Oatmeal carmelitas are amazingly soft & chewy oatmeals bars. Filled with a gooey caramel filling and oozing with chocolate.
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Oatmeal carmelitas are soft & chewy oatmeals bars filled with a gooey caramel filling with oozing chocolate. These bars are seriously so irresistible & perfect for sharing!
35 minCook Time
35 minTotal Time
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Ingredients
1/2 cup heavy cream
32 unwrapped caramel squares or 11 ounce bag of caramel bits
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/4 cup old fashioned oats (use gluten free as needed)
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour (use oat flour for gluten free)
1 cup chocolate chips (I like dark but semi-sweet works as well)
Optional Topping:
Mini chocolate chips
caramel sauce for drizzling
chopped pecans
Instructions
- Add the caramel, heavy cream and salt into a small saucepan over low heat. Cook and stir until smooth and combined. Set aside to cool.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line an 8x8 inch square pan with parchment paper or foil sprayed with cooking spray, leaving a slight overhang to easily remove bars.
- Stir together melted butter, brown sugar, flour and oats until combined.
- Pour half of the oatmeal mixture into the prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over the crust. Pour caramel mixture over chocolate chips, then sprinkle the remaining crust dough over the caramel, pressing down slightly.
- Return pan to the oven and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned. Remove from oven and cool completely before cutting. Place in fridge or freezer to speed up process.
- When cooled, remove bars using overhang and cut into squares. Top with more chocolate chips, chopped pecans and caramel drizzle if desired.
Notes
Slightly dapted from: Lulu the Baker
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