Salted Caramel Shortbread Cups
Need a vegetarian dessert? Salted Caramel Shortbread Cups could be an excellent recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 109 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have all purpose flour, fleur de sel, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease 24 mini muffin cups.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add vanilla and salt and beat until well combined.
Add flour and beat until incorporated and a dough has formed.
Divide dough between mini muffin cups and press down to mold dough to pan.
Bake cookies until lightly golden, about 15 minutes.
While cookies are cooling in the pan, place sugar in medium saucepan. Bring heat to medium high. Stir occasionally as sugar begins to melt. When sugar comes to a boil, let cook untouched until turned a deep amber color. Note: Take care not to overcook or caramel will burn.
Take sugar off heat and quickly whisk in butter until melted.
Pour in heavy cream and whisk until caramel is smooth. Note: Caramel will bubble and steam when cream is added so be careful.
Place cookies on a cooling rack or baking sheet. When caramel has come to room temperature, spoon into shortbread cups, filling almost to the rim.
Sprinkle cookies with fleur de sel.