Millionaire’s Shortbread 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
Shortbread:
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 sticks butter, cut into small pieces
⅔ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
Caramel Layer:
2 cans sweetened condensed milk, 14-ounce cans
2 tablespoons butter
Chocolate Layer:
12 ounce semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
Shortbread:
- Preheat the over to 350° F
- Sift the flour, sugar and salt
- Add the butter and pulse using handheld pulser (or food processor), and let the lumps be, formed due to butter
- Grease a 9″ x 13″ pan and refrigerate for the butter to harden and stick
- Pour the shortbread mixture into the pan, spreading evenly
- Bake for 20 minutes until the edges are brown
- Let it cool to room temperature
Caramel Layer:
- Combine the condensed milk and butter in a saucepan over medium heat
- Slowly bring to a boil, stirring continuously
- Continue stirring for about 15 minutes for mixture to thicken and turn amber in colour
Chocolate Layer:
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate
Assembly:
- With the shortbread in its pan, pour the caramel over
- Spread evenly using an offset spatula
- Cool to room temperature
- Pour the molten chocolate
- Spread evenly using an offset spatula
- Cool to room temperature
- Place in the refrigerator to cool completely, allowing chocolate to slightly harden but not get hard
- Cut into pieces