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If you love gourmet caramel apples then you will love this recipe for caramel apple oat bars.

Ingredients:

• 1 2/4 cup flour

• 1 cup quick cooking oatmeal

• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

• 1/2 tsp. baking soda

• 1/2 tsp. salt

• 1 cup cold margarine

• 1 cup chopped walnuts

• 20 caramels

• 1 can sweetened condensed milk

• 1 can apple pie filling

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, oats, sugar, soda and salt. Using a pastry cutter or the back of a large spoon, mix in the margarine until mixture is crumbly. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of crumb mixture for later use and then press the rest with fingers in the bottom of a greased 9x13” pan. Bake at 375° for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.

Melt caramels with sweetened condensed milk by placing the unwrapped caramels and milk in a microwave safe bowl and microwaving on high in 30-second intervals. Check and stir the caramel mixture after every 30 seconds and if it isn’t melted, go another 30 second interval. Mixture should be smooth. Spoon apple filling over prepared and cooled crust. Top with melted caramel mixture. Mix 1 cup of walnuts in with the reserved crumb mixture and then sprinkle evenly over the top. Bake bars 20 minutes or until set. Cool and cut into squares.

For more tasty caramel recipes, try:

• Snicker Caramel Apple Salad Recipe
• Campfire S'mores Caramel Apples
• Easy Overnight Bundt Caramel Rolls
• Custard with Caramel Syrup
• Caramel Nut Candy Bars

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