I really hate to admit to you guys that I have started yet another diet. You know from following me that I have been a yo-yo dieter all of my adult life. When the cook in the house is on a diet though, the whole family goes on a diet. We have been eating healthier for 3 or 4 weeks now, so that is an accomplishment! With my track record, I am taking it one day at a time.
While looking through old recipes, I found this in my drafts. I had the recipe and picture on here with the description of the recipe but nothing else. So, this is for those of you that are not counting calories or carbs or anything at all. Here is a terrific brownie recipe!
The word “brownies” alone makes my mouth water. These Caramel Blonde Brownies are extremely easy and marvelous! The melted caramel combined with chocolate and the brown sugar oat crust and topping is simply fantastic! Cool completely for easy cutting.
- 1 (13-oz.) pkg. vanilla caramels, unwrapped (about 48 caramels(
- 3 tbsp. milk
- 1⅔ c. all-purpose flour
- 1⅔ c. old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1¼ c. packed brown sugar
- ¾ tsp. baking soda
- 1 c. butter, melted
- 1¼ c. semi-sweet chocolate pieces
- In a heavy medium saucepan, combine the unwrapped caramels and the milk. Cover and cook the mixture over low heat for about 15 minutes or until caramels melt, stirring the mixture occasionally.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir together the flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, baking soda, and butter until well combined. Reserve about 1 cup of the oat mixture. Press remaining oat mixture into bottom of a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan to form an oatmeal crust.
- Bake the crust in a 350° F oven for 8 minutes. Remove pan from oven.
- Spread the melted caramel mixture evenly over crust in pan. Sprinkle with chocolate pieces. Sprinkle with reserved oat mixture.
- Return to 350° F oven and bake for about 15 minutes or until the top is golden.
- Transfer pan to a wire rack and cool well. Cut into bars.
