This is more of a cookie bar than a cookie. Originally 25 years ago, I got a recipe from personal friends Chuck & Vicki Inks, called Oatmeal Carmelitas.

I lost the recipe about 20 years ago, so I decided that I would attempt to create something similar (my apologies to Vicki).

Ingredients:

2 Cups Quick Quaker Oats
1 Cup (packed) Brown Sugar
3/4 C. Butter (softened)
1 C. Semi Sweet Chocolate Baking Chips
20 Brachs carmels (unwrapped, of course)
4 T Half-n-Half
1/2 C. chopped Nuts

Preheat oven to 375.

Combine oats, sugar, and butter in a mixing bowl, then divide into two parts. Take one part and press into the bottom of a 9 in pie plate. Bake in oven for approximately 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Melt carmels with half-n-half in a small sauce pan over low heat. After camel is melted and creamy consistency like honey, drissle over the oatmeal base in bottom of pie plate. Evenly distribute/sprinkle chocolate chips over the carmel. Sprinkle nuts evenly, too.

Take remainder of oatmeal dough mixture and distribute it over the entire carmel/chips/nuts combination. Place in oven and bake for another 20 - 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Cut into squares.