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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.
Caramel Pear Bars
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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Tammy Killough says
Oh My….these look and sound heavenly! Thanks for sharing with us! ~Tammy
Kim Cunningham says
Yum! I agree with both you and your hubby! I like chocolate and caramel! My hubby is all about dark chocolate.
Kristy, Life-n-Reflection says
OMGosh Gina,
You are so talented!!! Not is only is this yummy but adorable too!!!
Tamar says
Whoa those look gooey!!
Molly says
These looks divine… but I must resist.
Mollyxxx
Danelle says
Caramel and pear sounds like a fabulous combination! Yum!
Jessica says
Those sound delicious!
Susi says
This looks divine and reminds me of dessert bar/cake we used to have for birthdays in Germany.
Julie @ This Gal Cooks says
These look so good, Gina! I love that you made the caramel sauce from scratch!
Stopping by from Wednesday Whatsits. Pinned to my food board!
Julie @ This Gal Cooks
Dina says
i really like the caramel topping with pear. you usually see apple. it’s refreshing!
Pieni lintu says
Looks so sweet!! 🙂
Kara @ Simplistically Sassy says
This looks amazing! My husband LOVES pears. I might be trying this today!
Pary Moppins says
Well, that looks like my breakfast is sorted! 😉 These look delicious! Thanks for linking up at Pin It Tuesday!
Desiree says
It looks so good! I am featuring this recipe tomorrow during the link party… High fives girl!
Melanie {reasons to skip the housework} says
These look so delicious! Thank you for linking up at The Weekly Creative! I’ve pinned them….
Smiles,
Melanie {reasons to skip the housework}
emily says
those bars look amazing!!! WOW I’m super impressed with your photos too… You know thats something I’m working on :o) Going to get some good ones for the recipe round up this coming month (I promise!) Hope you have a great day!
Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons says
These look awesome! We would love for you to share with our Kitchen Fun & Crafty Friday link party!:) Just put it up! http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2013/05/kitchen-fun-crafty-friday-link-party.html
April says
Making these now, ah! When do you add the baking powder? I hope with the oats because that’s what I’m about to do. Let’s see what happens.
April says
I did add the bp with the oats and used light corn syrup bc it’s what I had. They are indeed pretty darn sweet. I’m more of a salty over sweet tooth person but my hubs will prob love these. Next time maybe just out of preference I would like the cookie to be just a bit thinner. These would go well with coffee. Pear taste is subtle. I also had one right out of the fridge after 3 hrs, so maybe just me being weirded out that it’s cold lol but I think I’d enjoy it even more at room temp or even warm 😍