Carolyn and Jodi at Crave Cupcakes have upgraded this bar from just caramel to a caramel ganache.
Directions for: Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bar
Ingredients
Shortbread Cookie Layercup butter, room temperature
cup sugar
1 cup flour
Caramel Layercup butter
cup brown sugar
3 Tbsp dark corn syrup
cup sweetened condensed milk
Valrhona Caramelia Chocolate Layer1 cups Valrhona Caramelia Chocolate
cup whipping cream
Directions
Shortbread Cookie Layer1. Grease an 8X8 square baking pan.
2. Preheat oven to 350F.
3. Place butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on medium to high speed for 2-3 minutes.
4. Gradually add sugar and beat until pale and fluffy (5-10 minutes). Be sure to scrape down the bowl a few times during mixing.
5. Turn mixer to lowest speed and slowly add the flour. Mix until well combined.
6. Press dough evenly into your prepared baking pan.
7. Place pan in oven and bake for 15 min or until the top is light golden brown.
8. Set aside and allow to completely cool.
Caramel Layer1. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
2. Add brown sugar, corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk.
3. Bring to a rolling boil over medium heat.
4. Once boiling, keep boiling and stir constantly for 5 minutes.
5. Remove saucepan from heat and pour caramel over the cooled shortbread cookie layer.
6. Allow to cool for at least 1 hour.
7. Once cooled, sprinkle with 1/4 tsp sea salt.
Valrhona Caramelia Chocolate Layer1. Place Carmelia Chocolate in a glass bowl and set aside.
2. Place whipping cream in a saucepan and bring to just a boil over medium heat.
3. Pour hot cream over chocolate.
4. Allow mixture to sit for 5 minutes.
5. Stir chocolate and cream together with a spatula until well combined and no lumps are visible.
6. Pour over caramel and allow to completely cool.
7. Once cooled, cut bar into 32 1x 2 pieces.
Source and Credits
Courtesy of Carolyne McIntyre & Jodi Willoughby, Crave Cupcakes
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