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Apple Oatmeal Bars with Cinnamon Caramel Sauce

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A hearty apple bar with enough sinful cinnamon caramel sauce left over for dipping fall apples!

Ingredients

  • FOR THE APPLE OATMEAL BARS:
  • 10 Tablespoons Butter, Melted
  • 1-½ cup Packed Light Brown Sugar
  • 2 whole Large Eggs, Lightly Beaten
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 2 cups All-purpose Flour
  • 1 cup Old Fashioned Oats
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • ¼ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 2 cups Small Diced Apples (Use Firm Tart Apples, Such As Granny Smith Or Haralsons And Peel And Core Them Before Dicing)
  • FOR THE CINNAMON CARAMEL SAUCE AND CARAMEL APPLE DIP:
  • 1 bag 14-oz. Bag Kraft Caramels, Unwrapped
  • 1 can (14 Oz. Can) Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • 6 Tablespoons Butter
  • ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

Preparation

For the apple oatmeal bars:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray and set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and whisk again.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda. Add dry mixture to the wet mixture and stir together. Fold in the apples and then pour batter into prepared pan, pushing the batter into the corners and spreading evenly.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove it from the oven to a wire rack to cool completely.

For the cinnamon caramel sauce and caramel apple dip:
In a medium pan over medium heat, combine caramels, sweetened condensed milk, butter, and salt. Stir occasionally until completely melted. Remove it from the heat and stir in cinnamon and vanilla. Let the mixture cool.

This yields about 3 cups of caramel. Reserve about 1 cup of caramel for the apple oatmeal bars. Serve the remaining caramel with apples for dipping, warmed or at room temperature.

To assemble the apple oatmeal bars with cinnamon caramel sauce:
To get the look of the bars in my photos, first cut the bars and place individual portions on plates. Drizzle with caramel. It works best if the caramel is just barely warm.

Otherwise, simply drizzle caramel over cooled bars. Let the caramel set and then cut the bars.

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sarahbicky on 9.16.2012

Made these for my MIL’s birthday and they were well received by everyone! I followed the recipe exactly as outlined, but because I can’t NOT mess with a good thing, I think that I’ll add another 1/2c of diced apples and maybe a 1/2 tsp of fresh nutmeg the next time. Overall, definitely a keeper – just wish I would have had some cinnamon ice cream to go with this – that would have been heavenly!

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Jess on 9.16.2012

YUM! These were the perfect treat to bring to an early fall birthday party. The bars are moist and hearty, without being too dense, and the drizzled caramel sauce lets you customize for just the right amount of sweetness. I’ll definitely be making these again with the fall apple harvest. Thanks!!

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