Oatmeal Carmelitas
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp soda
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup oats
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup Caramel Ice cream topping* I like Mrs. Richardson's
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine in mixing bowl flour, salt, soda, brown sugar, and oats; mix together. Cut in butter until crumbly. Reserve 1 c; press remaining mixture in bottom of greased 8x8 pan.
- Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven, sprinkle with chocolate chips and pour caramel evenly over the top. Top with reserved crumb mixture.
- Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes, until delicately browned.
- Combine caramels and cream in the top of a double boiler; cook over boiling water until caramels melt. Blend in 2 Tbsp cream.
- Spread carefully over base.
Notes
*can use 24 caramels and 2 Tbsp Cream.
Note: I have also filled this recipe with jam (apricot is yummy) instead of the chocolate and caramel. I almost always double the recipe and serve it warm with ice cream. Apricot bars were one of Toni’s favorite desserts.