Happy Monday – hopefully you had a great weekend and had a chance to make some Cranberry Pecan Oatmeal Cookies!   Here’s another fabulous recipe to add to your holiday  baking list.  These shortbread cookies are completely amazing and really do taste like a million bucks!  It’s really not hard to figure out – shortbread, caramel and chocolate.  What’s not to love?  It’s somewhat like a twix bar only with a homemade taste that’s crazy good.

We love recipes that make enough for large family gatherings and parties at Thanksgiving and Christmas.  And if you really want to make a big impression at your annual cookie exchange you’ve got your winning recipe here!

Millionaire Shortbread

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups butter, softened and divided
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Cooking spray for baking
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels

Directions:

Pulse 1 cup butter, flours, and granulated sugar in a food processor 10 to 15 times or until crumbly. Press mixture evenly into a 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray for baking.

Bake at 350° for 18 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown.

Stir together remaining 1/2 cup butter, condensed milk, and corn syrup in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over low heat 4 minutes or until butter is melted and mixture is blended. Add brown sugar, and cook, stirring constantly, 25 to 30 minutes or until caramel colored and thickened. Pour evenly over baked cookie in pan, and spread into an even layer.  Chill 30 minutes or until caramel is set.

Microwave morsels in a small glass bowl at HIGH 1 minute or until almost melted. Stir until smooth. Spread over caramel layer in pan. (The chocolate layer will be thin.) Chill 15 minutes or until chocolate is firm. Cut into 2-inch squares; if desired, cut each square into 2 triangles.  Makes 35 squares, 72 triangles.

Recipe adapted slightly from Southern Living, April 2005