Oatmeal Carmelitas

Submitted by Steve P.

• Ready In: 42mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 15-18 Bars.

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine, melted
• 1 1⁄2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 (12 ounce) jar caramel topping

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*F (175*C).
2. Grease bottom and sides of a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
3. Combine 2 cups flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, salt and butter in a large bowl.
4. Firmly press half the mixture into the bottom of baking dish; reserve remaining half for the top.
5. Bake for 10 minutes.
6. Sprinkle the chocolate chips and walnuts over the crust.
7. Mix the caramel topping with the 6 tablespoons flour, mixing well.
8. Drizzle caramel mixture over the chocolate chips and nuts.
9. Sprinkle the remaining oat mixture evenly over the caramel.
10. Bake for an additional 20 to 22 minutes.
11. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

Reviews

[SueZmann]

I was thrilled that someone replied to my post for this recipe, thank you Steve. My family finds this one of their favorites. I usually do not add the walnuts, but this is GREAT!

 

[mums the word]

Well there aren't any calories in these beautiful bars right? Delicious and easy to make. I used homemade caramel sauce and the bars turned out great. As others suggested, I shall reduce the butter by about 1/4 C next time. I did find that I needed to add about 5 minutes more to the baking time. Thanks for the great recipe!

 

[Chris Reynolds]

These are very good, and very rich! One will create a sugar high! Thanks for sharing!

 

[beth]

Another update-this has been the most requested recipe that I have ever made. I just wanted to add that I did cut the butter back to two sticks the last time I made these(this weekend) and I liked it even better, if you can believe that! The dough was easier to work with and they still held together nicely. These bars are superb! Once co-worker made her own caramel with sweetened condensed milk-YUM! What a great recipe. I just noticed that the stars had not been accounted for after all this time.

 

[Soup Lady]

We liked these ok, but I found them to be really sweet. I did leave out the nuts because of personal pref.