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Oatmeal Carmelitas

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups quick oats
  • 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/4 cups brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 pound butter, melted (4 sticks)
  • 2 pounds caramels (I use 3 packages of the Kraft Caramel Bits, which are in an 11-ounce package. No opening little individual cellophane wrapped caramels)
  • 8 tablespoons half and half
  • 12 ounces chocolate chips (I love the dark but semi-sweet are wonderful too)
  • 2 cups chopped pecans

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, salt and baking soda in a large bowl and mix. Add the melted butter and mix well.
  • Divide the mixture in half and press one half into a parchment lined 13x18 standard half size sheet pan.
  • Bake for 10-12 until light brown.
  • Melt the caramels and half and half in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high in 1-minute intervals, stirring in between until smooth.
  • Reserve about 1/3 of the caramel mixture and pour the rest over the oatmeal mixture. Sprinkle chocolate chips and pecans over the top.
  • Crumble the remaining oatmeal mixture on top and drizzle with the remaining caramel.
  • Return to oven and bake for 12 more minutes until brown. Cool, then cut.