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Salty Caramel Butter Bars

Salted Caramel Butter Bars

Sharon My Ideas
This is the perfect buttery, soft and chewy, salted caramel cookie you will ever eat! So easy, so good this will be a family favorite for sure.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Chill 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 48
Calories 168 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup (200g) sugar
  • 1½ cups (168) powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp vanilla bean paste or extract
  • 4 cups (600g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 bag kraft caramel candies unwrapped
  • ⅓ cup heavy cream
  • ½ tsp vanilla bean paste or extract
  • 2 tsp coarse sea salt

Instructions
 

  • preheat oven to 325°
  • in a mixer cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy
  • add vanilla and combine
  • Add flour at low speed to form soft dough
  • press half of dough into a buttered 9 x 13 baking pan, wrap remaining dough tightly in plastic wrap and chill in fridge while you bake crust for 20 min
  • place unwrapped caramels, heavy cream, and vanilla in a small saucepan and heat until melted and smooth
  • pour caramel over baked crust and sprinkle with coarse sea salt
  • crumble the remaining chilled dough over the caramel
  • return pan to oven and bake an additional 25-30 minutes
  • cool completely and cut into squares

Nutrition

Calories: 168kcal
Keyword caramel butter bar cookie, caramel cookies, christmas cookies, holiday baking, salted caramel, salted caramel butter bars
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