Soft And Chewy Millionaire Shortbread Bars Recipe

Three simple but indulgent layers make this Millionaire Shortbread recipe a winner every time. Just 8 every day ingredients magically turn into a crispy shortbread base, soft and chewy caramel centre and a rich and thick layer of chocolate ganache. If you adore caramel like I do, you’ll love these bars but you’ll also love these Carmelitas, Salted Caramel Brownie Bites or Homemade Caramels too.

Millionaire Shortbread Recipe

You’ll love biting through the soft and chewy top layers of this slice, then into that crisp, buttery base. It’s rich and indulgent in all the best ways but takes relatively little effort to make. It’s easy too, there’s nothing too technical here.

Ingredients in Millionaire Shortbread

One of the great things about this dessert is the simplicity of the ingredients and how, when they’re combined, they create something that tastes like a million bucks.

Flour: Just regular all purpose flour Sugar: two types in this one – white (I prefer superfine but granulated will work) in the shortbread base and brown in the caramel. Butter: Use unsalted so you have control over the amount of salt you’d like to add. Salt: I use regular table salt for this and just a ½ teaspoon to balance it but you can easily make this a salted caramel by adding another ½ teaspoon. Sweetened Condensed Milk: One tin is all you need and creates a gorgeous creamy flavour in the caramel filling. Chocolate: Use a semi-sweet or dark chocolate (50% cocao and above). Milk chocolate will definitely make these too sweet. Heavy cream: this is cream with a fat content of at least 35%. It goes with the chocolate to make a gorgeous, thick ganache on top.

How to Make Soft and Chewy Millionaire Shortbread

Here’s the easy steps to homemade millionaire shortbread! The shortbread The caramel The chocolate ganache

Tips and Variations for The Best Millionaire Shortbread

Shortbread dough: Only beat the dough until small clumps start forming. You don’t want a ball of dough but rather clumping dough that you can scatter over your tin. Also don’t press it down to firmly in your tin. This way it remains crisp rather than turning hard and doughy once baked. Baking the base: You want it to be starting to colour before taking it out of the oven. This also helps to keep it crisp as opposed to firm. Salt: Add an extra ½ teaspoon if you want a salted caramel middle. Caramel: The caramel will thicken after 6 or so minutes to a point where it will take a good few seconds to settle back again. At this point you add it to the shortbread. Chocolate: Make sure the chocolate is very finely chopped so it can easily melt into the cream and use a good eating chocolate (not a baking style chocolate). If it isn’t melting into the cream, zap it in the microwave for 20 seconds on half power, no more, then stir again.

How to Store Millionaire’s Shortbread Dessert

These bars keep well in the fridge for up to a week. Keep them stored in an airtight container, in one layer or with a sheet of baking paper between the layers.

More Amazing Caramel Recipes

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All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.