Nutty Chocolate Caramel Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts, toasted and chopped
• 1 cup caramel ice cream topping

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in a large bowl combine 2 cups flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt add butter, stir until moistened.
• 3 reserve 1 cup of crumb mixture for topping.
• 4 press remaining mixture into the bottom of an ungreased 13 x 9 baking pan.
• 5 bake for 15 minutes or until lightly brown.
• 6 remove pan from oven, sprinkle with chocolate morsels and walnuts.
• 7 in a small bowl combine remaining 1/3 cup flour and caramel topping.
• 8 drizzle over crust.
• 9 sprinkle evenly with reserved crumb mixture.
• 10 bake for 20- 25 minutes or until lightly brown.
• 11 cool in pan.
• 12 cut into bars.