This recipe came from my mother-in-law Coy. She cut it out of a magazine years ago and has been making them for holidays and her grandkids ever since.
My son Daniel especially loved these delicious cookies and Coy always made sure to bring him a special container all his own.
Sadly, Coy recently passed away, so I wanted to share her cookie legacy and recipe.
An easier version of this recipe uses a 12-ounce jar of caramel ice cream topping mixed with flour in place of the 42 caramels, but I haven't tried it yet.
GRANDMA COY'S CARAMEL CHOCOLATE BARS
Ingredients:
42 caramels
5 tablespoon sweetened condensed milk
1 cup flour
1 cup oatmeal
¾ cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ cup butter, melted
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ cup pecans, chopped
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| Stir together flour, oatmeal, sugar, baking soda and butter |
Directions:
In a mixing bowl stir together flour, oatmeal, sugar, baking soda, and butter.
Set aside.
Cut caramels into pieces and melt in milk over low heat.
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| Cut caramels into small pieces |
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| Melt caramels |
Keep caramels on low heat to keep them melted while you prepare the baking dish.
Place ½ of the crumb mixture into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake for 8 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and while hot, sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts on the crust.
Pour melted caramel mixture over chocolate chips and nuts. Cover top with remaining crumb mixture.
Bake an additional 15 minutes or until lightly browned and a little bubbly.
Cool before cutting into bars.
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| Ooey Gooey Deliciousness |
We made these for Thanksgiving and plan to add them to our Christmas cookie list. Wishing you peace and joy and warm cookies this holiday season,
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Do you know if these freeze well?
ReplyDeleteYes they do pretty good. We have split a batch and froze half so they stay fresh. They were still good a couple months later.
DeleteDo you think a caramel sauce would work in this recipe? Helen
ReplyDeleteHelen: Caramel sauce would be so much easier than melting the caramels, but the sauce stays liquid and in this recipe you need the caramel to harden back up to set the cookies. Elizabeth
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