Double-Chocolate and Caramel Bars (Cookie Exchange Quantity)

Name: Double-Chocolate and Caramel Bars (Cookie Exchange Quantity)
Prep time: 3 h 5 min
Cook time: 3 h 5 min
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 72
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 158 milliliters baking cocoa; 177 milliliters packed brown sugar; 355 milliliters firm butter or margarine; 48 caramels; 1 egg, beaten; 710 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 170 grams bag semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup); 794 grams cans each) sweetened condensed milk; 1 teaspoon shortening or vegetable oil; 355 milliliters chopped walnuts

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Double-Chocolate and Caramel Bars (Cookie Exchange Quantity) a try. This recipe serves 72. One serving contains 155 calories, 3g of protein, and 8g of fat. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up baking cocoa, flour, egg, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 5 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil, leaving about 2 inches of foil hanging over sides of pan.

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Frying Pan

In large bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, cocoa and egg.

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Brown Sugar

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Bowl

Cut in 1 1/4 cups of the butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until crumbly. Stir in walnuts; reserve 3 cups of the crumb mixture. Press remaining mixture firmly in bottom of pan; sprinkle with 2 cups chocolate chips.

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Chocolate Chips

Walnuts

Butter

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Blender

Frying Pan

Bake 15 minutes.

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Oven

Meanwhile, in heavy 2-quart saucepan, melt caramels with sweetened condensed milk and remaining 1/4 cup butter over low heat, stirring constantly.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Caramel Candy

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Pour over crust. Top with reserved crumb mixture.

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Crust

Bake about 20 minutes longer or until bubbly. Cool completely, about 2 hours.

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Oven

In small microwavable bowl, microwave 1 cup chocolate chips and the shortening uncovered on High 1 to 3 minutes, stirring halfway through heating time, until melted and thin enough to drizzle.

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Chocolate Chips

Shortening