Rolo Caramelitas

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup quick oats
• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 sticks (1 1/2 cups) butter, melted
• 12 oz jar caramel ice cream topping
• 8 oz bag Rolo Minis (they come already unwrapped, which saves a ton of hassle)

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  Preheat oven to 325.  Coat a 9×13 glass pan with butter or spray with nonstick cooking spray.

2.  In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt.  Add melted butter and stir with a wooden spoon until well mixed (mixture will be very thick, I mixed with my hands towards the end).  Press half the mixture into your prepared pan and bake for 17 minutes.

3.  Remove the pan from oven and let cool for 5 minutes.  Then evenly cover with caramel sauce.  Sprinkle entire bag of Rolos over the top, as evenly as possible.  Crumble the rest of the oat mixture over the Rolo/caramel mixture and bake for 17 more minutes.

4.  Remove from oven and cool for several hours before cutting into squares and serving.

Notes:

If you want to use regular sized Rolos, you can, they’ll just be a bit bigger and need to be unwrapped.  Just use enough to get a good sprinkling across the top…you want a few in every bar.