Knock You Naked Cookie Bars

Name: Knock You Naked Cookie Bars
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 2 dozen
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup butter, softened; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 3/4 cup packed brown sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 large eggs; 2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels (12-oz. package); 1/2 cup evaporated milk; 60 whole caramels, Unwrapped; 1/2 cup peanut butter, melted; 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Submitted by gailanng

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Ready In:: 1hr 5mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 2 dozen

ingredients

Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 ¹⁄₄ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
³⁄₄ cup granulated sugar
³⁄₄ cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels (12-oz. package)
Caramel-Peanut Butter
¹⁄₂ cup evaporated milk
60 whole caramels, Unwrapped
¹⁄₂ cup peanut butter, melted
¹⁄₃ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

directions

Preheat oven to 375° F and grease 9 × 13-inch jelly-roll pan.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate morsels.
Spread half of cookie dough into prepared pan and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven and set aside.
Meanwhile, in a double boiler (or a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of boiling water) melt caramels with 1/2 cup evaporated milk.
When melted and combined, add 1/2 cup melted peanut butter and pour over cookie base. Sprinkle chocolate chips as evenly as you can over the caramel.
Turn out remaining cookie dough on work surface. Use your hands to press it into a large square a little smaller than the pan. Use a spatula to remove it from the surface, then set it on top of the caramel and chocolate chips.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and edges are set. Cool in pan on wire rack.

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gailanng

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I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!

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