Giant Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars

Name: Giant Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 3 h
Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup heavy cream; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt; 1 3/4 cups sugar; 1 pound milk, semisweet, and/or bittersweet chocolate (preferably 40–60% cacao), chopped; 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon coconut or other neutral vegetable oil; A candy thermometer

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"When a good ol' American candy bar veers French, it becomes a decadent dessert. Buttery pat-in-pan shortbread takes the place of mass-produced cookies and gets smothered with silken chocolate and from-scratch caramel, rich with fresh cream...."

INGREDIENTS

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1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan

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1/2 cup sugar

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1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt

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2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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2 cups all-purpose flour

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1 cup heavy cream

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4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces

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3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

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1 3/4 cups sugar

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1 pound milk, semisweet, and/or bittersweet chocolate (preferably 40–60% cacao), chopped

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2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon coconut or other neutral vegetable oil

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A candy thermometer

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