Mum' s Millionaire Shortbread

[binley100]

Shortbread
5oz plain flour,pinch salt,2oz caster sugar,40z butter. Rub all ingredients together then press into 7" square tin (lined or greased). bake at 180C/Gas 4 for 25 mins. Leave to cool.
Fudge
4oz marg, 4oz soft brown sugar, 2 tbsp golden syrup, 1 small tin condensed milk, vanilla essence. Melt ingredients together, bring to the boil stirring and boil for 7 mins. Add few drops vanilla essence and beat well. Pour onto base and leave to set.
Topping
4oz plain dessert chocolate or 80z for a thick layer. Melt chocolate and cover over the fudge.
Leave to set then enjoy

[Jeanied]

How fab, Binley and thanks for posting this! And it is heaps better than the recipe on the back of the condensed milk tin!

[kirsty b]

will have to try that - sounds scrummy

[Pumpkin Becki]

okay, I'm drooling again!! Out of preference, I think I'd use milk choccy for the top though.

[stella]

Sounds great Im off to the shops to get the ingredients.

[Alison]

We always called it Caramel Shortbread as kids, didn't hear the Millionaire's name until I was well into my 20's. My mum's recipe is similar although we don't add an vanilla essence and am pretty sure it uses normal granulated (never buy caster, too tight and nowhere to store another type!) sugar in both the base and the caramel layer - will check tonight as used to love this stuff. By the way, if you've cooled the caramel too much and try to put the chocolate later on straight from the fridge it sets too quick. Manys a time we've had to use a hairdryer on it to spread it over the whole slice!

[ohbeary]

We always called it Caramel Shortbread as kids, didn't hear the Millionaire's name until I was well into my 20's. My mum's recipe is similar although we don't add an vanilla essence and am pretty sure it uses normal granulated (never buy caster, too tight and nowhere to store another type!) sugar in both the base and the caramel layer - will check tonight as used to love this stuff. By the way, if you've cooled the caramel too much and try to put the chocolate later on straight from the fridge it sets too quick. Manys a time we've had to use a hairdryer on it to spread it over the whole slice!

and never put the chocolate straight onto hot fudge, it goes grey!, but not if you add 2oz butter per LB and it cut's better

[maytreefrannie]

Sounds lovely, looking forward to it soon - I was thinking I'd try it but now I've shown it to my daughter and she wants to bake it.

So either way, we'll be 'avin' it.