Caramel Squares/Millionaire's Shortbread

Published on by Margaret

Anything made of caramel is always tempting, especially millionaire’s shortbread. It’s that combination of shortbread, caramel and chocolate that I find so irresistible.

I’ve tried making it a few times and this last batch I made is the best, so far. It could be better, the shortbread could be shorter and the chocolate a bit thicker to reach perfection, but the caramel part was scrumptious.

Millionaire's shortbreadI used a mix of recipes:

Home Baking Cookbook 001The shortbread is made with:

  • 115g butter
  • 60g soft light brown sugar
  • 225g plain flour

I rubbed the butter into the flour, added the sugar and worked it together to form a firm dough. Then I pressed  the mixture into a 23cm square cake tin, pricked it all over with a fork and baked it in the oven at 190° for 20 minutes. I left it to cool and then –

For the caramel, I used the recipe on a tin of condensed milk:

  • 120g butter
  • 75g brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of honey
  • 397g can condensed milk

It all went into a saucepan and I cooked it over a moderate heat and stirred until the sugar melted and the ingredients were combined. Then I brought it to the boil and lowered the heat and simmered for 3 to 4 minutes until thickened, and then poured it over the shortbread and left it to set.

For the topping I melted some milk chocolate in a bowl over a pan of barely simmering water and poured it over the caramel. I’d have preferred plain chocolate, but milk chocolate was all we had in the house.

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15 thoughts on “Caramel Squares/Millionaire's Shortbread”

  1. Oh no. I’m doomed. So much for my thought of not baking this weekend. Must resist …. but bookmarking this page. They sound yummy. In fact, I’m pinning the recipe. :)

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  5. When I saw the title of this post I KNEW I shouldn’t go any further……….as ever my determination to avoid such a temptation was pathetic and here I am…tongue hanging out!

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  11. My mother-in-law used to make it occasionally and the truth is that every shop-bought version I’ve ever tried since has never matched up to hers. I’ve not made it myself.

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