Caramel Chocolate Chip Bars

Ingredients:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened

• 1 cup granulated sugar

• 1 cup packed brown sugar

• 2 large eggs

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

• 1 Chopped caramel candies (the ones you have to unwrap every one)

Instructions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F and grease a 9x13 baking dish

2. Cream butter and sugars until mixture is light and fluffy (longer than you would normally cream)

3. Beat in eggs one at a time until fully incorporated

4. Stir in the vanilla extract

5. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt

6. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients, do not fully combine, there should be a bit of flour mixture left unmixed

7. Add the chocolate chips and caramels into the mix and finish mixing

8. LIGHTLY press the mixture into the 9x13 pan

9. Bake for anywhere between 30-60 minutes (yeah, this one is wierd, our oven takes almost an hour on this one).  A knife won't come out clean because of the Chocolate Chips and Caramels, but you'll get the idea.