Sorry, not BBQ. No prep pics either. I hadn't thought of posting this when I made these on Sunday, but they turned out so darn good I had to share them.
John Kanell (PreppyKitchen.com) had posted a YouTube video recently. I had all the ingredients on hand with the exception of Sweetened Condensed Milk. So what the heck, I picked that up on a grocery run and got to work.
I'll mention that during the holidays I normally make hundreds of salted caramels as gifts. Caramels, chocolate caramels, chocolate covered caramels, peanut brittle, toffee. But I've been a bit lax the past two Christmases and haven't made any. These seemed to fit the bill.
Three layers:
Shortbread
Caramel
Chocolate
I won't bore you with the details as the recipe's on the Preppy Kitchen site. It's on a bunch of other sites as well including America's Test Kitchen. The Sweetened Condensed Milk makes the caramel step a lot easier. My normal caramels take about 40 minutes of constant stirring.
The finished product. I initially cut them into 12 squares from the 9x9 pan, but one huge square is too much to eat. So they turned into 24 rectangles -
My wife and I are trying not to eat too many of these and I still have a container full of them in the fridge. They're quite similar to Twix, except you don't have to choose between left and right. :-D
If you're into making candy (or even if you're not), give these a try. They're not that difficult to make despite the three step process and the results are worth the effort.
OK, back to BBQ. :becky:
Regards,
-lunchman
John Kanell (PreppyKitchen.com) had posted a YouTube video recently. I had all the ingredients on hand with the exception of Sweetened Condensed Milk. So what the heck, I picked that up on a grocery run and got to work.
I'll mention that during the holidays I normally make hundreds of salted caramels as gifts. Caramels, chocolate caramels, chocolate covered caramels, peanut brittle, toffee. But I've been a bit lax the past two Christmases and haven't made any. These seemed to fit the bill.
Three layers:
Shortbread
Caramel
Chocolate
I won't bore you with the details as the recipe's on the Preppy Kitchen site. It's on a bunch of other sites as well including America's Test Kitchen. The Sweetened Condensed Milk makes the caramel step a lot easier. My normal caramels take about 40 minutes of constant stirring.
The finished product. I initially cut them into 12 squares from the 9x9 pan, but one huge square is too much to eat. So they turned into 24 rectangles -
My wife and I are trying not to eat too many of these and I still have a container full of them in the fridge. They're quite similar to Twix, except you don't have to choose between left and right. :-D
If you're into making candy (or even if you're not), give these a try. They're not that difficult to make despite the three step process and the results are worth the effort.
OK, back to BBQ. :becky:
Regards,
-lunchman