Salted Caramel  Butter Bars

24 Servings

A melt-in-your-mouth butter shortbread filled with an ooey gooey caramel layer is what these salted caramel butter bars are all about. Ready to devour in just over an hour, these buttery caramel bars are everyone's favorite!

Ingredients

Butter Granulated sugar Powdered sugar Vanilla extract flour Caramel candies Heavy cream Sea salt

Make crust

1

Cream butter and both sugars. Add vanilla to the butter mixture, mix then add flour until soft dough forms.

Bake crust

2

Press one-third of dough into the bottom of  dish. Chill remaining dough. Bake crust for 20 min at 325° until pale golden brown.

Make caramel sauce

3

Combine caramels and cream in bowl. Heat on high for 1 minute and then stir until smooth. Add vanilla and combine.

Add caramel layer

4

Pour sauce over cooled crust. Sprinkle with sea salt. Use remaining chilled dough from the fridge and break it up into crumbles and drop them on top of the caramel layer.

Bake bars

5

Transfer the baking pan to the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes. The filling will start to bubble and the top will be lightly golden brown.

Cool, slice and enjoy

6

Remove it from the oven and allow it to cool and set completely. This makes 24 bars, but that all depends on how big or small you slice yours. Enjoy!

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