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Salted Dulce de Leche Cookie Bars
Prep Time
8 hrs 30 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
 

Salted Caramel (Dulce De Leche) Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars - creamy, luxurious dulce de leche atop the most amazing chocolate chip cookie bar made with nutty brown butter and rich semi-sweet chocolate chunks

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: dulce de leche bars, salted caramel cookie bars
Servings: 12 bars
Calories: 5251 kcal
Author: Jackie
Ingredients
Easy Dulce de Leche
  • 1 8-oz can sweetened condensed milk
Cooks Illustrated Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • 1 ¾ cup unbleached all purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 14 Tablespoon unsalted butter
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup dark brown sugar packed
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • ¾ cup walnut pieces options
Instructions
Easy Dulce de Leche
  1. You can do this two ways- Either remove the paper from around the can, or open the can and pour the sweetened condensed milk into a canning jar (ie a 8oz Ball jar) and close tightly.

  2. Place jar or can in crock pot and fill with water about 1 inch above the can or jar.
  3. Cook on low for 8 hours. Jar or can may look a bit rusty, but it is ok.
  4. Remove can from crock pot when finished and carefully open with can opener.
  5. If cooked in can, and not used right away store in a reusable container, covered and refrigerated. Will keep up to 1 week.
Cooks Illustrated Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a heavy bottomed sauce pan, melt butter until browned.
  3. It takes about 5 minutes for butter to begin to smell nutty and start to brown, but watch carefully because it goes from perfectly browned to burned very fast.
  4. Once browned, remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
  5. Add browned butter and sugars to the bowl of a mixer and mix until combined.
  6. Add eggs and yolks one at a time then add the vanilla.
  7. Turn mixer off and add all of your dry ingredients to the bowl.
  8. Once you have measured and added the flour, soda and salt, turn the mixer on low and mix until everything has been incorporated.
  9. Turn mixer off and mix in chocolate chips and nuts with wooden spoon.
Dulce de Leche Cookies Bars
  1. Line or grease a 9x13 in pan with nonstick cooking spray.

  2. Press half of the dough into the bottom of the pan. Spread ½ cup of dulce de leche over the dough.
  3. Sprinkle the rest of the dough over the top of the ducle de leche.
  4. Sprinkle with sea salt.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
Salted Dulce de Leche Cookie Bars
Amount Per Serving (12 bars)
Calories 5251 Calories from Fat 2826
% Daily Value*
Fat 314g483%
Saturated Fat 159g994%
Trans Fat 7g
Polyunsaturated Fat 53g
Monounsaturated Fat 79g
Cholesterol 794mg265%
Sodium 3044mg132%
Potassium 2268mg65%
Carbohydrates 562g187%
Fiber 30g125%
Sugar 348g387%
Protein 60g120%
Vitamin A 5532IU111%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 497mg50%
Iron 29mg161%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.