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🍲 Caramel Squares

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Caramel squares (alternatively: caramel slices, caramel shortbread, or '''millionaire's shortbread''') are a wonderfully rich and classic treat, very popular all over Britain and Ireland. They can often be found in cafes, served with morning coffee or afternoon tea. They're perfect for picnics, lunches and your guests will love them! They have a crunchy base with a creamy caramel filling, topped off with chocolate.

Caramel Squares
Caramel Squares — photograph by Aurore D, licensed CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia.
1 hour 30 minutes8–124
Cook for servings as written The source's own quantities, rounded to the nearest mark on a cup or a spoon. A line carrying a second number of its own — a weight in another unit, a count of pieces — is left as written.

Ingredients

Base

  • 350 g self-raising flour
  • 225 g unsalted butter
  • 110 g caster sugar

Filling

  • 225 g caster sugar
  • 225 g unsalted butter
  • 5 Tablespoons golden syrup
  • 400 ml full-fat condensed milk

Topping

  • 340 g good-quality chocolate (milk or dark), melted

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas mark 4; 350°F). Rub flour, butter, and caster sugar together until it resembles breadcrumbs.
  2. Press into a 25 x 38 x 4 cm Swiss roll pan.
  3. Bake for 20 minutes or till golden.
  4. Cool.
  5. Melt butter in a heavy-based saucepan over a low heat; add sugar, golden syrup, and condensed milk.
  6. Stir continuously for 40–50 minutes. It should be golden brown in colour when ready to eat. To test, drop a little blob into a bowl of cold water; it should firm up.
  7. Pour this caramel mixture over the base, and let it cool.
  8. Pour melted chocolate over the top.
  9. Spread the chocolate evenly, and let set.
Where this came from. Adapted from Caramel Squares in the Wikibooks Cookbook, written by its contributors and published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page changes the layout and nothing else: the ingredients, the quantities and the steps are the source's. If you improve on it, the Cookbook welcomes edits.

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