{"id":679,"date":"2025-03-16T01:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T01:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/chocolate-chip-cookie-and-caramel-peanut-butter-bars\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T02:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:27:07","slug":"chocolate-chip-cookie-and-caramel-peanut-butter-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/chocolate-chip-cookie-and-caramel-peanut-butter-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Chip Cookie and Caramel-Peanut Butter Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2 \u00bc  cups all-purpose flour<br \/>\n1 teaspoon baking soda<br \/>\n1 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened<br \/>\n\u00be cup granulated sugar<br \/>\n\u00be cup packed brown sugar<br \/>\n1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br \/>\n2 large eggs<br \/>\n2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTL\u00c9\u00ae TOLL HOUSE\u00ae Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caramel-Peanut Butter inspired by The Pioneer Woman:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00bd cup Evaporated Milk<br \/>\n60 whole caramels, Unwrapped<br \/>\n\u00bd cup peanut butter, melted<br \/>\n1\/3 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nPreheat oven to 375\u00b0 F and grease 9 x 13-inch jelly-roll pan.<\/p>\n<p>Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts.<\/p>\n<p>Spread half of cookie dough into prepared pan and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven and set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a double boiler (or a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of boiling water) melt caramels with \u00bd cup evaporated milk.<\/p>\n<p>When melted and combined, add \u00bd cup melted peanut butter and pour over cookie base. Sprinkle chocolate chips as evenly as you can over the caramel.<\/p>\n<p>Turn out remaining cookie dough on work surface. Use your hands to press it into a large square a little smaller than the pan. Use a spatula to remove it from the surface, then set it on top of the caramel and chocolate chips.<\/p>\n<p>Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and edges are set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 \u00bc cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened \u00be cup granulated sugar \u00be cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 large eggs 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTL\u00c9\u00ae TOLL HOUSE\u00ae Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels Caramel-Peanut Butter inspired by The Pioneer Woman: \u00bd cup Evaporated Milk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bars","category-dessert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2757,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions\/2757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}