California Dreams Recipe
Ingredients:
- 32 caramel candies
- 1/3 cup evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 4 Tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Directions:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 2. In the top of a double boiler, combine caramels and milk. Heat over simmering water until melted, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and set aside.
- 3. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Stir in brown sugar and oats. Mix in butter until mixture forms coarse crumbs.
- 4. Press 1/2 of the flour mixture evenly into a buttered 8-inch square pan. The layer will be fairly thin. Sprinkle chocolate chips and pecans over surface evenly. Pour caramel mixture over chocolate chips and nuts. Sprinkle with remaining flour mixture.
- 5. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Refrigerate until set, then cut into squares.
- YIELDS: 16 squares