When in doubt – bake. That is pretty much my motto in life. While I was waiting for my little niece to see the light of the world, I overcame the feeling of being totally useless by baking some oh so yummy dulce de leche bars. My sister spent a semester in Argentina and fell in love with dulce de leche – as anyone with intact taste buds would. So I needed something baked that would travel well.
I adapted the recipe from bakeorbreak.com who adapted it from Betty Crocker.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
- 1 jar/can dulce de leche
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
- 1 Tbsp. of coarse salt
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 350F/180C. Line a 9×13 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
2. Combine flour, oats, brown sugar and salt. Work in butter with your hands or a fork until you have a nice crumbly mix. Press 3/4 of the crumb mixture into the bottom of your baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
3. Meanwhile heat dulce de leche over low heat to soften. Mine was in a glass jar and I plopped it right onto the burner – caution the glass will get hot. Stir gently.
4. Spread dulce de leche over the baked crust, sprinkle with chocolate chips, coarse salt and the remaining 1/4 of the crumb mixture.
5. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown on top.
6. Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.
If you want to help a new mom out, add some shredded flax seed 🙂 And make sure the new mom gets a taste of the yummy bars before they are all eaten by the congratulating family.
Off to the next night shift of baby duty I go.
Hugs.
Dani!
Chedva says
These look delicious! What does the added flax seed do?
Dani says
It makes…uhm…really soft stool…know what I’m sayin’? 😉
Chedva says
OH! haha
Angeli says
Oh Dani! You made my mouth water! It’s 9pm here where I live, so I am in trouble! That looks so yummy, great photography!
I am planning to buy an oven this November so I can start baking. I will try this recipe soon. Thank you!
Angeli from BYW
Dani says
Wait, what? You currently don’t have an oven?! Hope you find a super great one, so you can get your bake on 🙂
Jenni (Museum Diary) says
Oh my, I’ve just had breakfast but now I’m hungry again. These look super tasty. Going to try making them with gluten free flour. Thanks for the recipe. Best wishes, Jenni (BYW)