Caramel Shortbread 🍬

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Making caramel has never been easier!

Caramel shortbread or Millionaires shortbread is a fun three-step process to create a yummy sweet treat. The first step is making shortbread, which in itself is a recipe you can make without the other layers if you want. The fun part of making shortbread is pricking the holes into the dough before cooking.

Caramel is quite difficult to make because it can burn easily. So, rather make a melty one than dark brown. The final step was to top the caramel with the melted chocolate using the Bain Marie (double boiler) method.

The Caramel shortbread needs to spend some time in the fridge and harden before you cut it up into nice blocks and gobble it all up!

Let’s make some Caramel Shortbread 🍪

Method 📖

For the Shortbread:

1. Beat the butter and sugar together until it is light and fluffy (see Picture 1).
2. Add the flour, cornflour and salt together and rub into the butter and sugar mixture until a stiff dough is formed.
3. Press into a greased rectangular tin.
4. Prick with a fork and bake at 180°C/356°F for 10 minutes (see Picture 2).
5. Reduce the heat to 160°C/320°F and bake for a further 10 minutes.

For the Caramel Layer:

1. Boil all the ingredients in a saucepan for about 5 minutes until it is thick (see Picture 3).
2. Mix continuously to prevent it from burning. 
3. Spread over the baked shortbread and leave to cool until set.

For the Chocolate Topping:
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over hot water and spread it onto the fudge layer.

Cut the shortbread into squares just before the chocolate hardens.

I think that this recipe is a nice take on Millionaire’s Shortbread.  It can last for a long time if kept in a closed airtight container.