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!


Nutrition Information:

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461k Calories
5g Protein
22g Total Fat
60g Carbs
2% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
461k
23%

Fat
22g
34%

  Saturated Fat
13g
83%

Carbohydrates
60g
20%

  Sugar
40g
45%

Cholesterol
91mg
31%

Sodium
321mg
14%

Caffeine
12mg
4%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
5g
11%

Selenium
13µg
19%

Manganese
0.38mg
19%

Iron
2mg
13%

Vitamin B1
0.2mg
13%

Folate
49µg
12%

Copper
0.24mg
12%

Vitamin B2
0.2mg
12%

Vitamin A
575IU
12%

Phosphorus
99mg
10%

Magnesium
35mg
9%

Vitamin B3
1mg
8%

Fiber
1g
7%

Zinc
0.77mg
5%

Potassium
163mg
5%

Calcium
45mg
5%

Vitamin E
0.67mg
4%

Vitamin B5
0.4mg
4%

Vitamin D
0.53µg
4%

Vitamin B12
0.18µg
3%

Vitamin K
2µg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.05mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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