You know I rarely make up my recipes. I pull them from all over the place. I try to give credit when I can. But I just made this one up. And they are really good!
Preheat oven to 350.
1/2 cup butter (1 stick) Land O Lakes preferrably
1/2 cup Crisco shortening (1/2 stick)
Cream together in a mixer fitted with a paddle.
Add:
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
Mix on low until combined.
Add:
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla bean paste (or 2 tsp. vanilla extract)
Beat on medium just until combined.
Add:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. kosher salt (this gives it the saltier taste, buy some if you don't have it. Don't substitute table salt)
2 cups Old Fashioned rolled oats
Mix on low until combined, scraping down bowl, 2 times.
In a food processor, pulse
1 - 3.5 oz bar Lindt Sea Salt Dark chocolate bar (found in the candy aisle not the baking aisle)
Add to cookie dough:
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 cup caramel bits
Mix on low until incorporated.
Using an ice cream scoop (2 inch across, about 1/8 a cup). Place on parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake 17 minutes at 350 degrees.
Labels: Sweets
