Caramel Fudge Shortbread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup butter, cut into pieces,plus
• 10 teaspoons butter
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar, softened,plus
• 3 teaspoons brown sugar, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 5 1/2 ounces milk chocolate

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 grease a 9 in square pan.
• 3 add sifted flour and ½ c butter pieces together.
• 4 rub the butter in with your fingers until it is fine crumbs.
• 5 add 3 tbsp softened brown sugar and mix to form a firm dough.
• 6 press dough into the bottom of the pan and make holes in it with a fork.
• 7 bake for 20 min until golden.
• 8 cool in the pan.
• 9 in a sauce pan sprayed with non-stick spray, mix 10 tsp butter, 3 tbsp softened brown sugar and sweetened condensed milk.
• 10 bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• 11 reduce heat and cook for 4 to 5 min, until the caramel is pales gold and is coming away from the sides of the pan.
• 12 pour the hot caramel over the shortbread and spread evenly.
• 13 when the caramel is cool and firm (make sure of this), melt the chocolate.
• 14 spread the melted chocolate over the caramel and let cool.
• 15 cut into bars.