dulce de leche bars

Its okay… you can drool. Don’t be embarrassed. I drool every time I make these.

Dulce de Leche always brings me back to my childhood. Growing up, my dad would often have Dulce de Leche lollipops in the house. The thing is, they were rarely in the kitchen. He would keep `em in a drawer in his room. I knew exactly where to find them when I needed a treat 🙂

If you don’t know what Dulce de Leche is, here’s the definition via wikipedia:

{Dulce de Leche is the most common name for milk caramel in Spanish. Made as both a thick jam and a caramel candy, it’s prepared by slowly heating sweetened milk to create a product that derives its taste with caramelized sugar.}

These bars have a buttery oat crust, topped with Dulce de Leche, topped with toffee bits, and then finally topped with with a sprinkle of the remaining oat-butter crumble.

Here’s everything you need:

• Flour
• Oats
• Brown Sugar
• Salt
• Butter (at room temperature)
• Dulce de Leche
• Toffee bits

First you wanna combine the flour, oats, sugar, and salt. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter or a couple of knives until crumbly.
  

Press 3/4 of the mixture into the bottom of a 13×9 pan. Next you want to place the pan in the oven to partially baked the crust.

While the crust is baking, heat the Dulce de Leche in a saucepan over low heat until its spreadable.
   

Yum!

Once the crust is ready, spread the Dulce de Leche evenly over the crust…

Top the Dulce de Leche with toffee bits…

Top the toffee bits with the remaining oat crumble…

I added these to my holiday baking list five years ago and get rave reviews every year!

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups flour
• 1.5 cups quick cooking oats
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
• 1 13oz can Dulce de Leche
• 1 cup toffee bits

Preheat oven at 350 degrees.

Combine the flour, oats, sugar, and salt. Cut the butter into the dry mixture until crumbly. Press 3/4 of the oat mixture into the bottom of a 13×9″ pan. Baked the crust for 10 minutes. While the crust is baking, heat the dulce de leche over low heat until spreadable. Once the crust is done, spread the dulce de leche evenly over the crust. Sprinkle the toffee bits over the dulce de leche. Top with remaining oat crumble.

Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 10 minutes then run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the bars. Let cool completely. Cut and serve.

Make these. I beg you. They do not disappoint.

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• By Estella
• December 6, 2010
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