Fruit Bar Cookies Recipe: Chocolate Chip Caramel Nut Bars

Chocolate Chip Caramel Nut Bars

Ingredients:

• 1 (18-ounce) package NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, softened - divided use
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts - divided use
• 1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping

Procedures:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease 9-inch-square baking pan.
2. Press 3/4 package of cookie dough into prepared baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
3. Sprinkle 1/4 cup nuts over cookie crust; drizzle caramel topping over nuts. Top with teaspoonfuls of remaining cookie dough; press gently into caramel topping. Sprinkle with remaining nuts.
4. Bake for 14 to 18 minutes or until edge is set. Cool in pan on wire rack.

Makes 16 bars.