Salted Caramel Apple Magic Cookie Bars Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1- 14 ounce can of fat free sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup of just the apples (none of the liquidy filling stuff) from a can of apple pie filling, roughly chopped
- 3/4 cup cinnamon flavored chips (can sub peanut butter, white chocolate, or butterscotch)
- 1/2 cup sweetened, flaked coconut
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 3/4 cup caramel bits
- kosher or flaked salt, as desired
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