Nutty Peanut Butter Caramel Bars
From Culinary in the Desert, which is a fantastic cooking site. I'm amazed at the number of new recipes he tries every week.
My bars, which are cooling right now, do not look as good as the ones in the picture, but they look pretty darn good. I'm taking his advice and not cutting into them until they're completely cooled. That, and it's still pretty early in the morning.
Nutty Peanut Butter Caramel Bars
8 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups pecan halves (I used walnuts, because that's what I had in the house)
14 ounces unwrapped caramels
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 ounces milk chocolate chips
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips (I just used semi-sweet for all the chocolate)
Preheat oven to 375
In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter. Beat in egg until well combined.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Pour into sugar mixture and beat until dough forms.
Scoop out dough into a 15x10" baking pan and press it out to fill the pan. Scatter pecans evenly over dough. Bake for 10 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned around edges. Set on a wire rack.
In a heavy small saucepan, add caramels and milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Drizzle caramel mixture over pecans. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Let cool completely and cut into bars
My bars, which are cooling right now, do not look as good as the ones in the picture, but they look pretty darn good. I'm taking his advice and not cutting into them until they're completely cooled. That, and it's still pretty early in the morning.
Nutty Peanut Butter Caramel Bars
8 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups pecan halves (I used walnuts, because that's what I had in the house)
14 ounces unwrapped caramels
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 ounces milk chocolate chips
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips (I just used semi-sweet for all the chocolate)
Preheat oven to 375
In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter. Beat in egg until well combined.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Pour into sugar mixture and beat until dough forms.
Scoop out dough into a 15x10" baking pan and press it out to fill the pan. Scatter pecans evenly over dough. Bake for 10 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned around edges. Set on a wire rack.
In a heavy small saucepan, add caramels and milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Drizzle caramel mixture over pecans. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Let cool completely and cut into bars
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