Salted Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Ingredients

• Cookie dough:
• 1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup (200 g) packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 cups (340 g) chocolate chips
• Salted caramel:
• 11 oz (310 g) soft caramel candies, unwrapped
• 2 tbsp heavy cream
• 1 tsp flaky sea salt

Method

1. Heat the oven to 350°F and line a 9x13-inch pan with a parchment sling.
2. Beat the butter and both sugars until fluffy, then the eggs and vanilla. Mix in the flour, baking soda and salt, then the chocolate chips.
3. Press half the dough evenly into the pan.
4. Melt the caramels with the cream over low heat, stirring until smooth. Cool 5 minutes, then pour over the dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Sprinkle with flaky salt.
5. Flatten the rest of the dough into patches and lay them over the caramel, pressing gently to seal.
6. Bake 30-35 minutes, until the top is deep golden brown and set all the way across.
7. Cool at least 1 hour before cutting. The caramel is very hot straight out of the oven.