Gooey, sticky and just 15 minutes of easy prep time, these Salted Caramel Pecan Oatmeal Fudge Bars will leave you wanting to make these for every occasion from birthday to BBQ!
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 25 minutesminutes
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Total Time: 40 minutesminutes
Servings:28servings
Ingredients
1cupbutter, softened
2eggs
2cupsbrown sugar
⅓cupmilk , or half and half
2teaspoonsvanilla
2 ½cupsflour
1teaspoonsalt
3cupsold fashioned rolled oats
Fudge Layer
2cupssemi-sweet chocolate chips
1can sweetened condensed milk
Caramel Layer
2cupscaramels
⅓cupheavy cream
1teaspooncoarse sea salt
¼cupchopped pecans
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 inch pan with foil and grease with cooking spray.
Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, and milk and mix until combined. In another bowl stir together flour, salt, and oats.
Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix well. Spread 2/3 of the batter into the bottom of your prepared pan.
In a medium sauce pan combine chocolate chips and condensed milk and sit over medium heat until completely melted and smooth. Pour into pan over the layer of oatmeal batter.
In a microwave safe bowl combine caramels and heavy cream and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Stir and return to microwave 20 seconds at a time, stirring after each, until smooth. Pour over fudge layer.
Drop teaspoons of remaining dough over the caramel until remaining dough is used up. Sprinkle sea salt and pecans over the top. Bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.