Oatmeal Tres Leches Bars

Description

This is a recipe i made up when i wanted the flavor of tres leches without a whole cake. The "secret" ingredient is cream of coconut, which is different than coconut milk. Cream of coconut can be found in the beverage aisle under the brand name "coco lopez".

Ingredients

• Butter
• Brown Sugar
• Vanilla Extract
• All-purpose Flour
• Old Fashioned Oats
• Baking Soda
• Salt
• Pecans
• Sweetened Condensed Milk
• Cream Of Coconut
• Milk
• White Chocolate

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f
2. Line a 13×9 inch pan with aluminum foil leaving one inch overhang
3. Spray foil with no-stick spray
4. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla extract until creamy
5. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, salt and pecans
6. Add flour mixture to butter / sugar mixture and stir until mixture starts to come together
7. Press 2 / 3 oat mixture into prepared pan
8. Bake for 15 minutes
9. In a medium sauce pan, heat condensed milk, cream of coconut and milk over medium heat
10. Stir in white chocolate
11. Turn off heat and stir until morsels are melted
12. Pour melted white chocolate mixture over baked oatmeal crust
13. Crumble remaining oat mixture on top and bake for 20 minutes more
14. Let cool completely and chill
15. Lift foil from pan and cut into bars