Dulce de Leche Cookie Bars
These Dulce de Leche Turtle Cookie Bars feature a shortbread cookie crust topped with dulce de leche, pecans and chocolate chips. Yum!
Servings: 18 bars
Calories: 188kcal
Ingredients
For the Crust
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup unsalted butter softened
- ¼ tsp salt
For the Toppings
- 1¼ cups dulce de leche see note
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 large egg yolks
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ¾ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
For the Crust
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Line a 9” square baking pan with parchment paper or foil, leaving extra overhang on edges. (Note: The overhang will make lifting the bars out easier.) Spray the parchment or foil with nonstick baking spray. Set pan aside.
- Using a medium bowl, add all of the ingredients (flour, brown sugar, butter and salt); stir until well combined. (Note: The mixture will resemble coarse crumbs.)
- Press mixture into bottom of prepared pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
For the Toppings
- Using a medium bowl, add dulce de leche, heavy whipping cream, egg yolks and vanilla extract; stir until well combined. Pour mixture over crust.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips and chopped pecans on top of the dulce de leche mixture.
- Bake for 20-22 more minutes, or until set.
- Remove pan from oven and let cool completely before cutting into bars.
Notes
1¼ cups of dulce de leche is the amount that comes from (1) 14-oz can of sweetened condensed milk. I recommend this guide from Serious Eats for making dulce de leche using sweetened condensed milk. Just remember that it will take 2-3 hours, so this needs to be done in advance of making the bars.
Nutrition
Calories: 188kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 38mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 318IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg