Millionaires Shortbread

Directions

• Preheat your oven to 160°C/140°C fan/375°F/Gas 3.
• Line the bottom of an 8-inch square cake tin with baking parchment and grease the sides.
• For the Shortbread
• Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a wooden spoon until they are completely combined.
• Add the flour and with your hand gently bring it all together until you have a dough-like ball of pastry and a clean bowl.
• You don’t need to add any form of liquid, you just want to mix the butter and flour together.
• Place the dough onto the cake tin and press it out with your hands to cover the base trying to get it as even as possible,
• Place the tin in the oven and bake for 10–15 minutes or until the edges are just turning a golden brown
• Set aside to cool in the tin
• For the Caramel
• Place all the caramel ingredients into a saucepan and place over a medium-high heat, stirring gently.
• As the butter and sugar start to melt and heat up, you may see some dark shreds appearing, stir the mixture at a greater pace to incorporate the dark patches, turn the heat down slightly and keep stirring until the right consistency and colour are achieved.
• You are looking for a deep golden brown
• When ready, pour the caramel over the cooled shortbread and spread out evenly
• Leave this to cool for at least an hour (the longer the better)
• For the Chocolate topping
• Break the chocolate into small chunks and place in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water.
• Make sure the bottom of the bowl is not touching the water.
• Begin to stir the chocolate as it melts,
• Keep stirring gently until the chocolate has completely melted and remove from the heat.
• You don’t want the chocolate to get too hot otherwise you will lose the shine
• Pour it onto your cooled caramel surface and spread gently with a knife.
• Shake the tin a little to get a nice even surface
• Leave it to set in a cool place (not in the fridge) for at least an hour
• To slice it into squares, run a knife under hot water and slice down the middle, run the knife under hot water again and slice the two halves down the middle.
• Turn the tin around and repeat the same, running your knife under hot water each time before slicing.
• warm wet knife will give you a sharp clean cut.
• Your Millionaire Shortbread is ready to eat. Enjoy!