Carmelitas
This easy carmelitas recipe makes delicious oatmeal cookie bars filled with gooey caramel and chocolate!
Servings: 16 bars
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups rolled oats
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 sticks butter melted
- 14 ounces package of caramel candies unwrapped
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Prep your tools. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a 9x9 pan with aluminum foil leaving an overhang on opposite sides to lift the bars out. Grease lightly with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Make the oatmeal dough. In a large bowl combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, and melted butter; mix until well combined.
- Bake. Press half of the oatmeal mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan and put it in the oven to bake for 10 minutes.
- Prepare the caramel. While the first layer bakes, combine caramels and cream in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until smooth.
- Add chocolate and caramel. Remove the pan from the oven and layer the chocolate chips over the crust. Pour caramel mixture over chocolate chips.
- Add the final oat layer. Crumble the remaining oatmeal mixture over the caramel.
- Finish baking. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Cool. Remove from oven and completely cool before removing from pan and cutting into bars. Preheat oven to 350˚F.
Nutrition
Calories: 269kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 137mg | Potassium: 147mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 89IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 1mg
