Macadamia Caramel Shortbread!

Name: Thermomix recipe: Macadamia Caramel Shortbread!
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 200 Grams macadamia nuts, roasted and salted; 200 Grams plain flour; 150 Grams soft brown sugar; 150 Grams butter; 1 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste; 120 Grams butter; 100 Grams soft brown sugar; 1 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste; Generous Pinches pink salt flakes; 150 Grams chocolate in chunks, I used Alouss vegan milk; 50 Grams macadamias, roasted and salted, roughly chopped

Serves 16 Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Rated: Print

Shortbread with macadamia nuts and chocolate is about as good as it gets. A total winning treat for those who dare. I have used the amazing Alouss!

I have this amazing chocolate from Elsie at Alouss Chocolate. She makes it herself! Bean to bar all the way baby. So I was looking for something a bit special to make with it. I had this recipe in the archives and it needed a new pic, so the timing was right! Thanks for the beautiful chocolate chunks Elsie! Go and get your chocolate hit (with loads of amazing vegan options) HERE. You will not be disappointed.

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Need

Base
200 Grams macadamia nuts, roasted and salted
200 Grams plain flour
150 Grams soft brown sugar
150 Grams butter BUY
1 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste BUY
Topping
120 Grams butter BUY
100 Grams soft brown sugar
1 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste BUY
Generous Pinches pink salt flakes BUY
150 Grams chocolate in chunks, I used Alouss vegan milk
50 Grams macadamias, roasted and salted, roughly chopped

Do

1: Preheat oven to fan forced 180ºC. Line a 20cm square pan with baking paper ensuring edges along one side come up over the top of the pan for easy removal.
2: Place 50g macadamia nuts into Thermomix bowl and mill by pushing the Turbo button ONCE.
3: Add remaining base ingredients into Thermomix bowl and blend 7 sec/speed 6 until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
4: Press into lined tin. Sprinkle most of the remaining roasted macadamia nuts over the top of base reserving a few for the topping later.
5: To make topping place butter, sugar and vanilla into Thermomix bowl and cook 4 min/80ºC/speed 1. Blend 8 sec/speed 8.
6: Pour mixture over base and bake for 20 minutes until caramel is bubbling.
7: While the slice is still hot, top with extra chopped macadamias and around 150g chopped chocolate. Allow the chocolate to melt slightly on the hot slice.
8: Leave to cool in tin and using very sharp knife, slice into squares when cold.

Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!