Millionaire shortbread. Kim's Cooking Now Back to Recipe. Sprinkle everything off with a scattering of sea salt and you have a decadently rich treat that lives up to every penny of its lucrative name. When you really want to ball out on dessert, this is THE cookie to make. With a buttery shortbread crust, caramel middle. Millionaire's shortbread has a lot going for it: a crunchy shortbread base; a chewy, caramel-like filling; and a shiny, snappy chocolate top.

The only thing that could make it better would be foolproof methods for producing all three layers. Plain shortbread, a combination of the most basic ingredients in the baker's pantry, is an understated sweet, but millionaire's shortbread is a spectacle It's a flashy cookie, topped with swoops of chocolate and chewy caramel made from condensed milk, butter and Lyle's Golden Syrup A British confection made from cane sugar, Lyle's is found near the honey and maple syrup in any well. Place the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor and pulse once. You can have Millionaire shortbread using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Millionaire shortbread

Prepare 225 g of plain flour.
It's 175 g of unsalted butter.
You need 75 g of caster sugar.
It's of Topping.
Prepare 1 can of condensed milk.
It's 150 g of unsalted butter.
It's 100 g of golden syrup.
Prepare 350 g of chocolate.

Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles peas. Millionaire's shortbread is easy to make with condensed milk caramel and a buttery biscuit base. The clue to the richness of this recipe is in the name. Millionaire's shortbread is easy to make.

Millionaire shortbread step by step

Pre heat oven 150c.
Line a baking a 9 x 12 baking tray.
Cut butter into cubes and place in a large bowl add sugar and flour then rub together to form fine bread crumbs put into baking tray and press firmly to make the base.
Place in oven and bake for 30 mins.
Allow to cool.
Place butter condensed milk and syrup in a large saucepan and on a low heat stirring continuously untill it thickens and goes a caramel colour....try not to rush as it can burn.
Allow to cool slightly. pour over the base allow to cool down.
Melt chocolate in a bowl over simmering water and then pour over caramel.
Allow to set before cutting i put mine in the fridge.
Remove from baking tray and cut into squares..
They will last upto 5 days in an air tight container.
I sprinkle a liitle bit of edible gold glitter to bling them.

This is NOT the original Scottish recipe. This is the only 'Millionaire's Shortbread' recipe I have ever seen that calls for a 'cookie' crust. This is not traditional 'Millionaire's Shortbread', because it is not made with traditional shortbread. Millionaire's Shortbread is a rich, decadent treat made up of three layers: a shortbread crust, chewy golden caramel, and thick chocolate ganache. I don't know about you, but to me, it doesn't get any better than that.