Peanut Butter Cheesecake Cookie Bars

By TrayH

Ingredients

• ~For the Cookie Dough:
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup Reese's peanut butter chips
• 1 cup Hershey's baking melts
• ~For the Cheesecake
• 1 package cream cheese (8 oz.)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• ~For the topping
• 1/4 cup Reese's peanut butter chips
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon shortening

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 45mins
Adapted from insidebrucrewlife.com

Preparation

Step 1

* In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, shortening, and sugars until light and fluffy.

* Add the eggs, vanilla, and salt and cream again.

* Sift together the baking soda and flour.

* Slowly add to the butter mixture until incorporated.

* Stir in the peanut butter chips and baking melts by hand.

* Press half the dough into the bottom of an 8" pan. Set aside.

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* In another bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until creamy.

* Add the egg and peanut butter and beat until smooth.

* Pour on top of the cookie dough.

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* Press small pieces of cookie dough onto the top of the cream cheese layer.

* Continue until all the dough has been used and the cheesecake has been covered.

* Bake at 350* for 45 minutes.

* Remove and let cool completely. Cut into 16 bars.

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* In a small bowl, combine the peanut butter chips and 1/2 teaspoon shortening.

* Heat for 30 seconds in the microwave. Stir until melted and smooth.

* Spoon into a plastic bag that has one corner cut off.

* Drizzle over bars.

* Repeat with chocolate chips.

* Keep refrigerated. Makes 16 bars.

You can also bake this in a 9x13 pan, if you want shorter bars. I think you will want to only bake it for 25-30 minutes though