Remember when I told you about the Secret recipe Club last month?
Amanda from Amanda’s Cookin‘ came up with the great idea to have a club, where we exchange names to make recipes from each others blog. The blog you received, and the recipe you pick , is a secret until the reveal day. If you have a food blog, with at least 60 recipes,we would love for you to join us.
And guess what?
It’s Reveal Day!!!
I received the awesome blog, Eggs, cream, and honey owned and operated by our own sweet Heather.
Heather has some great recipes and it didn’t take me long to pick one. I have wanted to make Millionaire’s Shortbread for a long time and this was finally my chance. Millionaire’s Shortbread consist of a shortbread base, a layer of caramel, topped with a layer of chocolate. It’s sweet, chewy, and truly decadent.
I did do a few things different but I think I stayed true to the recipe.
The changes I made from Heather’s recipe are…
1. The Shortbread.
I used a little more sugar, a little less butter, and I left the egg out completely
2. The caramel.
I didn’t have the time to boil the cans of sweetened condensed milk for 3 hours so I made my caramel on the stove. Heather also added a bit of sea salt to her caramel, I added a vanilla bean. It was killer caramel if I do say so myself.
3. The chocolate topping.
Heather added some corn syrup and 1/2 a cup of butter to 6 oz of chocolate to make her chocolate glaze. I used about 9 oz of chocolate and added 2 tablespoons of coconut butter. And on some, I sprinkled a little Fleur de Sel Sea Salt .
This recipe is rich and makes a lot. I decorated a few with some of my cute sugar decorations. I boxed these up to give them away with some other goodies as a gift. They were very well received!
I think Heather summed it up quite nicely when she said, “If you don’t know about this amazing confection it’s about time you did. It’s one part shortbread, one part caramel and one part chocolate and the whole thing together ends up being rather addictive.”
Thanks Amanda and Heather. To see the original recipe, you can find it here at Eggs, cream and honey.
| Millionaire’s Shortbread Recipe |
- 2 sticks butter, cut into small pieces,
- 2 cups all-purpose flour,
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 vanilla bean, scraped,
- 9 oz dark chocolate
- 2 Tbs coconut oil
- Sea Salt (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a 9×13 in pan.
- Place the flour, sugar, butter, and salt in a food processor and pulse until mixture resembles peas.
- Press the shortbread mixture into prepared pan and bake until golden brown around the edges, about 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
- In a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the condensed milk and butter, and vanilla seeds.
- Slowly bring the mixture to a boil, stirring continuously.
- Continue stirring over the heat about 15 minutes or until mixture becomes thick and amber in color,
- Pour the caramel over the cooked shortbread and spread evenly using an offset spatula.
- Cool to room temperature.
- In a glass bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the chocolate and coconut butter.
- Once chocolate has melted, pour it over the cooled caramel layer.
- Cool at room temperature for about 10 minutes, and then place in the refrigerator to cool completely, allowing chocolate to set
- Cut and enjoy, or store in an airtight container, at room temperature
This post is linked to Mouth Watering Monday and Mangia Monday
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Megan! Love your take on these. So glad you got to finally make them and I can’t wait to try your version. I love the idea of coconut butter in with the chocolate – sounds so intriguing. Thanks so much for your kind words too
I love the little decorations on top, and the Fleur de Sel sounds like a nice touch! What a fun event!
Oh my goodness, it’s been way to long since I’ve made this! My hubby knows it as homemade twix and if I show him your pictures he will make sure I make it soon, lol! Yours looks really gorgeous!
I don’t know why I haven’t heard of these before. It has all of my favorites. What a great gift – so cute!
Tasty shortbreads! Winner in any household.
These look wonderful, and perfect to give as a gift. It almost makes me want to bake more! You have a lot of blogs participating in the secret recipe club! Sounds fun!
I haven’t had millionaire’s shortbread but it sounds like I need to. All of those wonderfully sweet layers..heaven! Have a great monday!
I’d never heard of millionaire shortbread before, but it seems like something I would love! I love your cute decorations!
Tastes like Twix.. I am sold!!!
These look so good. Will definitely give them a try soon!
Those shortbreads look divine. Wish I was one of the lucky recipients.
Oh my gosh! Those sound and look so wonderful Megan! I have to try this
Thanks for playing along!
Look amazing and beauty, love them! gloria
Ooh Megan! That looks stunning. Love the decorations on top too. I’ve made and posted about these too, and they’re high up on my favorites list!
I had never heard of Millionaire’s Shortbread, but that’s quite an auspicious name. Looks delicious!
These look SO good, and I love the idea of sprinkling some of them with fleur de sel. I love the sweet-salty combo, especially with caramel and chocolate. Yum! Those decorations on top are also super cute!
These are just beautiful and they look delicious too! What’s there not to like about shortbread, caramel and chocolate! YUMMMMMMM!
Is this box for me….
Tastes like a Twix bar- you have me sold! These look delicious and love the sweet salty pairing!
Beautiful recipe, and such a cute presentation! I wish I had received a gift box like that! I need to look into that fleur de sel…
I love the cute little decorations!
I also didn’t know coconut oil sets the chocolate so well for a hard top. Love that!
I, too, have wanted to make these bars but have never gotten around to it. Your adaptations sound great!
How cute are these! They look so yummy!
Where have these little beauties been all my life? They sound fantastic!!
wow, these are so pretty, and impressive. they look delicious!
Another winner. What a great pick Megan. I love your blog and I love how you added your touches to make the ‘millionaire look’ even richer {read more precious}! Wonderful that you knocked the egg off, and added the sweet embellishments on top… just wonderful! This is turnign out to be a real fun club!
I’ve never heard of these cookies before but I’m sure glad that you made me aware of them. Cookie, caramel and chocolate…what could go wrong? Heaven on a plate!
You’ve twisted my arm into trying them. lol! Love the first picture that shows all of the beautiful layers.
Those look divine! Perfect slices! This group could prove dangerous for me–so many good things! Great job. And my address is……
jk
These square came out so pretty Megan! Love those cute little toppers. Awesome idea for a blog event too!
These look fantastic!
I’m so glad you posted these. I have seen them before elsewhere and book marked them so that I could go back and make them but since I book mark SO many things, I had forgotten about them.
These have my 3 fave things…shortbread, chocolate and caramel…and yours look so lovely with the decorations, I love that…makes them look very spring-y!! Can’t wait to try them out!!
Oh my. When I am no longer dairy-free, I’m definitely making these!
They almost look too pretty to eat… but who can pass up some chocolate, caramel and shortbread – a great combo!
These looks SO good!
These are ADORABLE! I love how you decorated them – so cute!
So cute! I would find these rather addictive too
What where those things of watermelon and flowers that you put on top?
Caramel and shortbread? Drool!
This recipe sounds indulgent and delicious. I love the little sugar decorative pieces that you’ve added to the pieces!
These little bars look addicting and delicious! I love that you added vanilla to the caramel…yum!
Fun idea to exchange the recipes! This looks like such a delicious treat, so pretty with those decorations on top too!
They are just molded sugar decorations. Too cute!
I love shortbread. And chocolate. And caramel. So, I love this recipe!
I have had that on my “must make” list forEVER! Great job!
Hey Megan
Just for fun, thought I would let you know that this recipe received the most clicks in the blog hop!
I’ve never made these, either, but I do love Twix, and I love your elegant version, Megan!
This club sounds like so much fun! Your shortbread looks amazing!
This look so cute and sound AMAZING!! I would love a few for myself right this moment!!