Salted Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars
Salted Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 12 servings with 459 calories, 5g of protein, and 22g of fat each. For 48 cents per serving, this recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is liked by 15035 foodies and cooks. This recipe from The Comfort of Cooking requires baking soda, granulated sugar, butter, and eggs. It works well as an inexpensive dessert. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 32%. Similar recipes include Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookie with Salted Caramel, Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Salted Coffee Caramel Apple Skillet Cookie, and Healthy No-Bake Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookie Bars.
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
3 large eggs
2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Equipment:
sauce pan
whisk
aluminum foil
baking pan
bowl
oven
cutting board
wire rack
frying pan
Cooking instruction summary:
For the Salted Caramel Sauce: In a medium saucepan set to medium heat, add butter and sugar. Cook and stir with a wire whisk, 6 to 7 minutes, or until mixture turns a deep amber color. Watch closely to avoid burning. Slowly and carefully stir in cream, vanilla and salt. Mixture will be bubbly. Whisking constantly, cook 1 to 2 minutes until sauce thickens and coats back of spoon.For the Chocolate Chunk Bars: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a 9x9-inch baking dish with aluminum foil and coat with nonstick cooking spray.In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, mix butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until well blended. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Add flour mixture; mix just until moistened. Stir in chocolate chips. Spread half of cookie batter in prepared baking dish. Pour salted caramel sauce over batter, spreading almost to the edges. Spread remaining batter over caramel layer.Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until top is golden brown. Cool bars completely in pan set on a wire rack. Lift out bars by grabbing the foil edges and place on a cutting board. Cut into bars.Store in an airtight container up to 5 days.Enjoy!
Step by step:
1. For the Salted Caramel Sauce: In a medium saucepan set to medium heat, add butter and sugar. Cook and stir with a wire whisk, 6 to 7 minutes, or until mixture turns a deep amber color. Watch closely to avoid burning. Slowly and carefully stir in cream, vanilla and salt.
2. Mixture will be bubbly.
3. Whisking constantly, cook 1 to 2 minutes until sauce thickens and coats back of spoon.For the Chocolate Chunk Bars: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a 9x9-inch baking dish with aluminum foil and coat with nonstick cooking spray.In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, mix butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until well blended.
4. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well.
5. Add flour mixture; mix just until moistened. Stir in chocolate chips.
6. Spread half of cookie batter in prepared baking dish.
7. Pour salted caramel sauce over batter, spreading almost to the edges.
8. Spread remaining batter over caramel layer.
9. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until top is golden brown. Cool bars completely in pan set on a wire rack. Lift out bars by grabbing the foil edges and place on a cutting board.
10. Cut into bars.Store in an airtight container up to 5 days.Enjoy!
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