Simple Way to Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars

Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

To assemble, press about 2/3 of the cookie dough into the bottom of your prepared baking pan.

Recipe Summary Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

I had a craving for chocolate chip cookies with caramel chunks. All I had on hand for salt was coarse salt and, much to my surprise, the result was delicious.

Ingredients | Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon coarse salt

1 ¾ cups brown sugar

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

¼ cup white sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups chocolate chips

18 unwrapped caramel candies (such as Werther's®), each cut into 6 pieces

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.

Beat brown sugar, butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Beat eggs, 1 at a time, into butter mixture until blended; beat in vanilla extract. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until dough is just combined; fold in chocolate chips.

Divide dough into thirty six 2 tablespoon-size balls; arrange on a baking sheet. Press 3 caramel pieces into each dough ball.

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 13 to 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.

By strategically placing the caramels in the cookie dough ball instead of mixing it in the cookie dough itself, it allows for a prettier cookie and the caramel has less tendency to spill out onto the cookie sheet.

Info | Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars

prep: 15 mins cook: 15 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 36 Yield: 3 dozen cookies

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