Millionaire Bars with Almond Butter Shortbread
Millionaire bars are chocolate and caramel covered shortbread cookies that are otherworldly when they’re made with almond butter.
Ingredients
Shortbread
- 1 ÂĽ cup almond butter
- 4 TB unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ½ tsp kosher salt
Butterscotch
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 tsp kosher salt
Chocolate
- 8 oz chocolate chips
- 2 TB unsalted butter
Instructions
Shortbread
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Line a 9”x13” sheet pan** with parchment paper. Set Aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer at medium speed, cream together the almond butter, butter, salt and sugar until it’s fluffy. Add flour a little at a time. Continue mixing until a dough forms. If it’s too crumbly to stick together, add a tablespoon of water and continue mixing. Press into prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove pan from oven and let cool for about 30 minutes.
Butterscotch
- For the caramel, combine butter and sugar in a saucepan and cook for two minutes over medium heat. Add cream and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and stir constantly for seven minutes. Remove from heat and let cool until it’s a spreadable consistency.
- Pour caramel over shortbread and spread evenly. Allow it to cool slightly before adding the chocolate layer.
Chocolate
- In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the butter and chocolate and stir until smooth. Pour melted chocolate over caramel layer and allow to cool completely before cutting—about two hours.