Chocolate-Caramel Shortbread Bars

Name: Chocolate-Caramel Shortbread Bars
Prep time: 33 min
Cook time: 33 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter; 237 milliliters butter, softened; 10 servings Chocolate Ganache; 118 milliliters light corn syrup; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters heavy cream, divided; 10 servings Flaky sea salt or kosher salt; 237 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Chocolate-Caramel Shortbread Bars a try. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 37g of fat, and a total of 597 calories. If you have butter, butter, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 33 minutes.

Instructions

Beat butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.

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Vanilla Extract

Powdered Sugar

Butter

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Combine flour and salt in a medium bowl; gradually beat into butter mixture.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Press dough into a greased, aluminum foil-lined 9- x 9-inch baking pan.

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Dough

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Aluminum Foil

Baking Pan

Bake at 350 for 23 to 25 minutes. Set aside.

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Oven

Combine sugar, 1/2 cup heavy cream, corn syrup, and butter in a 2-quart heavy pot. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Increase heat to medium, and bring to a boil. Boil, without stirring, until mixture reaches 238 (just past soft ball stage) on a candy thermometer.

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Heavy Cream