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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 20 |
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Chocolate & caramel top a cookie type base. Sweet little bars to enjoy any time of the day. Ingredients:
base |
1/2 cup butter |
1/4 cup sugar |
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
center |
1 can condensed milk |
1/2 cup sugar |
1/2 cup butter |
2 tblspn light corn syrup |
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips |
topping |
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips |
Directions:
1. BASE:-
2. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
3. Spray a 8x8 square cake pan with cooking spray
4. Line pan with a sheet of wax paper making sure that the wax paper extends up to the edges of the pan - see step by step picture
5. Lightly spray wax paper
6. Cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy
7. Beat in the flour - the mixture will be crumbly & look dry
8. Work flour in with hands until uniformly mixed - will be like bread crumbs
9. Press well into prepared pan & prick all over with a fork
10. Bake for 20 - 30 mins until slightly golden around the edges
11. Place pan on a wire rack to cool
12. While cooling, make center
13. CENTER:-
14. This mixture will burn very easily so stir briskly, constantly
15. Place condensed milk, sugar, butter & corn syrup in a heavy bottomed saucepan
16. On low heat, stit until butter is melted & sugar dissolved
17. Increase heat to medium/low & heat to almost boiling, stirring constantly for 5 mins
18. Set pan of mixture aside to cool down to warm, it will be very thick
19. Stir in chocolate chips to leave marble effect in caramel
20. Spoon mixture over base & smooth evenly
21. TOPPING:-
22. In microwave carefully melt chocolate chips & stir until smooth
23. Spread over choc/caramel center
24. Set aside or place in fridge until chocolate topping is set
25. Holding the wax paper, carefully lift out of pan & place on solid surface. Remove wax paper
26. Cut into 20 bars
27. Store in sealed container at room temperature
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