CARAMEL STUFFED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

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Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Ingredients

• 2 1/8 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 12 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups chocolate chips
• 6 tablespoons caramel sauce (I used one from ABC Cake decorating-CHECK OUT THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE HERE!  YOU CAN ORDER THEIR PRODUCTS HERE ON THEIR WEBSITE)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325º. Line an 8 x 8-inch baking dish with non-stick aluminum foil, to help remove bars from pan after baking.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together. In a second bowl, combine the butter and both sugars, mixing until combined. Add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla and mix to completely incorporate. Add the dry ingredients and mix till combined. Mix in the chocolate chips.
3. Pat half the batter evenly in bottom of pan. Pour the caramel sauce over the cookie dough, leaving just a little space around the edges. Dollop the remaining cookie dough over the caramel. Carefully pat dough with your fingertips to distribute.The caramel will not be totally covered.
4. Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the bars are golden brown and slightly firm to the touch.
5. Remove the pan to a wire rack. Let the bars cool completely before lifting them out of the pan and cutting into squares to serve.
Yield: 16 servings
Total time: 2 hours with cooling time

OREO BROOKIE BARS...BEWARE THESE ARE DANGEROUSLY DELICIOUS!

Brownies + Cookies= Brookies and this recipe ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!  Make them now, thank me later!!!!!

Brownie layer:
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 Tablespoon (3 teaspoons) vanilla extract
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
OREOS

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 and line 9"x13" pan with nonstick foil.
In a large bowl, add 4 eggs, and beat with cocoa, salt, baking powder, and vanilla. Stir until fully combined and smooth.
In the microwave, melt butter. When melted, add sugar, and stir to combine.
Add warm butter/sugar mixture to the egg/cocoa mixture, stirring until smooth.
Add the flour to batter and stir until fully incorporated.
Spread batter into prepared pan, and smooth as needed.  Press Oreos into the batter to line pan.
Bake brownies about 10 minutes.  Top with choc chip cookie batter -I used small scoops of dough scattered across the top.   (I made the recipe below but did not use all of it.  I used the leftovers to bake cookies on a sheet pan.)  Return to the oven for about 25 minutes until cooked through.

Chocolate chip cookie layer:

• 1 cup salted butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
• 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp coarse sea salt
• 1 (12 oz) bag mini semi-sweet chocolate chips or regular chips

1. Cream butter and sugars.  Add in eggs and vanilla.
2. Add in flour, baking powder and soda and coarse sea salt.
3. Mix on low until combined.
4. Fold in all chocolate chips.

cookie layer adapted from cookies and cups