Pretzel Caramel Shortbread Bars

Name: Pretzel Caramel Shortbread Bars
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 79 milliliters caramel bits (or 3 ounces of unwrapped caramel); 1 large egg yolk; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 Tbsps milk; 769 milliliters salted miniature twist pretzels, plus 3 more for garnish; 113 grams stick unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Pretzel Caramel Shortbread Bars might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 8 servings with 322 calories, 5g of protein, and 13g of fat each. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of flour, vanillan extract, egg yolk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line an 8 inch square metal pan with nonstick foil or line with regular foil and spray with cooking spray.Pulse 1 3/4 cups pretzels in a food processor until powdery. Measure out 1/2 cup and put in a small bowl. Stir in the flour and baking powder.

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Baking Powder

Cooking Spray

Pretzels

All Purpose Flour

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Food Processor

Bowl

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Frying Pan

Transfer remaining 1 1/2 cups pretzels to food processor, and pulse a few times until coarsely chopped.In a mixing bowl using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low, and beat in vanilla and egg yolk.

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Egg Yolk

Pretzels

Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Food Processor

Mixing Bowl

Add the pretzel-flour mixture and stir until combined.

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Pretzels

All Purpose Flour

Mix in about 1/2 cup chopped pretzels.Press dough evenly into pan and press about 1/2 cup of the broken pretzels on top.

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Pretzels

Dough

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Frying Pan

Bake shortbread on center rack for 25 to 30 minutes or until browned around edges and set in center.

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Shortbread Cookies

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Oven

Transfer pan to a wire rack, and let shortbread cool for about an hour.Meanwhile, microwave the caramel bits with the milk on high for about 25 seconds. Stir well and quickly drizzle melted caramels over bars (it’s okay if they are still warm at this point). Break up a few more pretzels and press pretzel pieces over caramel drizzle.

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Caramel Bits

Shortbread Cookies

Caramel

Pretzels

Milk

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Microwave

Wire Rack

Frying Pan

Let the bars continue to sit until bars are completely cool and caramel has set.Grasp foil and lift bars from pan. Set on a cutting board, and with a chef’s knife, cut into 8 bars.

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Caramel

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Cutting Board