Christmas Cookie Countdown and Millionaire’s Shortbread Cookies

"Millionaire's Shortbread Cookie"
I remember the first time I baked and tasted a Millionaire’s Shortbread Cookie.  I was so pleased with the combination of flavors and textures balanced beautifully in one cookie.  Buttery shortbread blanketed with chewy caramel and finished with a layer of dark chocolate.  I filed it front and center in my cookie folder and have made it many times since.
"Millionaire's Shortbread Cookie Recipe""Millionaire's Shortbread Cookie Recipe"

When considering Millionaire’s Shortbread as my countdown pick for this week, the thought occurred to me – why not take this traditional cookie and turn it on its head?  So, that’s what I did.  In my version, a salted caramel center is perched atop a bed of chocolate shortbread  and finished with a tier of silky, smooth, vanilla flecked, white chocolate.
"Millionaire's Shortbread Cookie Recipe"

Your first instinct might be to shy away from this recipe when you see that it requires making caramel.  Please don’t.  There is a difference between a difficult recipe, and a time consuming recipe.  You will find that although it involves a little time, making caramel from scratch is actually quite easy.  Once you get the hang of it, you will be whipping up batch after batch and eating it on just about everything.

 




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