PEANUT BUTTER KNOCKOUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Combine cookie mix, contents of peanut butter packet from mix and whole egg in large bowl.
• Stir until thoroughly bleded.
• Shape dough into 36 (about 1 inch) balls.
• Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Press thumb gently in center of each cookie.
• Combine cream cheese, peanut butter, egg yolk sugar and salt in medium bowl.
• Beat at medium speed with electric mixer until blended.
• Stir in mini choc.
• chips, if desired.
• Fill center of each cookie with rounded teaspoonful of filling.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets.
• Remove to cooling racks.
• Cool completely.
• Place chocolate chips and shortening in small resealable plastic bag; seal, place bag in bowl of hot water for several minutes.
• Dry bag with towel, Kneed bag until contents are blended and chocolate is smooth.
• Snip a tiny hole in corner of bag.
• (I just stick a toothpick and make a little hole) Drizzle contents over cookies.
• Allow drizzle to set before storing cookies between layers of waxed paper--ps.
• I usually just microwave the choc.
• and save some time and drizzle over cookies.