Caramel Pear Bars

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I am totally a chocolate person.  But my hubs- he’s all about the caramel.  He is always asking me when I will make more recipes with caramel for him instead of things that I’m most fond of.   So I started taking a look at my recipes here & noticed that he’s right.  I have only posted a few caramel recipes.  So I decided to oblige & make something yummy.

 

I made these Caramel Pear Bars originally with the idea that it was just going to be the caramel with the mix ins in there as a good recipe for a heartier homemade caramel.  Then I quickly changed my mind & decided that it really would be so much better if I added a shortbread crust to make it easier to package up for gifts.

 

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Ingredients

  

Cookie Bottom

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Caramel Topping

• 1/2 cup salted butter
• 1 cup brown sugar- packed
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup quick cook oats
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 pear - peeled cored & diced

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Coat 9x13 pan with cooking spray- set aside.
• In bowl of electric mixer- cream butter, sugar & vanilla.
• Add egg & beat until fluffy.
• Stir in salt.
• Beat in flour 1 cup at a time.
• Press dough evenly into pan.
• Bake 15 minutes or until just set & beginning to turn golden in color.
• Remove & let cool.

Prepare Caramel

• Melt the butter over medium heat in saucepan.
• Add brown sugar, corn syrup & salt.
• Bring to a very low boil, stirring constantly.
• Let cook over very low heat, stir in oats, vanilla & pears.
• Remove from heat.
• Let sit to cool until thickened- about 10 minutes.
• Pour over shortbread in pan.
• Transfer to refrigerator & allow to completely cool before cutting- at least 2-3 hours.
• ( I was way too impatient with these & tried to remove before cool. It was a sloppy mess)

These would be great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.

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