Description
Caramel shortbread, also known as caramel shortcake, caramel squares, caramel slice, millionaire’s shortbread, and millionaire’s slice, is a biscuit confectionery item composed of a crunchy and rich rectangular shortbread biscuit base topped with a chewy and soft caramel filling and a shiny milk chocolate topping
Ingredients
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Shortbread layer
- 400g flour
- 360g butter
- 200g castor sugar
Middle Layer Caramel Filling
- 100 g Butter
- 100 g Brown sugar
- 2 Cans Condensed Milk
- 2 tsp Vanilla Essence
Top Layer
- 400 g Dark Chocolate (Belcolade)
- 100 g Milk Chocolate (Belcolade)
- 60 g Butter
- 1 tbs Oil
Instructions
Shortbread:
- Mix and rub the butter into the flour to form a crumb-like mixture.
- Press this mixture into an oven tray and bake at 160C / 320F for 40 minutes different ovens will vary.
Caramel Layer:
- Melt butter and brown sugar.
- Add the condensed milk and bring it to boil until the color becomes slightly darker and thicker.
- Now add vanilla essence and mix through.
- Once thickened pour the caramel layer over the baked and cooled off base.
Top Layer:
- Melt and mix the dark chocolate, butter, and oil in a microwave dish.
- Be careful not to burn the chocolate.
- Gently pour the melted chocolate over the caramel middle layer.
- Decoration:
- Carefully melt the milk chocolate in a microwave dish.
- Scoop into a disposable piping bag with a tiny opening and drizzle the top with melted white chocolate. It is easier to drizzle this way.
- Cover the dish with Saran Wrap, a thin, clingy plastic wrap, and chill the millionaire’s shortbread for 20 min in the freezer.
- Then remove and cut it into squares.
- You can store it in an airtight container for up to a week.
Notes
Prepared, tried and tested by Quraisha Aboobaker
