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Millionaire Shortbread Bars Scottish shortbread is a buttery, crumbly cookie that melts in your mouth.
Topped with thick caramel and chocolate and you have Millionaire Shortbread Bars.
Partially adapted from America's Test Kitchen.
You can cook Millionaire Bars (Caramel Shortbread Bars) using 15 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Millionaire Bars (Caramel Shortbread Bars)
- You need of For the shortbread crust.
- You need 3/4 cups of unsalted butter, at room temperature (1 1/2 sticks).
- Prepare 1/3 cup of granulated sugar.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- It's 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
- Prepare of For Caramel Layer.
- It's 1 (14 ounce) of can sweetened condensed milk.
- It's 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- You need 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla.
- It's of For Chocolate Layer.
- Prepare 4 ounces of good quality milk chocolate, I used Lindt Excellence Extra Creamy Milk Chocolate, chopped.
- It's 2 ounces of good quality semi sweet bar chocolate, chopped.
- Prepare 1/2 tablespoon of salted butter.
- It's 1/2 cup of English toffee bits, I used Heath enlist toffee bits.
When your caramel is finished you will immediately pour it over your shortbread cookie, that has been cooling in the pan. You cannot wait until your caramel cools, because it will harden. Then, you will take a butterknife and spread the caramel over the cookie and the pecans. However, it is believed that the name actually came from Scotland.
Millionaire Bars (Caramel Shortbread Bars) step by step
- Preheat the oven to 350. Line a 8 by 8 baking dish with foil with sides extending over the edge for easy removal of bars. Spray foil woth non stick spray.
- Make Shortbread Crust.
- In a bowl beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Add flour and salt and beat just until the dough forms clumps.
- Press onto prepared pan evenly and bake about 25 to 30 minutes until light golden.
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- Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Make Caramel Layer.
- Pour sweetened condensed milk in to a heatproof bowl and stir in salt and vanilla.
- Place bowl over simmering water, cover with foil and cook until a golden caramel forms about 60 to 90 minutes. Stir occasionally and check to be sure the water level is ok..
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- Remove from heat and beat until smooth with a whisk..
- Spread caramel over cooled shortbread crust. Let caramel firm up about 60 minutes before adding chocolate layer.
- Make Chocolate Layer.
- Combine both chopped chocolates and butter in a microwave safe bowl, microwave carefully until just melted then stir smooth.
- Let sit about 5 minutes to cool a bit then pour over caramel layer.
- While chocolate is still warm evenly top with Toffee bits.
- Let chocolate set before cutting g into bars. Refrigerate for easy cutting. To cut remove entire shortbread from pan in one piece, then cut. Store in refrigerator or freeze individual bars for layer.
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