool through 5th grade. To this day, he still loves PBJs! I think he eats one at least three times a week! Enjoy your videos!

[@chrisbuckley1785]

People love to make fun of school lunches but I got mad respect for the people making it and it was always good. No way is it easy to make hundreds of servings every single day and probably for the pickiest eaters there is. Now not everything was great. Lol. But 9 times out of 10 I was happy and it was a complete meal. Thank you for your hard work. 👍

[@monap6339]

I am 65 years old and remember these well. Can't wait to try them.

[@amethystsamia]

There are soooo many “lunch lady peanut butter bars” recipes in KZbin, and I watch and save them all! I’m one of those kids/adults who could eat peanut butter every day. Wait a minute...I DO eat peanut butter every day! I eat something with peanut butter on it every day. Will sure try these and any other peanut butter bar recipe I can find. Thanks for another jewel!

[@user-lq7ge4we5o]

I could just eat one of those Miss Lori with a nice cup of Coffee. Send some of your rain over here. My garden is so dry. Take care both!

[@debbiecawthra1015]

Love the lunch ladies from my childhood! I moved all over the country but the lunch ladies never failed me! On the subject of organic peanut butter, I have been buying it for a few decades now. Several different brands but stirring the oil into the peanut butter was always painful with my arthritis. What I learned to do was empty the peanut butter jar into a bowl (oil and all) and I use my hand mixer to combine it all. It works like a charm then I put it back into the jar and place in my refrigerator. I find the peanut butter doesn't separate or become hard and stays spreadable.

[@nursenextdoor2554]

Thank you for that tip

[@SpeakUrMindShareUrWords]

Loved this recipe!! You’re absolutely correct...In the 80s, I was an administrator for the Summer programs. This was prior to all of the changes that were implemented,. A child had an asthma attack sitting next to someone eating roasted peanuts. Another developed horrible welts, after being touched on her face n neck. The other child who apparently had peanut butter on her face n hands went out to play. It’s so sad as a Peanut is not a Nut...it’s a legume like peas n bean. An Almond is not a Nut...it’s a pit or a seed in a pit, like an apricot or peach pit. A Cashew is a seed fr the true Cashew fruit, that sits under the cashew apple or accessory “false” fruit. Pistachios, walnuts n also pecans are not true nuts. These are all considered “Nuts” in the culinary sense, not botanically.!!

[@chrishamill3170]

PS, back when cooking was done in schools, I appreciated everything these ladies prepared...often said thank you, and said this smells so good, or, I love this! Made them smile...even the not so friendly ones smiled...sometimes giving me an extra roll or cookie. I had to give it away. I grew up knowing to treat people with respect and knowing everyone’s job was important. Hopefully, a person or two over the years has let you know just how appreciated you were (and are). Thank God I didn’t eat at a school you prepared food, ‘cause would have to go for seconds and become a shapeless. Blob.

[@ZimVader-0017]

Wish we had these menus when I went to school. Everything was microwaved and/or reheated from a can. In very few occasions we had actual real food. I think the only thing they cooked was the rice.

[@jasoncollins5278]

I remember those... people have laughed at me when i say that after i retire i would love to work in a school cafeteria. Thanks for the video.

[@gailmiller9228]

Can't cook like that in the school anymore. Almost everything is precooked, and prepackaged now.

[@nicovargas7776]

My mom's a lunch lady. She has been since I was in 3rd grade in 1993. Once i got to the middle where she worked she would bring me and my friends out special treats like cupcakes, cookies, ice cream bars. I'm 35 and want to get a job serving lunch at a school. Nothing wrong with being a lunch lady. For Christmas my mom would take me with her to the school when it was closed to use the huge kitchen to make our Christmas cookies.

[@jdearing46]

I was fortunate enough to attend a catholic grade school that was attached to our local church. My mother volunteered to help with tje tuition costs. The Italian lunch ladies we had making us lunch were phenomenal! They made the best of everything for us kids.

[@adamsbranch2011]

Thank you for sharing this recipe, I remember these being served when I was in Elementary and Junior High School in Marietta, Georgia in the 70's and everybody was crazy about them! They were called Peanut Butter Fingers there. My hat's off to the lunchroom lady who came up with this recipe, she made a lot of students and teachers very happy!