Chocolate Caramel Oatmeal Bars

• 2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 34 cups all-purpose flour
• 34 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup butterscotch caramel ice cream topping
• 12 cup chopped pecans (optional)
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate morsels

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Combine oats, 1 1/2 c flour, brown sugar, and baking soda.
3. Add butter and mix until crumbly.
4. Reserve 1 c of crumb mixture.
5. Press remaining crumb mixture into bottom of a 13 x 9 inch pan.
6. Bake for 15 minutes.
7. Combine caramel and 1/4 c flour and whisk until smooth.
8. Drizzle over bottom crust and spread evenly.
9. Combine pecans and the reserved crumb mixture.
10. Sprinkle crumb mixture and chocolate morsels over caramel layer.
11. Bake fo 15 - 18 minutes or until golden brown.
12. Remove from oven and cool completely before cutting into bars (about 2 hours).

oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, butter, caramel ice cream, pecans, chocolate

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-caramel-oatmeal-bars-258975 (may not work)