Gooey Caramel Butter Bars

Preparation info
  • Makes

    15

    Large Bars
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth

By Jill O'Connor

Published 2007

  • About

If you are a sucker for shortbread cookies, you’ll swoon over these gooey bars. The chewy caramel sandwiched between the sweet, buttery crispness of the shortbread is a real crowd-pleaser. I love nuts in all my cookies, but if you’re nut-averse like my children, leave them out. The dark rum in the caramel filling lends a spirited flavor, but as with the nuts, these bars are equally tasty without it.