Fast and Easy Carmelitas Recipe
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This simple recipe for Carmelitas is a crowd pleaser and easy to put together! Serve cold with milk or warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
Ingredients
  • 1½ c butter, melted (3 sticks)
  • 1½ c packed brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cup whole wheat or all purpose flour
  • 2 cups old fashioned oats
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 1 jar caramel sauce
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350
  2. Melt butter and add to a mixing bowl
  3. Add brown sugar and vanilla extract, and mix until blended
  4. Add flour, oats, baking soda, and salt, and mix well
  5. Put half of mixture in greased 9.5x11 baking dish. Spread and press until it evenly covers the bottom
  6. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes to set
  7. Generously drizzle caramel over crust (about 1 cup)
  8. Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly across baked oat crust and caramel
  9. Sprinkle remaining oat crust on top
  10. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes, until edges slightly browned
  11. Cool before cutting and serving
Recipe by Proverbial Homemaker at https://www.proverbialhomemaker.com/easy-carmelitas-recipe.html