salty caramel oat bars
Salty and sweet go so perfectly together! Recipe from cookiesandcups.com
prep time
15 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
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yield
up to 60, depending on size of bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 - eggs
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup finely crushed pretzels
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
- 1 - bag (11 oz) bag of caramel bits (if you can’t find the bits, use a 14 oz bag of wrapped caramels, minus 1/2 cup)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped cashews
- 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
How To Make salty caramel oat bars
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Step 1Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a 15x10x1 inch pan with foil.
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Step 2With your electric mixer beat butter and sugars together. Add eggs and vanilla until incorporated.
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Step 3On low speed add in your pretzels and flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly mix in your oats. Set aside 1 cup of your batter. Press remaining batter into prepared pan. -
Step 4In medium saucepan combine your caramels and sweetened condensed milk over medium heat until caramels are melted and mixture is smooth. Pour caramel on oat batter. Sprinkle the cashews, chocolate chips and remaining oat batter on top. Sprinkle your coarse sea salt evenly over top.
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Step 5Bake for approx. 20 minutes until top starts to golden. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack. When cool, lift bars from pan with foil and cut.
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