{"id":19637,"date":"2015-12-09T22:55:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T04:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cupcakeproject.com\/?p=19637"},"modified":"2021-07-05T16:31:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:31:15","slug":"salted-caramel-gooey-butter-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cupcakeproject.com\/salted-caramel-gooey-butter-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Salted Caramel Gooey Butter Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gooey<\/a><\/p>\n

There are a few types of gooey butter bar (or as we say here in St. Louis, gooey butter cake) bakers: those who make yeasty cake-like gooey butter bars, those who prepare a “cheater” version made with cake mix and cream cheese, and those who bake a from-scratch version made with evaporated milk. I prefer the last option and, judging from the results of my informal Facebook survey, most of you prefer bars when they are\u00a0covered in salted caramel!<\/p>\n

Since I know you can’t all make it to St. Louis, I made you some salted caramel gooey butter bars here on the blog!<\/p>\n

My\u00a0salted caramel gooey butter bars\u00a0start with a buttery crust. That’s topped with a layer of salted caramel (follow the recipe to make it from scratch or save time and use store-bought caramel sauce [paid link]<\/a>). The caramel layer is covered in rich gooey butter filling and, once out of the oven, more caramel sauce may be drizzled on top.<\/p>\n

\"Gooey<\/a><\/p>\n

I originally developed the gooey butter bar recipe for Go Bold With Butter<\/a> and I took my commitment to using real butter seriously. These gooey butter bars are super rich and I wouldn’t have it any other way (see my brookies<\/a> for another really intense dessert bar). I always start snack time by putting just half of a bar on my plate, somehow convincing myself that I won’t need the other half. I end up reaching for the second half every time.<\/p>\n

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