Chocolate Chip Salted Caramel Cookie Bars

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2 1/8 cups	all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon	salt
1/2 teaspoon	baking soda
12 tablespoons	butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
1 cup	light brown sugar
1/2 cup	granulated sugar
1 large	egg
1 large	egg yolk
2 teaspoons	vanilla extract
2 cups	chocolate chips
10 ounces	caramel candy squares, unwrapped
3 tablespoons	heavy cream
	Sea salt, for sprinkling over caramel and bars

directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 2-quart baking pan (which is an 11 X 7 pan-I used a glass Pyrex dish) with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.

3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the melted butter and sugars together until combined. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix on low, just until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.

4. In a large microwave safe bowl, combine the caramels and heavy cream. Microwave caramels on High until caramels are melted, stirring every 20 seconds. This will take about 2 minutes, depending on your microwave.

5. Divide the cookie dough in half. Press half of the cookie dough into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula. Pour hot caramel over the cookie dough. Sprinkle caramel with sea salt. Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough over the caramel and spread dough with a spatula until the caramel is covered. Sprinkle the bars with additional sea salt.

6.Bake cookie bars for 30 minutes or until the top of the bars are light golden brown and the edges start to pull away from the pan. Cool bars on a wire rack to room temperature. Cut bars into squares and serve.

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