Shelly's Recipe

CARAMEL PECAN BARS

Category: Bars

Crust
1 cup of old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup butter (not margarine)
1 cup flour
1/8 tsp soda
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Topping
1 1/2 cup ice cream caramel sauce
1 1/2 cup pecan pieces, toasted
3/4 cup chocolate chips

For Crust: Preheat oven to 325. Line 13x9 inch baking pan with foil; coat well with vegetable shortening. Combine flour, oats, salt and soda in large bowl; set aside. Combine butter and brown sugar in medium microwaveable bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave on High for 1 minute (longer if extra batches, stirring often). Stir butter mixture into flour mixture until combined. Press evenly onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake about 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Pour caramel syrup over crust, smoothing if needed. Sprinkle nuts evenly over caramel, then sprinkle chips over evenly. Bake for about 30 to 40 minutes, watching closely after 30 minutes. Bars are done when the caramel bubbles evenly over the entire crust.

Remove immediately and cool completely. Cut by lifting foil from pan, inverting on a cutting board, removing the foil carefully, then cutting the cooled bars on cutting board.