Chocolate-cream Cheese-peanut Butter Bars (cookie Mix)

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (17 1/2 ounce) envelope betty crocker peanut butter cookie dough (mix)
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2/3 cup peanut butter
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• 3 in large bowl, stir cookie base and topping ingredients until soft dough forms.
• 4 shape 6 (1-inch) balls of dough.
• 5 on ungreased cookie sheet, place balls 2 inches apart; flatten in crisscross pattern with fork.
• 6 then with the remaining cookie dough, press into 9 x 13 inch pan.
• 7 bake cookies and base 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
• 8 cool 10 minutes.
• 9 reserve the 6 cookies for topping.
• 10 in small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and butter uncovered on high 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and stirred smooth.
• 11 spread evenly over bars.
• 12 refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• 13 in medium bowl, beat cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar and whipping cream with electric mixer on low speed until blended.
• 14 beat on high speed about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.
• 15 spread over chocolate layer.
• 16 crush reserved cookies; sprinkle over cream cheese layer.
• 17 press in lightly.
• 18 refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
• 19 for bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows.
• 20 store covered in refrigerator.