Caramel Apple Cookie Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3 cups golden grahams cereal, ground in food processor
• 1 roll pillsbury sugar cookie dough
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 21 ounces apple pie filling
• 1 1/2 ounces nature valley oats n' honey crunchy granola bars (2 count, crushed)
• 9 1/2 ounces kraft caramels
• 1/2 cup half-and-half

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 combine melted butter and ground cereal into a large bowl; press into an 8×8 inch baking dish lined with foil that’s been sprayed with cooking spray. bake for 10 minutes then remove from oven.
• 3 crumble half of the cookie dough over partially baked crust.
• 4 place cream cheese, sugar and vanilla into a mixer; beat until smooth.
• 5 pour over crumbled cookie dough layer.
• 6 bake for 25 minutes then remove from oven.
• 7 top with 3/4 of the apple pie filling (i think you could use the whole can). next top with remaining cookie dough, breaking off into little pieces evenly over top.
• 8 sprinkle with crushed granola bars and bake for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes clean from center.
• 9 let cool completely then cut into squares.
• 10 melt caramels and half and half according to package directions.
• 11 drizzle over each bar.
• 12 refrigerate leftovers.