Easy Millionaires Shortbread Recipe | Carnation (2024)

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What is the trick to shortbread? ›

What's the difference between millionaire shortbread and billionaire shortbread? Millionaire shortbread has a caramel centre, billionaire shortbread has a decadent salted caramel centre. Can shortbread biscuits be frozen? Yes shortbread cookies and biscuits (even with caramel and chocolate) freeze perfectly.

The name "millionaire's shortbread" appears to have originated in Scotland. The "millionaire" prefix to millionaire's shortbread or millionaires slice implies a level of decadence and wealth to the sweet treat, that it is an upgrade from regular shortbread.

Millionaire Shortbread aka Twix Bars

Enjoy a slice of rich, decadent Millionaire Shortbread, also known as Caramel Squares or homemade Twix Bars with an easy shortbread crust, gooey caramel layer and smooth milk chocolate topping.

The most common mistakes when making shortbread are over-working the dough, and incorporating too much flour. The less you work the dough, the more crumbly and melt-in-your-mouth your shortbread cookies will be.

Poking shortbread dough with a fork before after pressing it into the pan and before placing the pan in the oven allows air to escape the dough, and it allows heat to distribute evenly.

How do you cut Millionaire's Shortbread without it Cracking the Chocolate top? Here are a few tips: use a serrated knife when cutting, using slow and continuos motions. make sure you chocolate and caramel layers have fully set before cutting otherwise everything will ooze out the sides.

Walker's Shortbread Fingers are our most world famous product and have a unique bite – a crunchy yet crumbly texture with a pure butter taste – which is achieved through Walker's 100-year-old family recipe and using the finest natural ingredients.

Shortbread is similar to shortcake but doesn't include baking powder. Lots of rich butter gives shortbread a high fat content, resulting in a fine, crumbly texture. Shortcake and shortbread biscuits are delicious on their own, with fruit and cream, or simply topped with a delicate dusting of sugar.

Place the caramel (or dulce de leche or sweetened condensed milk) into a medium pot with the butter, sugar and salt. Heat on medium, stirring often, until the butter has melted. Turn the heat to low and continue to cook, stirring often, for 7-10 minutes until the caramel has thickened and darkened.

Can I freeze millionaires shortbread? ›

To Store: These shortbread bars can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 1 week. To Freeze: Millionaire's Shortbread Bars freeze really well. Wrap the individual bars in plastic wrap and foil and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw completely at room temperature.

With buttery layers of crumbly shortbread, sticky caramel made with our creamy Carnation Condensed Milk and rich dark and white chocolate, these little squares really hit the jackpot! If you like to make your own shortbread, try our Classic Millionaires Shortbread recipe.

Chill Before Baking

The goal is to ensure the butter in the dough is cold when it goes into the oven. This will prevent the shortbread from spreading.

Put it in the fridge for 20 to 30 minutes to let the butter in it firm up somewhat. Then remove it from the fridge and knead it, by small handfuls, in one hand until the dough blends in and becomes smooth. Do not knead any more than you need to, in order to get it to stick together.

Why Do You Poke Holes in Shortbread Cookies? Poking holes helps to release steam so the cookies hold their shape better. Don't skip this step while making the best shortbread cookie recipe, or you will wind up with cookies that are too flat and don't have that beloved Scottish Shortbread texture.

The large amount of butter in the cookies makes them crumbly, while also giving them a nice buttery flavor. Shortbread cookies are insanely popular throughout the world. They originated in Scotland.