Peanut Butter & Caramel Cookie Bars

Peanut Butter & Caramel Cookie Bars is a Southern recipe that serves 12. This side dish has 286 calories, 3g of protein, and 14g of fat per serving. For 39 cents per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is brought to you by Chelsea's Messy Apron. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. 28 people were impressed by this recipe. A mixture of unsalted butter, sweetened condensed milk, milk chocolate chips, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 38 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 8%, this dish is very bad (but still fixable). If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Caramel Peanut Butter Cookie Bars, Caramel Brownie Peanut Butter Cookie Bars, and Peanut Butter Caramel Oatmeal Cookie Bars.

Servings: 12

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 8 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp. coconut oil, separated (optional)

1 cup Nestle peanut butter and milk chocolate morsels, or can just sub milk chocolate chips

1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup unsalted butter

Equipment:

baking paper

baking pan

oven

sauce pan

microwave

bowl

butter knife

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8 x 8 baking pan with parchment paper. (That is important or you won't be able to get these bars out very easily!)Prepare the sugar cookie mix according to package directions. You should have about 1 cup of sugar cookie dough.Press the sugar cookie dough into the baking pan and bake for about 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.Meanwhile combine the brown sugar and butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Mix until the butter is melted and incorporated with the sugar.Pour in the sweetened condensed milk and stir constantly for about 20 minutes on low heat. The mix should resemble melted caramels.Pour over the sugar cookie layer and let cool and set up for about 2 hours. (You can speed this process up by placing it in the fridge)In two different microwave safe bowls, separate the chocolate chips from the peanut butter chips. In each bowl add 1/4 tsp. of coconut oil and then melt the baking chips in the microwave. As a general rule of thumb, I melt for 30 seconds, stir for 30 seconds, and then put them back in for about 15 seconds and then stir until the chips are completely melted.Pour the chocolate chip layer on first, then the peanut butter chip layer on.Using a butter knife swirl the layers on top and then put aside to set up.Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8 x 8 baking pan with parchment paper. (That is important or you won't be able to get these bars out very easily!)Prepare the sugar cookie mix according to package directions. You should have about 1 cup of sugar cookie dough.Press the sugar cookie dough into the baking pan and bake for about 8 minutes.

2. Remove from the oven and let cool.Meanwhile combine the brown sugar and butter in a small saucepan over low heat.

3. Mix until the butter is melted and incorporated with the sugar.

4. Pour in the sweetened condensed milk and stir constantly for about 20 minutes on low heat. The mix should resemble melted caramels.

5. Pour over the sugar cookie layer and let cool and set up for about 2 hours. (You can speed this process up by placing it in the fridge)In two different microwave safe bowls, separate the chocolate chips from the peanut butter chips. In each bowl add 1/4 tsp. of coconut oil and then melt the baking chips in the microwave. As a general rule of thumb, I melt for 30 seconds, stir for 30 seconds, and then put them back in for about 15 seconds and then stir until the chips are completely melted.

6. Pour the chocolate chip layer on first, then the peanut butter chip layer on.Using a butter knife swirl the layers on top and then put aside to set up.Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.


Nutrition Information:

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285k Calories
3g Protein
14g Total Fat
37g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
285k
14%

Fat
14g
22%

  Saturated Fat
9g
56%

Carbohydrates
37g
12%

  Sugar
36g
40%

Cholesterol
33mg
11%

Sodium
55mg
2%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
3g
7%

Calcium
121mg
12%

Phosphorus
86mg
9%

Vitamin B2
0.14mg
8%

Selenium
5µg
7%

Vitamin A
358IU
7%

Potassium
137mg
4%

Vitamin B5
0.27mg
3%

Vitamin B12
0.16µg
3%

Magnesium
9mg
2%

Zinc
0.32mg
2%

Vitamin B1
0.03mg
2%

Vitamin E
0.27mg
2%

Iron
0.31mg
2%

Fiber
0.41g
2%

Vitamin D
0.21µg
1%

Vitamin C
0.95mg
1%

Vitamin B6
0.02mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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