Dulce De Leche Bars

"These bars are so very delicious! A little is a lot - if you get my drift? Found this one on the Pillsbury site, as well. We tried these because we were able to do a lot of experimenting during all the Holidays and we are now settling back to normal, with a bunch of new recipes added to our repertoire. This was prepared at the Pillsbury test kitchens and they named these very, very rich Mexican-inspired bars as a favorite. I did not include the cooling time of 2 hours & 15 minutes."
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
48
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ingredients

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directions

  • Prehaet oven to 350°F.
  • Break up 1 roll of cookie dough into large bowl.
  • Add 3/4 cup of the oats, 1/3 cup brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla; mix well.
  • With floured fingers, press dough mixture evenly in bottom of ungreased 15x10x1" baking pan to form crust.
  • Bake 13-18 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Meanwhile, break up remaining cookie dough into same bowl.
  • Add remaining oats, brown sugar and vanilla and mix well.
  • In large heavy saucepan, heat caramels, butter and condensed milk over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until caramels are melted and mix is smooth.
  • Remove partially baked crust from oven.
  • Spread caramel mixture evenly over crust.
  • Crumble remaining dough mixture over caramel mixture.
  • Return to oven; bake 18-22 minutes longer or until golden brown.
  • Cool 15 minutes.
  • Run knife around the edges of pan to loosen.
  • Cool completely, about 2 hours.
  • Using a small spoon, drizzle caramel topping over bars.
  • For bars, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows.

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Reviews

  1. This was a HUGE hit at work. One of the guys even said I could get somebody to marry me just for this dessert. I cut into small squares and made a trifle out of it. Thank you for sharing!!
     
  2. I made these for a school picnic- I used 4 tbs. butter and non-fat sweet. condensed milk for the caramel and it worked out great. I did use a 9x13 pan, but next time will try to buy a larger pan, since they didn't yield as many (and didn't need to be so thick). I used my Kitchen Aid to mix and it worked great. These were fun to make and delicious, too! The cookie dough gives them a nice crunch! Thanks Manami, for posting. Roxygirl
     
  3. Di I can't believe I haven't reviewed these before. They are beyond excellent, creamy, caramelly and goey, but a bit healthy with the oats. I love these and they have one of favorite recipe ingredients condensed milk. Superb dessert!
     
  4. I love these bars I added walnuts to mine.
     
  5. I wish I could rate these even higher. They deserve way more than 5 stars. So yummy and gooey! I used a 9x13 pan to fatten them up and I only used 1/4 cup of butter in the caramel filling. Thank you for this incredible recipe!!!
     
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<p>Hello all, thank you for visiting My Page but forgive me for&nbsp;it is a work in progress! :) As I am sure you have noticed I changed my Chef Name to Manami which means love &amp; beauty. ;) Just thought I should get with the program - my geisha &amp; my icon! :) Don't fret, I won't change it again! <br /><br />I am 70 years young and I live in a nursing home, which is out of this world, I am treated like a princess and the world is my oyster! I have a private room and during the season I do taxes for most of the staff, as well as my personal clients that have been following me since I left the business world about 25 years ago. I was rear-ended by a van and it turned my whole world upside down. Why dwell on that? <br /><br />I am an American Jew (from NYC) who moved to Havana, Cuba when I was 2 1/2 years old, lived there until a few days after Castro took over and vamoosed it out of that country as fast as my legs would carry me! 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