CARAMEL SWIRL BLONDIES

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Have a blonde moment with these delicious Caramel Swirl Blondies. Melted caramels are swirled through blonde brownie batter for scrumptious bar cookies. Blondes do have more fun-if they've just made a batch of these!

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Recipes

Time 58m

Yield 24 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, chopped
1-1/2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 pkg. (11 oz.) KRAFT Caramels
3 Tbsp. milk

Steps:

Heat oven to 350°F.
Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides; spray with cooking spray. Combine sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, nuts and chocolate in large bowl. Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Add to sugar mixture; mix well. Reserve 1 cup batter for later use; spread remaining batter onto bottom of prepared pan.
Bake 15 min. or until firm. Microwave caramels and milk in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 to 2-1/2 min. or until caramels are completely melted, stirring after each minute. Pour over baked layer in pan; spread to within 1/2 inch of edges.
Spoon reserved batter over caramel layer; swirl gently with knife. Bake 15 to 18 min. or until center is set. Cool completely. Use foil handles to remove dessert from pan before cutting into bars to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 220, Fat 9 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Sodium 170 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 3 g