Salted Caramel Shortbread Bars
(from SBee’s recipe box)
Good
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 50 minutes
Categories: Desserts
Ingredients
- 2 cups butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp. vanilla
- 4 cups flour
- 1 bag caramel candies
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tbsp. coarse sea salt
Directions
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Preheat oven to 325, spray (X13 baking dish with non-stick cooing spray
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Cream together softened butter, white sugar and powdered sugar
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Add vanilla and beat to combine
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Gradually add flour, 1 cup at a time, blend until thoroughly mixed and a soft, crumbly dough forms.
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Press half the dough into the greased 9X13 pan; put the other half of the dough in the refrigerator for now.
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Bake the pressed out dough for 15-20 minutes, or until the edges are light golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool for about 15 minutes.
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Melt the caramels in a microwave safe dish with the cram and vanilla for 1 minute on high. Stir, and continue to alternate stirring and microwaving at 45 second intervals until the caramels are melted and become a sauce.
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Pour melted caramel over the cooled layer of shortbread. Sprinkle 1 tbsp. of sea salt over the top. Get the remaining shortbread from the refrigerator and use you hands to break it into crumbles on top of the salted caramel.
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Bake for another 25-30 minutes, or until shortbread crumbles have come together, browned up and the caramel sauce is starting to bubble.
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Remove from oven and let cool before cutting into squares.