Dulce De Leche Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 2 (18 ounce) rolls refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 1 3/4 cups quick-cooking oats or 1 3/4 old fashioned oats
• 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 (14 ounce) bag caramels, unwrapped
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter or 1/2 cup unsalted margarine
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 3 tablespoons caramel topping
• 3 tablespoons toasted almonds, chopped or 3 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans

Recipe

• 1 prehaet oven to 350°f.
• 2 break up 1 roll of cookie dough into large bowl.
• 3 add 3/4 cup of the oats, 1/3 cup brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla; mix well.
• 4 with floured fingers, press dough mixture evenly in bottom of ungreased 15x10x1" baking pan to form crust.
• 5 bake 13-18 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 6 meanwhile, break up remaining cookie dough into same bowl.
• 7 add remaining oats, brown sugar and vanilla and mix well.
• 8 in large heavy saucepan, heat caramels, butter and condensed milk over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until caramels are melted and mix is smooth.
• 9 remove partially baked crust from oven.
• 10 spread caramel mixture evenly over crust.
• 11 crumble remaining dough mixture over caramel mixture.
• 12 return to oven; bake 18-22 minutes longer or until golden brown.
• 13 cool 15 minutes.
• 14 run knife around the edges of pan to loosen.
• 15 cool completely, about 2 hours.
• 16 using a small spoon, drizzle caramel topping over bars.
• 17 for bars, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows.