Caramel Apple Oat Squares

By tammyjk

Melissa loves this recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups unsifted flour
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cold margarine or butter
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 20 Eagle Brand Caramels, unwrapped
• 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk)
• 1 (21 oz.) can Thank You Brand Apple Filling or Topping

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375. In large bowl, combine flour, oats, sugar, baking soda and salt; cut in margarine until crumbly. Reserving 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture, press remainder on bottom of 13X9-inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes. Add nuts to reserve crumb mixture. In heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt caramels with sweetened condensed milk, stirring until smooth. Spoon apple filling over prepared crust; top with caramel mixture then reserved crumb mixture. Bake 20 minutes or until set. Cool. Serve warm with ice cream if desired.