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Caramel Slice

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Caramel Slice
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  • Prep: 4 hours  Cook: 30 mins
  • Serves: 12
Shortbread base, a caramel layer and a dark chocolate topping-the classic Caramel Slice. Make sure you cut this into slices before the chocolate fully sets or the chocolate will crack while you're cutting.

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Ingredients

For the shortbread base
1 2/3 cups (220g) plain flour
165g butter
1/3 cup (90g) white sugar

For the caramel filling
1 tin sweetened condensed milk
125g butter
2 tablespoons golden syrup

375g dark chocolate

Preparation method

1. Place first three ingredients - flour, butter and sugar - in a food processor and process until mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
 
2. Press into a 20cmx20cm tin.
 
3. Bake at 190 degrees C for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool.
 
4. Put the condensed milk, butter and golden syrup into a medium sized saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Pour mixture onto cooled base and refrigerate 3-4 hours.
 
5. Melt dark chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave, checking stirring ever 30 seconds. When melted evenly, spread over caramel and cool in fridge. When chocolate is just beginning to set, cut into bars.
 
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  • Tweak: candyfreak Altered ingredient amounts:

    The first time I made these, my Aussie husband said they were good but that the caramel layer was not thick enough and the other two layers were too thick. So now I make half recipes of the top and bottom layers. This solved the problem. Also, I add a Tablespoon of butter to the chocolate when melting. Makes it easier to cut and to eat but still firms up nicely. I have made these several times now and notice that I get slightly different results with different brands of sweetened condensed milk. I'm lucky to be able to get Golden Syrup here! Ann from Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A.

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    • Carbondale, United States
    Tweak: aussiegal78 Altered ingredient amounts:

    Caramel layer- Way to much butter. Should be 3.5 Tbsp and the above = 8.5 tbsp. I could not get the cond. milk and butter to combine and after following above instructions exactly the butter, syrup and milk part separated. I then went and bought Caramel squares, melted them down with a little milk and used that. Also added a little vegetable shortening to the choc layer so it would cut better.

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  • So happy to find this recipe (I've added a tweak). Whenever we're in Australia (my husband is a Sydney native), we have them for tea as often as possible. Am now spreading caramel-slice-love in the U.S. midwest.
    Posted: 13 Aug 2010 Easy
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    • candyfreak
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    • Carbondale, United States
    Fantastic recipe, eaten very fast in this house!!
    Posted: 29 May 2010 Easy
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