This recipe uses Kraft caramels to make yummy oat bars filled with a gooey layer of chocolate and nuts.
Ingredients
- individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped: 32 piece
- heavy cream: 5 Tbsp
- all-purpose flour: 1 cup
- rolled oats: 1 cup
- brown sugar: 0.75 cup
- baking soda: 0.5 tsp
- salt: 0.25 tsp
- butter: 0.75 cup (melted)
- semisweet chocolate chips: 0.5 cup
- walnuts: 0.5 cup (chopped)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Make sauce: Melt together caramels and heavy cream in a medium saucepan over low heat; stir occasionally until smooth. Set sauce aside.
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Make bars: Mix together flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir in melted butter until well blended. Press 1/2 of the oat mixture into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish.
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Bake crust in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven. Sprinkle crust with chocolate chips and walnuts. Drizzle with sauce and crumble remaining oat mixture on top.
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Continue baking until the top is lightly toasted, about 12 more minutes. Cut into squares while still warm.
