Featuring a layer of gooey caramel filling between a graham cracker crust and a generous crumble topping, these Caramel Crumble Bars make for one tasty dessert!
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bar, caramel
Servings: 16servings
Calories: 350kcal
Author: David
Ingredients
For the Caramel Filling
3Tbspunsalted butter
2Tbspbrown sugar
1cupCaramel Macchiato creamer
For the Graham Cracker Crust
7full-sized graham crackers
¼cupbrown sugar
6Tbspunsalted buttermelted
For the Bars
1cupunsalted butter, room temperature
¾cupgranulated sugar
½cupbrown sugar
1TbspCaramel Macchiato creamer
2¼cupsall-purpose flour
Instructions
For the Caramel Filling
Place all ingredients (butter, sugar and creamer) in a large saucepan. Heat over medium heat until mixture begins to boil. (Tip: The mixture will expand as it boils, so go with a large saucepan in this step!)
Reduce heat until mixture is boiling gently. Boil for 15 minutes, or until mixture begins to thicken and turn darker in color.
Remove from heat and let cool for at least 5 minutes.
For the Graham Cracker Crust
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Line an 8”x8” pan with parchment paper so that the paper extends over the sides on all sides of the pan. (Tip: This will make it much easier to remove the bars from the pan once baked.)
In a food processor or mini-chopper, pulse the graham crackers until finely ground. In a medium bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and melted butter. Stir until fully combined.
Press graham cracker mixture into bottom of prepared pan. (Tip: A flat-bottomed glass helps pack the crust mixture down evenly.) Set pan aside.
For the Bars
Using a countertop mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy (~3 minutes on medium-high speed).
Add creamer and flour and mix on low speed until smooth dough forms.
Press about 1/3 of the dough into the pan (on top of the graham cracker crust). Place remaining dough in the refrigerator.
Bake at 350° for 20 minutes.
Remove pan from oven. Pour Caramel Filling into pan. Crumble remaining dough evenly across top of filling.
Return pan to the oven and bake for 35-38 more minutes, or until top begins to turn light golden brown in color.
Remove pan from oven and let cool before slicing and serving. (Tip: Go ahead and slice the bars while they are still warm. It will make removing the bars from the pan much easier!)