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Salted Caramel Butter Bars

Main photograph of prepared recipe.

These are extraordinarily rich and super hard to stop eating. I usually cut the below recipe in half and use an 8×8″ pan.

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Difficulty Level

Easy

Hard

Needed Items

Durations

  • 25 minutes hands-on plus
    25 minutes baking time

Ingredients

  • 1 lb salted butter
    1 cup sugar
    1.5 cups powdered sugar
    2 TBSP + 1/2 tsp. vanilla
    4 cups flour
    About 50 caramel candies (such as Kraft–about 1.5 bags)
    1/3 cup milk or cream
    1 TBSP coarse sea salt

Number of Servings

  • We need something here

Equipment

  • Large bowl
    Mixer
    Microwave
    Oven
    Non-stick cooking spray
    9x13" pan (or 8x8" if making a half-batch)
    Cooling rack

Do-Aheads

  • Set butter out to soften to room temp
    Unwrap the caramels

Additional Notes