Caramel Snickerdoodle Bars Recipes

CARAMEL SNICKERDOODLE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with parchment paper, leaving a 1-inch overhang over each side.
• Combine brown sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Beat flour mixture gradually into the creamed butter mixture until batter is combined. Spread batter in the bottom of the lined baking pan.
• Mix white sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon sugar over the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are light brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Spread dulce de leche over cooled crust.
• Combine white chocolate, heavy cream, and light corn syrup in a small saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat until smooth, about 5 minutes. Let cool slightly, about 5 minutes.
• Spread white chocolate mixture over dulce de leche. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon sugar on top. Cover baking pan and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Lift out of the baking pan using the parchment paper ends. Cut into bars.

CARAMEL SNICKERDOODLE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 13x9-in. baking pan with parchment, letting ends extend over sides by 1 in., In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Spread onto bottom of prepared pan., In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle 2 tablespoons mixture over batter. Bake until edges are light brown, 25-30 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack., Spread dulce de leche over crust. In a small saucepan, combine white baking chocolate, cream and corn syrup; cook and stir over low heat until smooth. Cool slightly. Spread over dulce de leche. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar. Refrigerate, covered, at least 1 hour., Lifting with parchment, remove from pan. Cut into bars. Refrigerate leftovers.

SALTED CARAMEL SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• Make the snickerdoodle cookies: Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk together the flour, cream of tartar and kosher salt in a medium bowl until evenly combined. Whisk 1 cup of the sugar, the butter, vanilla and egg together in a large bowl until well combined. Pour in the flour mixture and stir with a spoon until the dough just combines.
• Stir together the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon in a small bowl. Using a 1/2-ounce ice cream scoop or a tablespoon, portion and roll the dough into 30 (1-inch) balls. Roll each ball in the cinnamon-sugar to coat, and then transfer to the prepared baking sheets, spacing the balls 2 inches apart. Using the end of a wooden spoon or your index finger, press each dough ball in the center to create a deep divot. Refrigerate the dough balls on the baking sheets for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Bake the cookies, rotating the baking sheets front to back and top to bottom halfway through, until light golden brown on the bottom, about 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool for 1 minute on the baking sheets, and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Make the salted caramel filling: Pour the sugar in a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Cook the sugar, stirring occasionally, until it turns liquid and deep amber brown. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the butter until smooth. Add the cream and kosher salt and stir until incorporated. Fill the divot in each cookie with the hot caramel and sprinkle with sea salt. Let the caramel cool for 30 minutes to set before serving.

SNICKERDOODLE WHITE CHOCOLATE-CARAMEL BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat cookie mixes, 1 packet of the cinnamon-sugar mixture (from cookie mix), the flour, melted butter and eggs. Spread in pan. (Save other packet for another use.)
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until edges are golden and center is set. Cool completely, about 1 hour, or refrigerate 30 minutes.
• In small bowl, beat 1/2 cup whipping cream with electric mixer on high speed to soft peaks; set aside.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed about 2 minutes or until light and smooth. Add melted chips; stir until combined. Carefully fold in whipped cream in 2 additions, until smooth. Spread on bars. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• In 1-quart saucepan, heat Caramel Topping ingredients over low heat about 10 minutes or until melted and smooth. Pour over bars. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

EASY SALTED CARAMEL SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• Line cookie sheet with waxed paper or cooking parchment paper. Spoon 21 slightly less than level measuring teaspoonfuls dulce de leche onto cookie sheet. Freeze about 1 hour or until slightly firm (will not freeze solid).
• Heat oven to 375°F. Make cookie dough as directed on cookie mix pouch.
• Shape heaping tablespoons of dough into 21 balls. Using lightly floured hands, press thumb into center of each cookie to make deep indentation, but do not press all the way through. Place 1 dollop of the dulce de leche into center of each cookie, making sure to form dough around dollop to enclose. If necessary, work with lightly floured fingers so dough doesn't stick. You may have to return dulce de leche dollops to freezer if they become too warm to work with.
• In small bowl, mix cinnamon sugar mixture from cookie pouch and the salt. Roll balls in sugar mixture. Place 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set (centers will be soft). Cool 2 minutes on cooking sheet. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.