The surprise twist to chocolate, caramel, oat and nut bars? Pretzels!
Fully Loaded Bars
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 50 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
- 1 bag (14 oz) caramels, unwrapped
- 1/3 cup half-and-half
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks
- 1 cup coarsely chopped mixed nuts
- 1/4 cup broken pretzel twists
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (if using dark or nonstick pan, heat oven to 325°F). Grease 13x9-inch pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
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Step2In large bowl, beat brown sugar, butter and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour and oats. Spread in pan. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown.
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Step3Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat caramels and half-and-half over low heat, stirring occasionally, until caramels are melted. Pour caramel mixture over crust. Sprinkle with chocolate chunks, nuts and pretzels.
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Step4Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until chocolate is softened. Cool about 1 hour or until chocolate is set. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows.
Nutrition
180
Calories
9g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
23g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 20%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 90mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 100mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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