Chocolate Chip Salted Caramel Cookie Bars
Chocolate Chip Salted Caramel Cookie Bars might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. One serving contains 411 calories, 4g of protein, and 17g of fat. For 59 cents per serving, this recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. This recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod requires granulated sugar, vanillan extract, sea salt, and egg. This recipe is liked by 159422 foodies and cooks. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 19%, which is rather bad. Similar recipes are salted caramel chocolate chip cookie bars, Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, and Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars.
Servings: 16
Preparation duration: 15 minutes
Cooking duration: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
12 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
10 ounces caramel candy squares, unwrapped
2 cups chocolate chips
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
2 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons heavy cream
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Sea salt, for sprinkling over caramel and bars
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Equipment:
baking pan
oven
whisk
bowl
stand mixer
microwave
spatula
frying pan
wire rack
Cooking instruction summary:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 2-quart baking pan (which is an 11 X 7 pan-I used a glass Pyrex dish) with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the melted butter and sugars together until combined. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix on low, just until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.4. In a large microwave safe bowl, combine the caramels and heavy cream. Microwave caramels on High until caramels are melted, stirring every 20 seconds. This will take about 2 minutes, depending on your microwave.5. Divide the cookie dough in half. Press half of the cookie dough into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula. Pour hot caramel over the cookie dough. Sprinkle caramel with sea salt. Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough over the caramel and spread dough with a spatula until the caramel is covered. Sprinkle the bars with additional sea salt. 6.Bake cookie bars for 30 minutes or until the top of the bars are light golden brown and the edges start to pull away from the pan. Cool bars on a wire rack to room temperature. Cut bars into squares and serve.
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 2-quart baking pan (which is an 11 X 7 pan-I used a glass Pyrex dish) with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the melted butter and sugars together until combined.
4. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix on low, just until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
5. In a large microwave safe bowl, combine the caramels and heavy cream. Microwave caramels on High until caramels are melted, stirring every 20 seconds. This will take about 2 minutes, depending on your microwave.
6. Divide the cookie dough in half. Press half of the cookie dough into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula.
7. Pour hot caramel over the cookie dough. Sprinkle caramel with sea salt. Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough over the caramel and spread dough with a spatula until the caramel is covered. Sprinkle the bars with additional sea salt.
8. Bake cookie bars for 30 minutes or until the top of the bars are light golden brown and the edges start to pull away from the pan. Cool bars on a wire rack to room temperature.
9. Cut bars into squares and serve.
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