Caramel Apple Oat Squares

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cold butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 20 caramels, unwrapped
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 1 (21 ounce) can apple pie filling

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in large bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt, cut in butter until crumbly.
• 3 reserving 1-1/2 cups crumb mixture, press remainder on bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan.
• 4 bake 15 minutes.
• 5 add nuts to reserved crumb mixture.
• 6 in heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt caramels with condensed milk , stirring until smooth.
• 7 spoon apple filling over prepared crust, top with caramel mixture, then reserved crumb mixture.
• 8 bake 20 minutes or until set.
• 9 cool.
• 10 serve warm with ice cream.
• 11 store leftovers covered in refrigerator.