CARAMEL OATMEAL PECAN BARS

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Yield 40 Bars

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups quick oats
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups caramel ice cream topping
1 cup chopped pecans

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, and baking soda in large mixing bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Reserve 2 cups of the crumb mixture; set aside. Press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom of a bar pan (cookie sheet with about 1 inch edges around it). Bake 10 minutes. Spoon caramel topping over crust, carefully spreading to edges. Add pecans to reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over caramel topping. Bake 10-15 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. Remove to cooling rack. Cool; cut into 40 bars.