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CARMELITA Cookie Bars

Buttery oatmeal cookie bars with layers of chocolate and caramel.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 1/2 cups butter softened (3 sticks)
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar packed
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 bag semi sweet chocolate chips 12 oz.
  • 70 caramels unwrapped, about 20 oz.
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Instructions
 

  • Mix he flour, oats, sugar, salt, abaking soda, nd butter in a bowl until combined.
  • Press half of the dough into the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
  • Place the remianing dough in the refrigerator.
  • In a microwave safe bowl, combine the unwrapped caramels and cream.
  • Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring each time, until smooth.
  • After the dough has baked for 10 minutes, remove from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly over the top.
  • Pour the caramel over the top of the chocolate chips.
  • Remove the dough from the fridge and crumble it over the top of the caramel.
  • Bake for an additional 15-20 minutes until lightly browned.
  • Cool completely before serving.
  • Remove from the pan and cut into squares.
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