Milk Chocolate Caramel Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup caramel ice cream topping
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 hershey bars, broken or 1 cup milk chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 (350 for glass baking dish).
• 2 in a large bowl mix first 4 ingredients until crumbly.
• 3 reserve 2/3 cup and firmly press remainder evenly in ungreased 9-inch square or 11 x 7-inch baking dish.
• 4 in same bowl combine the 2/3 cup reserved flour mixture, caramel topping, cream cheese, vanilla and egg.
• 5 mix with electric mixture at low speed until blended.
• 6 stir in nuts.
• 7 pour over crust.
• 8 bake 30- 35 minutes or until firm.
• 9 immediately sprinkle with hershey bar sections or chocolate morsels; spread when softened.
• 10 cool before cutting.