Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, sea salt caramel shortbread squares. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Sea Salt Caramel Shortbread Squares is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Sea Salt Caramel Shortbread Squares is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have sea salt caramel shortbread squares using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sea Salt Caramel Shortbread Squares:
- Get 2/3 cup butter
- Make ready 1/4 cup white sugar
- Make ready 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- Take 1/2 cup butter
- Take 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- Prepare 2 Tbsp light corn syrup
- Take 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- Get 1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips
- Prepare Sea salt
Probably my most popular and crowd winning dessert is the sea salt caramel bars. With a buttery crust and a beautifully swirled topping of caramel and chocolate dusted with sea salt, they look like a treat from a fancy bakery. Sometimes the caramel layer is salted caramel but for this recipe, I added a sprinkle of sea salt on top so I felt like they needed a new name…one that described exactly what they are. These Chocolate Caramel Shortbread Bars (aka Homemade Twix) are the perfect portions of each layer/flavor.
Steps to make Sea Salt Caramel Shortbread Squares:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, mix together 2/3 cup butter, white sugar and flour until evenly crumbly. Press into a 9 inch square baking pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for 20 minutes.
- In a 2 quart saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Continue to boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon for 3 minutes. Pour over warm or cool baked crust. Cool until it begins to firm.
- Place chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 1 minute on high power, then stir. Continue to heat and stir at 20 second intervals until chocolate is melted and smooth. Pour chocolate over the caramel layer and spread evenly to cover completely. Sprinkle with sea salt and chill. Lift squares out of pan using parchment paper and place on cutting board. Cut into squares. Makes 36 squares.
The crust is has the exact right amount of crunch, the caramel is creamy and soft, without oozing everywhere, and well, milk chocolate topped with flaked sea salt is a winning combo. The shortbread (a faux shortbread, more on that below) is slightly sweetened but serves as the crispy vehicle to transport chewy caramel and a blanket of chocolate ganache. To make things even more decadent, it's all topped off with a sprinkle of sea salt. Carefully pour the caramel over the shortbread crust and sprinkle with sea salt. Spread chocolate over the caramel layer and sprinkle with sea.
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