Caramel Slice Sams Food

CARAMEL SLICE (MILLIONAIRE'S SHORTBREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 320°F (160°C).
• Butter a rectangular 11x8 inches (28 cm x 18 cm) mold, preferably with a removable bottom.
• In a bowl, mix all the dough ingredients, form a dough without kneading too much and pack the mixture in the mold.
• Bake for 15 minutes until the surface is golden.
• Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F / 170°C.
• In a non-stick pan, melt the butter over low heat and add the brown sugar, sweetened condensed milk, golden syrup, and the vanilla. Boil for 5 minutes without ever stirring.
• Pour the caramel on the biscuit base and bake again for 10 minutes.
• Let the cake stand in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Melt the chocolate and oil in a bain marie (water bath) and pour it over the cake.
• Let cool in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving. Cut into square slices.

CARAMEL SLICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (fan 160°C)
• Grease and line a 28x 18cm (lamington pan) / 7" x 11" rectangle pan with baking/parchment paper (Note 2). Have overhang for ease of removal.
• Mix together Base ingredients and press into a pan (I use an egg flip)
• Bake for 15 minutes until the surface is golden. Cool in fridge if you have time (Note 3).
• Lower oven to oven to 160°C/320°F (fan 140°C)
• Place butter, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan over medium low heat. When the butter is melted, whisk to combine with sugar, then just leave it until it comes to a simmer.
• When bubbles appear, add condensed milk. Whisk constantly for 5 minutes (Note 4), until you start getting some big slow bubbles on the base.
• Once bubbles start appearing, whisk for 1 minute, then pour onto Base. Tilt pan to spread evenly.
• Bake for 12 minutes. Don't worry if you get splotchy brown bits (this happens with ovens that don't distribute heat evenly).
• Cool on counter for 20 minutes then refrigerate 30 minutes - bottom of pan should be warm but surface cool (not cold) to touch. (Note 5)
• Place chocolate and oil in a microwave proof bowl. Microwave in 30 second bursts, stirring in between, until chocolate is fully melted (takes me 4 x 30 sec).
• Pour over caramel, spread with spatula. Then gently shake pan to make the surface completely flat.
• Refrigerate 1 hour or until set. Remove from fridge and leave out for 5 minutes to take chill out of chocolate slightly. Then cut into bars or squares to serve!

CARAMEL SLICE

Steps:

• melt butter in large saucepan.
• remove from heat.
• add sugar.
• stir in beaten egg.
• measure in nuts, flour, baking powder, salt and coconut.
• stir well.
• scrape into greased 9" X 9" pan.
• bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until set and medium brown.
• frost when cool with caramel icing.
• Icing.
• combine butter, sugar and milk in saucepan.
• bring to boil and simmer 2 minutes.
• cool (to speed up this procedure, run some cold water into the sink and set pan into water, stirring continuously until cool).
• stir in icing (confectioners) sugar.
• if too stiff, add a bit more milk until soft enough to spread.
• smooth over bars.
• cut when set.

CARAMEL SLICE

Steps:

• For Base - Preheat oven to 180C/160Cfan forced/350°F.
• Mix all ingredients together.
• Press firmly into a tray (I use one 27cm x 18cm - approximately 10 1/2" x 7") .
• Bake for 10 to 15 minutes (should have a slight golden colour and still soft to the touch).
• Let cool while making filling.
• Filling - Put all ingredients into a small saucepan and cook over low heat till butter melted and well combined and takes on a golden colour (about 3 to 5 minutes).
• Pour over biscuit base and return to the oven for about 10 minutes.
• Let cool completely before cutting.