Carmelitas
Carmelitas cookie bars are a decadent layered dessert featuring a buttery oat crumble, nuts, gooey caramel and rich chocolate.
Equipment
- 9x13 baking pan
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup salted butter melted
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Filling
- ½ cup pecans chopped
- ½ cup walnuts chopped
- 10 ounces chocolate chips or chunks
- 1 cup jarred or homemade salted caramel sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉ and line a 9x13 baking pan with parchment paper.
- Add the flour, baking soda and salt to a mixing bowl and stir well. Add the oats, brown sugar, white sugar and melted butter to the mixing bowl and mix until fully combined.
- Place half of the crust into the baking pan and press down into an even layer. Bake for 10 minutes and remove from the oven.
- Sprinkle the nuts evenly over the baked crust.
- Next, sprinkle the chocolate chips/chunks evenly over the nuts.
- Heat the caramel sauce for 15-30 seconds in the microwave to make it pourable. Pour evenly over chocolate chips.
- Crumble the remaining crust mixture on top of the caramel sauce. Return the baking pan to the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes until the top is lightly golden brown.
- Allow the bars to completely cool before removing them from the pan and cutting.
Notes
If you want to make a smaller batch in an 8x8 pan, here are the quick conversions:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup salted butter, melted
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup pecans
- ¼ cup walnuts
- 5 ounces chocolate chips (half bag)
- ½ cup store bought or homemade salted caramel sauce
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