Salted Caramel Oat Bars

Salted Caramel Oat Bars with cashews, chocolate chips and pretzels are a great dessert bar. Just the right mixture of salty and sweet.

If you are craving something salty and sweet, these are just the thing, I made them when I had some extra cashews in the house and it was a nice change from pecans or walnuts.  It’s a great way to make a bar that’s a little different.  The crushed pretzels give them a little crunch and make them different from a seven layer bar. The caramel and sweetened condensed milk make these a show stopper. Great for a pot luck or Spring picnic.

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Salted Caramel Oat Bars

Author: Barbara Curry

Salted Caramel Oat Bars with cashews, chocolate chips and pretzels are a great dessert bar. Just the right mixture of salty and sweet.

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PREP: 15 minutes

COOK: 20 minutes

Servings: 24

Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 1 cup butter
• ▢ 1 cup sugar
• ▢ 1 cup brown sugar
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1½ cups flour
• ▢ 1 cup pretzels finely crushed
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ 3 cups rolled oats
• ▢ ½ cup sweetened condensed milk ½ can
• ▢ 11 ounces caramels unwrapped
• ▢ 2 teaspoons vanilla
• ▢ 1 cup milk chocolate chips
• ▢ 1 cup salted cashews chopped
• ▢ 1 teaspoon coarse salt

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Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350° Line a 15x10x1 inch pan with parchment paper or foil.
• With your electric mixer beat butter and sugars together. Add eggs and vanilla until incorporated. On low speed add in pretzels, flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly mix in oats.
• Set aside 1 cup of the batter. Press remaining batter into prepared pan.
• In a microwave safe bowl, combine caramels and sweetened condensed milk and microwave for 1-2 minutes, just until caramels are melted and mixture is smooth. Pour caramel on oat batter.
• Sprinkle the cashews, chocolate chips and remaining oat batter on top. Sprinkle coarse sea salt evenly over top.
• Bake for 20-2 minutes until top starts to golden. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack. When cool lift bars from pan with foil and cut.

Barbara’s Tips + Notes

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Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 361kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 432mg | Potassium: 156mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 295IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 2mg

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