Chocolate and Caramel Peanut Cookie Bars

Name: Chocolate and Caramel Peanut Cookie Bars
Prep time: 2 h 25 min
Cook time: 2 h 25 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 36 caramels (from 14-oz bag), unwrapped; 1 pouch Betty double chocolate chunk cookie mix; 59 milliliters creamy peanut butter; 1 egg; 355 milliliters peanuts; 397 grams can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated); 59 milliliters vegetable oil; 2 Tbsps water

Chocolate and Caramel Peanut Cookie Bars might be just the Southern recipe you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 290 calories. This recipe serves 24. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of water, betty double chocolate cookie mix, condensed milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 375F (350F for dark or nonstick pans).

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In medium bowl, stir together cookie mix, oil, water and egg until soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish.

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Cookie Mix

Dough

Water

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Glass Baking Pan

Bowl

Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

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Crust

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Oven

Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, melt caramels with sweetened condensed milk over medium-low heat, stirring frequently to make sure bottom does not burn.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Caramel Candy

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Sauce Pan

Add peanut butter; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in 1 cup of the peanuts.

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Peanut Butter

Peanuts

Pour caramel mixture over baked crust.

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Caramel

Crust

Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup peanuts evenly over top. Cool 2 hours.

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Peanuts

Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

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Servings:

caramels (from 14-oz bag), unwrapped 1pouch

Betty double chocolate chunk cookie mix 59milliliters

creamy peanut butter 1

egg 355milliliters

peanuts 397grams

can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)59milliliters

vegetable oil 2Tbsps

water

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 29 dollars per bottle.