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     Title: Peanut Butter Cookie Cake
Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
     Yield: 12 servings

   1/2    Roll refrigerated peanut
          Butter cookies
     6 oz Semi-sweet chocolate chips
     2 tb Margarine
     1 pk Yellow cake mix
     2 c  Water
   1/2 c  Chunky peanut butter
     3    Eggs

 Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Slice cookie dough into 1/8 inch
 slices. Press on bottom and side of a tube pan making sure
 there are no area not covered with dough. In small saucepan
 combine chocolate chip and margarine over low heat,
 stirring constantly, until chocolate melts. Spoon over
 cookie dough, spreading lightly up side.
 In large bowl, blend remaining ingredients at low speed
 until moistened.

 Beat 2 minutes at high speed. Pour into pan and bake at
 350°F for 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted
 comes out clean. Cool upright 10 minutes.  Invert onto rack
 and cool. Serves 12.

 SOURCE:  Tina Apana, Oxnard, CA, prize winning recipe
 appearing in The Press-Courier and Ventura County Ad-Visor,
 September l985.

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