Saturday 14 November 2009

Millionaires shortbread recipe


How to make millionaires shortbread.


This millionaires shortbread recipe is truly indulgent yet simple to make.

When you bring a out a plate of these millionaires shortbread to family and friends you will impress them with your baking skills.

The shortbread is crispy and crumbles into your mouth, the caramel is perfect and not too sweet and the chocolate sets so wonderful - it is pure heaven to bite into.

Chef uses evaporated milk not condensed milk in this millionaires shortbread recipe. Using condensed milk will not produce the same caramel and it would taste far too sweet.

When cooking the caramel the trick is to constantly stir at all times, the process should take not much longer than 15 minutes to cook.

Leaving the shortbread to set in the fridge helps to set the chocolate and keeps the caramel chewy and shortbread crisp.

If you always wanted to know how to make your very own millionaires shortbread then this is the recipe for you.

Simply follow the step-by-step pictures and get cooking.





Ingredients for millionaires shortbread recipe

For the shortbread

6oz Plain flour
2oz Caster sugar
4oz Butter/margarine

For the caramel

225ml Evaporated milk
4oz Butter/margarine
8oz Caster sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

Chocolate topping

3oz Milk chocolate
1 tsp Butter/margarine



Picture of millionaires shortbread.



Would you like to take a bite of pure indulgence?






How to make millionaires shortbread

Place the butter and sugar for the shortbread into a mixing bowl and cream together.

Stir the plain flour into the butter and sugar until it starts to clump together.




Grease and flour an 8inch square cake tin.

Press all of the shortbread dough into the bottom of the cake tin until even.

Use a spoon to straighten the edges of the shortbread.



Place into a hot oven at gas mark 4 for 20-30 minutes or until firm.


Leave the shortbread to cool in the tin.



Place the butter, evaporated milk, and sugar for the caramel into a heavy based pan.


Gently heat the pan until the sugar dissolves.



Once the sugar has dissolved bring the pan to the boil and keep at a steady heat for 15 minutes stirring constantly.



The caramel mixture will froth up but use a wooden spoon to keep stirring and the froth should sink back down into the pan a little.



Keep stirring for a whole 15 minutes.


For approximately 10 minutes the mixture in the pan will not resemble caramel, it is only in the last 5 minutes that the mixture will start to look like caramel.



The caramel in the pan will reduce and thicken.

It should take not much longer than 15 minutes to make the caramel.

Remember to stir constantly to prevent burning, do not walk away from the pan whilst making the caramel.



Once the caramel is cooked add the vanilla essence and stir quickly.



Pour on top of the shortbread. Leave to cool.



Place a bowl on top of a pan half full of hot water, place the chocolate and butter into the bowl and melt.



Pour the chocolate on top of the caramel, spread evenly.



Lightly slice the millionaires shortbread into squares.

Leave to set.



Leave at room temperature in a sealed container or for extra crispyness and chewy caramel place the millionaires shortbread into the fridge in a sealed container.



Enjoy Chefs millionaires shortbread recipe.


31 comments:

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

That is a treat I really love! Youe MS look fabulous!

Cheers,

Ros

Yum Yucky said...

Good gawsh! I've never heard of or seen this before, but it need to meet up with my hungry chompers. Fo sho

Bergamot said...

This is surely a treat. Perfectly cut, layers neat and as expected. The crisp crust with a soft caramel layer and heavenly chocolate look yummy.
I made something similar called Chocolate Caramel squares.
Your step by step instructions are really helpful since making the caramel layer is tricky.

Jeannie said...

Wow! looks so tempting! I am going to try making these when I get the ingredients together. Thanks for sharing.

Chocolaty Lifestyle said...

What a great recipe! There aren'm many thing in this world that can be better than chocolate and caramel! :)

hani said...

Millionaires sound so rich and delicious... thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe. :))

Divina Pe said...

I feel like a millionaire now. But I need to get my hands on those first. This is a pure treat.

Palidor said...

Wow! How decadent. These are like the Twix bars I made. I also used evaporated milk and cooked it down to get that nice caramel flavor.

Gloria Baker said...

OMG this look absolutely decadent, delicious and I love it!!
Thanks for sharing, delicioussss gloria

vanillasugarblog said...

love this. I can never get enough of this and you know me I love to kick this up with a few add ins.

Arabic Bites said...

I can't find the word.. this is calling my name! Gorgeous!

Parita said...

Simply Divine!

grace said...

this is such a winning recipe. i've seen a couple different versions of bars with this name, but this is my favorite by far!

Gita Jaishankar said...

Wow...that is awesome...the cake with all the layers look so decadent :)

mona said...

OMG, that made my mouth water. Pure indulgence!

MR said...

Now that is tempting
can u pass some samples please

Chef Fresco said...

Yum! I love the progression of pics :)

isa said...

They looks delicious! I love the caramel and chocolate duo:))

lissie said...

Jeena, that is something irresistible! a wonderful dessert...!

pigpigscorner said...

I've never heard of this. Love the layers!

Pity said...

delicious and utterly indulgent, well done, cheers from london

Yasmeen said...

love the sound of this decadent treat :D

La Bella Cooks said...

Wow, that is fabulous! I haven't had this shortbread in years and I think it is time to get moving on making my own again. Yum.

Ivy said...

I've never heard of this before but no wonder why they are called millionaires as they are so rich in flavour and taste.

Roseiro.Pedro said...

Them pictures look amazing, i will try that soon. Unfortunately my cakes or anything like that usually dont go out very well, but this is worthy a try.
If you like, take a look in my blog. Hope you enjoy

Rahin said...

looks awesome Jeena

AppleC said...

Terrific. It looks so good.

Unknown said...

Shortbread sounds awesome. Right in time for the festive season!

Finla said...

I want to have few slices looks so so drooley delicous.

Nancy @ TheSensitivePantry said...

You are a temptress! These look wonderful, Jeena.

Erica said...

You've been making so many incredible recipes as of late! And these look so so good. Melt in your mouth good :) Hope you are enjoying the holidays