They are so caramely and wonderful that I have nothing else to say except for this:
They are best served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. But they are good as leftovers too... I had a hard time not eating the entire pan.
Salted Caramel Rolo Pecan Cookie Bars
IngredientsFor Dough:
- 1 1/4 cups butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 (8-ounce) package rolo minis, frozen for at least two hours
- caramel glaze (recipe below)
- sugared pecans, divided (recipe below)
- coarse sea salt for sprinkling
For Caramel Glaze:
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons half-and-half
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
For Sugared Pecans:
- 1 cup pecans
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
For Pecans:
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
- Pour butter white over pecans in a small mixing bowl.
- Combine sugar and cinnamon. Pour over pecans. Stir to combine.
- Place pecans on parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Bake for 6-8 minutes.
- Remove immediately from cookie sheet and cool completely.
For Cookie Bars:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix butter, sugar, and flour together. Chop up prepared pecans.
- Set aside 1/3 of the dough in the refrigerator. Stir half of the pecans into the bigger portion of dough (2/3 portion).
- Press dough with pecans into an ungreased 9x13 pan.
- Bake for twelve minutes. Remove from oven.
- Sprinkle frozen rolos evenly over baked dough in pan.
- Crumble chunks of remaining dough over rolos. Return to oven. Bake for twelve more minutes.
- While cookie bars are in oven make caramel glaze.
- When cookie bars are done baking, cool for five minutes.
- Drizzle with caramel glaze while still warm. Sprinkle with remaining chopped pecans and desired amount of sea salt.
For Glaze:
- Whisk together brown sugar and flour in a small saucepan. Add butter and milk.
- Cook over medium high heat until mixture comes to a rolling boil. Boil for exactly 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool for five minutes. Add vanilla and stir to combine.
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