Caramel Cookie Bars
Homemade caramel layered over a sugar cookie crust. A bar that solves your chocolate and caramel cravings in one bite.
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 2 cups of flour
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks) softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
For the caramel
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
For the chocolate topping
- 2 tbsp butter
- 12 oz chocolate chips (1 bag)
Instructions
To make the crust:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Sift together flour and salt in a mixing bowl and set aside
- Cream together sugar and butter in a mixer
- Add dry ingredient and combine - mixture will be a bit crumbly
- Press into a prepared jelly roll pan
- Bake for 15 min, or until golden brown
To make the caramel:
- Combine butter, corn syrup and brown sugar in a saucepan over low heat
- Slowly bring to simmer and cook for approximately 5-8 minutes (you want it to thicken, but don't want it to get to a hard candy stage)
- Remove from flame and add vanilla - this will cause the pan to sizzle/bubble up a bit
- Spread over cooled cookie crust and place in refrigerator
- Allow the caramel to set, about 2 hours
Chocolate topping:
- Melt remaining 2 tbsp of butter and chocolate chips in a microwave safe container
- Stir together until smooth and spread over the top of the set caramel
- Place back in refrigerator for another 1-1.5 hours
- Cut into squares to serve