How To Make Caramel Apple Bars
Make some sweet fall treats with these caramel apple bars! They’re filled with cinnamon-spiced apples in a crumbly golden-baked oatmeal-pecan crust.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ¾cupunsalted butter,softened
- 1cupbrown sugar,packed
- 1¾cupsflour
- 1tspsalt
- ½tspbaking soda
- 1cuprolled oats
- ½cuppecans,finely chopped
For Filling:
- 4cupsGranny Smith apples,(about 4 apples), cored
- 4tbspflour
- ½tspground cinnamon
- 11ozsoft caramels,unwrapped
- 3tbspunsalted butter
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 9×13-inch baking pan with baking spray.
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Add the butter and brown sugar to a stand mixer, then mix for about 1 to 2 minutes on medium speed until light and fluffy.
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Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda, then add them into the stand mixer on the lowest speed setting. Add in the oats and pecans until just combined.
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Remove 2 cups of the crumb mixture and set aside. Press the remaining mixture into the baking pan and press down gently.
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Toss the apples with flour and cinnamon, then add to the crust.
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Add caramels and butter to a medium microwave-safe bowl and microwave on half power in 30-second increments until smooth.
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Drizzle the caramel sauce over the apple mixture. Crumble the rest of the oat mixture over the caramel sauce.
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Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until the topping is golden brown and crisp.
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Let cool completely before slicing. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 211.39kcal
- Fat: 10.10g
- Saturated Fat: 5.06g
- Trans Fat: 0.29g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.98g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.29g
- Carbohydrates: 28.96g
- Fiber: 1.33g
- Sugar: 16.28g
- Protein: 2.48g
- Cholesterol: 19.98mg
- Sodium: 144.26mg
- Calcium: 31.15mg
- Potassium: 91.56mg
- Iron: 0.42mg
- Vitamin A: 63.20µg
- Vitamin C: 0.08mg
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