Caramel Cookie Bars from a Cake Mix
By
Judy Kaye
@paintedcookie
15
Every year I try to make up goodies for friends and neighbors. This year I wanted to make a caramel cookie bar to share but couldn't find a recipe I like so I made this one up as I went along. Everyone who has taste-tested it loves it I hope you do too.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Wow... everyone's going to love these. This cake is super rich. You taste chocolate, butterscotch, and nuts in every bite. It's chewy but a bit crunchy because of the nuts. The layer of caramel and icing top them wonderfully. It's a cross between toffee and fudge. We really loved the flavor of butterscotch and caramel in this easy cake. Super yummy!
Ingredients
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1 boxyellow cake mix
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2eggs
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10 Tbspunsalted butter, room temp
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1/2 Tbspcaramel flavoring
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1 cchocolate chips
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1/2 cbutterscotch chips
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1 cnuts, chopped
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TOPPING
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8 ozcaramels, melted
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1 pkgwhite frosting
How to Make Caramel Cookie Bars from a Cake Mix
- Preheat oven to 325. Grease a 9 x13 cake pan.
- In a medium bowl cream eggs, butter, and caramel flavoring.
- Sift cake mix into a large bowl.
- Pour cake mix over butter and eggs.
- Stir to moisten. (This will be very thick.)
- Next stir in candy and nuts.
- Spread over greased cake pan evenly.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- While mixture is baking melt caramels in a pan over boiling water. You may need to add a little cream or butter to thin caramel.
- Stir until caramels are melted and it's thin enough to spread.
- Cover and keep just warm enough to spread.
- Remove cake from oven and cool for 10 minutes.
- Then pour warm caramel over the top of the cake and spread evenly. Allow to cool completely.
- When the cake is cool and caramel is set, spread frosting over the top of the caramel.
- Decorate as desired or leave plain. Cut into 24 equal pieces.
