Tasty Thursday
Trista over at The Pumpkin Patch has started a Tasty Thursday meme that I think is a great idea! Now grab the button and share one of your “Tried and True” recipes with us.
This week I am posting some yummy cookie bars
Caramel Cookie Bars
A crispy chocolate chip cookie base topped with creamy caramel and more chocolate chip cookie dough.
? cup (1 ? sticks) butter, softened
1 egg
1 box (16.6 oz) chocolate chip cookie mix
2 cups crisp rice cereal
1 bag (14 oz) caramels (about 50)
? cup heavy whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 375. Spray 11 x 7 in baking dish with cooking spray. Beat ? cup butter and the eggin med. bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Add cookie mix; beat 1 1/2 min., or until well blended. Gently stir in cereal. Remove 1 ? cups of the dough; set aside for later use. Press remaining dough onto bottom of pan. Bake 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Place remaining ? butter, the caramels and heavy cream in medium sauce pan. Cook low heat 10 min, or until caramels are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Poor over crust. Drop reserved 1 ? cups dough by tablespoons evenly over caramel mixture. (Do not spread dough.)
Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 2 hours in pan on wire rake.
Makes 32 bars.
December 13th, 2007 at 10:45 AM
Those sound sinful!!
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December 13th, 2007 at 2:04 PM
That sounds wonderful!
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