Caramel Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups quick oatmeal
• 12 ounces caramels
• 3/4 cup whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 mix the 1st 6 ingredients together in mixer until crumbly -- grandma says mix like pie crust.
• 3 pat all but approximately 1 1/2 cups of batter into a 9 x 13 cake pan.
• 4 bake for 10 minutes.
• 5 while this is baking, melt the caramels with the 3/4 cup whipping cream. a double boiler is recommended, but you could use the microwave if you stop and stir often to make sure the caramels do not burn.
• 6 spread caramel mix over the 1st layer when it has baked.
• 7 use the remaining 1 1/2 cups of batter and pat down in small sections over the caramel mix.
• 8 return to oven and bake for about 15 minutes or longer -- til they are done.
• 9 remove from oven and cool.
• 10 enjoy!
• 11 *pointer-can use caramel bites that are now available in the baking aisle at the grocery store rather than having to unwrap all the caramels. also, grandma says that 1/2 and 1/2 could be used rather than cream if you would like.