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Easy Salted Caramel Pecan Bars

These easy Salted Caramel Pecans Bars are made with a sugar cookie dough with crushed pecans and caramel sundae topping for a delicious dessert that taste amazing!

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Easy Salted Caramel Pecans Bars 

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Easy Salted Caramel Pecans Bars

This is one of the first desserts I make as soon as Fall season starts. I love to serve them with a scoop of vanilla ice cream when they are hot out of the oven!

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These Salted Caramel Pecan Bars are drizzled with caramel and topped with kosher sea salt before serving for a delicious dessert bar that is sweet and salty! The perfect combination of flavors.

Ingredients

  • refrigerated sugar cookie dough
  • caramel sundae topping
  • all purpose flour
  • kosher sea salt
  • crushed pecans
Ingredients for Salted Carmel Pecan Bars

How To Make Recipe - Step By Step

STEP 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 8x8 baking pan with non stick spray.

TIP: For easy removal line the pan with foil or parchment paper. Be sure to spray foil to prevent sticking.

STEP 2: Take 1/2 cup of the cookie dough and set aside. Press the remaining cookie dough into the bottom of the prepared pan.

Sugar Cookie Dough in baking pan ready for oven

STEP 3: Bake for 20 minutes until the crust is lightly golden brown.

Sugar Cookie Dough baked lightly golden brown in pan

STEP 4: Prepare the caramel filling while the cookie dough is baking.

STEP 5: Combine the 1/2 cup caramel topping and the flour in a small bowl. Mix until combined. Once the crust is done baking, spread the caramel topping over the top. Stop right before the edge.

Caramel Layer over sugar cookie bar

STEP 6: Sprinkle light layer of pecans on top of caramel filling. Then take the 1/2 cup dough that was set aside and break it up then sprinkle it all over the top of the pecan caramel filling. Next sprinkle the remaining crushed pecans all over the top.

Top layer of pecans and cookie dough

STEP 7: Return to oven and bake for 30 minutes, until the top is light golden brown.

STEP 8: Cool for at least an hour. Once cooled drizzle the remaining three tablespoons of caramel topping over the top then sprinkle with the sea salt.

Salted Caramel Pecan Bars Drizzled with Caramel and Sea Salt
Drizzled with Caramel and topped with kosher sea salt for a delicious dessert bar that is sweet and salty!

Cut into bars and serve! Enjoy!

How To Store

Once cooled store in an air tight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days. If staking on top of each other I recommend adding wax paper or parchment paper between the layers to prevent the bars from sticking together. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes prior to serving.

Variations for Salted Caramel Bars With Pecans

  • Drizzle melted chocolate and caramel over the top.
  • Add semi-sweet chocolate chips.
  • Peanut butter chips would be a great addition to these bars.
Stacked caramel pecan bars
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Salted Caramel Pecan Bars Stacked three high

Easy Salted Caramel Pecan Bars

Author: Judy Wilson
These easy Salted Caramel Pecans Bars are made with a sugar cookie dough with crushed pecans and caramel sundae topping for a delicious dessert that taste amazing!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 16.5 ounce roll of refrigerated sugar cookie dough
  • ½ cup caramel sundae topping
  • 3 Tablespoons caramel sundae topping
  • 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher sea salt
  • 1 cup halved pecans

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 8×8 baking pan with non stick spray.
  • Take 1/2 cup of the cookie dough and set aside in refrigerator. Press the remaining cookie dough into the bottom of the prepared pan.
  • Bake for 20 minutes until the crust is lightly golden brown.
  • Prepare the caramel filling while the cookie dough is baking.
  • Combine the 1/2 cup caramel topping and the flour in a small bowl. Mix until combined. Once the crust is done baking, spread the caramel topping over the top. Stop right before the edge.
  • Sprinkle ½ of the pecans on top of caramel filling. Then take the ½ cup dough that was set aside and break it up then sprinkle it all over the top of the pecan caramel filling. Next sprinkle the remaining crushed pecans all over the top.
  • Return to oven and bake for 30 minutes, until the top is light golden brown.
  • Cool for at least an hour. Once cooled drizzle the remaining three tablespoons of caramel topping over the top then sprinkle with the sea salt.
  • Cut into bars and serve!
The nutritional information provided is approximate and should only be used as a general guideline. It is an estimate that will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
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Suz

Monday 27th of November 2023

Loved how easy this was. Great instructions. They look beautiful and believe it or not , they are not too sweet. Doubled the recipe. Loved it. Not a baker and was able to make this impressive cookie bar

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