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Salted Caramel Butter Bars
Salted Caramel Butter Bars have a rich buttery shortbread crust topped with creamy caramel and sprinkled with salt! Pretty much melt in your mouth buttery goodness.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
20
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
50
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
10
minutes
minutes
Servings
24
bars
Calories
290
kcal
Author
Leigh Anne Wilkes
Ingredients
1
lb.
salted butter
softened
3/4
cup
granulated sugar
1 1/2
cups
powdered sugar
1
T
vanilla
4
cups
flour
Caramel Filling
1
bag
12 oz. caramel bits
1/3
cup
heavy whipping cream
1/2
tsp
vanilla
2
tsp
coarse salt
fleur de sel
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 Degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray.
Beat together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
Add in vanilla and mix to combine.
Add in the flour and beat on low until dough forms.
Press half the dough into the bottom of pan, evenly. Refrigerate remaining dough.
Bake for 18-20 minutes or until edges just begin to turn golden brown.
While dough is baking begin the filling.
Place caramel bits, whipping cream and vanilla in a saucepan. Heat over medium heat and stir until completely melted.
Pour caramel filling evenly over baked crust.
Crumble refrigerated dough evenly over the caramel.
Sprinkle with salt.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the toppiong is firm and beginning to turn golden brown on the edges.
Cool and cut into squares.
Nutrition
Calories:
290
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
32
g
|
Protein:
3
g
|
Fat:
17
g
|
Saturated Fat:
11
g
|
Cholesterol:
45
mg
|
Sodium:
354
mg
|
Potassium:
34
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
14
g
|
Vitamin A:
521
IU
|
Calcium:
11
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg