Dulce de Leche Bars

Mmmmmmm.
       Boy, do I love food.
       Boy, do I love Sundays during Lent, when I get to eat all the food that I'm not allowed to have during the week.
       I went a little overboard this Sunday. Ate a little more than I should have.
       But, that happens a lot. I've gotten used to it. It still hurts, though. Still hurts.

       These babies are good. Mm mm mm good. I was a little upset when I first started making them, because, upon opening the can of what I thought was Dulce de Leche, I was surprised to find out that it was, in fact, only sweetened condensed milk.

       However, being the innovator that I am, I made my own Dulce de Leche (or something similar...) by heating the sweetened condensed milk really high and stirring it really fast.

       My arm got quite sore...but I made my own dulce de leche! Wooo! And, although I'm sure they would've turned out better if I had the right stuff, the bars were delicious.

       For the toffee bits on top, I just bought a bag of mini heath bars and chopped them up. At my grocery store, I couldn't find the baking toffee bits :( But, it worked, because the top had a little chocolate melted into it. Yum.

Dulce de Leche Bars

Recipe from Weekly Bite

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter (room temperature)
1 13 oz can dulce de leche
1 cup toffee bits
Directions
1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
2. Combine the flour, oats, sugar, and salt.
3. Cut the butter into the dry mixture until crumbly.
4. Press 3/4 of the oat mixture into the bottom of a 13×9″ pan. Bake the crust for 10 minutes.
5. While the crust is baking, heat the dulce de leche over low heat until spreadable.
6. Once the crust is done, spread the dulce de leche evenly over the crust.
7. Sprinkle the toffee bits over the dulce de leche.
8. Top with remaining oat crumble.
9. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
10. Let cool for 10 minutes then run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the bars. Let cool completely before cutting to serve.

Note: For me, this recipe didn't make enough oat crumble. Maybe that's because I put too much in the crust, but I don't think so...it still turned out fairly thin. I ended up making another fourth of what was called for...but next time I'll probably make another half of what was called for. I like a lot of crumbly stuff.