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By Uk girl: Re: Millionaires shortbread
10 May 2008 18:21
Hi all.
I know I have asked this before and the answer is somewhere on this site, but I am too lazy to click thru all the pages to get to my original question!!
I would like a recipe for Millionaires short bread please. Last time I made this everyone overhere loved it and I have agreed to make it for everyone at work. But I have lost the recipe I had got before from here!
Thanks from a lazy Debbie x

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By 18kari: Re: Millionaires shortbread
10 May 2008 18:44
sounds nice will be interested to see receipe,where are you based?

By Uk girl: Re: Millionaires shortbread
10 May 2008 20:22
I am now living in California, (San Marcos). We moved from the South of England nearly 6 yrs ago. It is really nice here today (well a bit like everyday really) I am sitting out in the garden writing this drinking cold frappe!! Too early for anything else stronger??

By 18kari: Re: Millionaires shortbread
10 May 2008 20:33
in my opinion it is never too early for something stronger it is 8.30 here and i have just opened a bottle of wine rose actually do you miss uk?

Re: Millionaires shortbread
10 May 2008 21:20

This is one I found in 'Your Recipes' from someone called Jennifer who lives in US. The recipe is in cups and so I guess it will suit you okay.

http://www.deliaonline.com/user/recipes/1164,1164,UR.html

By cake eater

Re: Millionaires shortbread
11 May 2008 00:29

you can find it on nigella.com. the recipe section is still there.

cakes. I use toasted almonds on the top of mine rather than chocolate. delish!

By cake eater

Re: Millionaires shortbread
11 May 2008 00:32

here you are.

Ingredients
For the base
225g plain flour
100g caster sugar
225g butter
100g semolina
175g butter
175g caster sugar
4 tbsp golden syrup
1 x 397g can condensed milk
200g plain chocolate, broken into pieces

Method
1. Set the oven to 160C/gas2. Lightly grease a 20cm x 33cm oblong/ Swiss roll tin.

2. Place all the ingredients for the base into a food processor and whizz together until they form a smooth dough (if preferred this can be done by hand in a bowl).

3. Press the mixture into the base of the Swiss roll tin and prick with a fork. Bake for about 30-40 minutes until golden and firm. Set aside to cool.

4. To make the topping, place the butter, sugar, syrup and condensed milk into a saucepan and stir over a low heat until the butter has melted.

5. Bubble the mixture gently for five to eight minutes, stirring all the time until thick and fudge-like. Pour over the cold shortbread in an even layer. Leave to cool.

6. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.

7. Pour the chocolate over the toffee and leave to set. Cut into small squares and store in an airtight tin.

By Uk girl: Re: Millionaires shortbread
11 May 2008 01:58
Thanks for the recipe and links. Cake eater, does the semolina go into the base?
And yes 18kari, I do miss England even after nearly 6 years. We came back for Christmas this year for 8 days and then had 8 days in Greece to see my husbands family and I really didn't want to come back to the States. It was nice being able to walk to places/shops instead of having to take the car all the time. But everything seemed much smaller than I remembered, especially the roads, It took us a few days to adjust and get over the fright of having a bus coming towards us! Anyway, it is now 6pm here, I am back in the garden after doing a bit of shopping, and now it is time to eat dinner and have that drink. yum.
debbie x