Millionaire’s Shortbread
These quick and easy favourites really taste damn fine. The date filling is convincingly caramel like and when combined with the easy base and dark chocolate makes for a very decadent sweet without quite the worry that the traditional ones can give!
Bear in mind though that this is a healthier version, not a good-for-you version. It’s still dense with calories and simple carbohydrates. Keep in the freezer and take a piece as you need to.
Ingredients
- 2 large cups of gluten free rolled oats
- 1 cup of ground almonds
- 80-100g coconut oil melted
- 12 pitted medjool dates
- Pinch of sea salt
- A dash of warm water
- 200g dark chocolate
- 1 teaspoon cocnonut oil
Method
- Mix all the base ingredients (oats, ground almonds and melted coconut oil) together and press in to a square tin. Freeze
- Make the caramel (this is so like caramel it's fab). Stone the dates and put in a small saucepan with a dash of water and heat until they are soft and pulpy. Blend or food process until smooth, add a pinch of salt if you like salted caramel.
- Spread over the base with a warm knife and freeze.
- Melt chocolate and oil in a bowl over simmering water. Pour on caramel and freeze or fridge. I sprinkled with some flake of sea salt again.
These quick and easy favourites really taste damn fine. The date filling is convincingly caramel like and when combined with the easy base and dark chocolate makes for a very decadent sweet without quite the worry that the traditional ones can give!
Bear in mind though that this is a healthier version, not a good-for-you version. It’s still dense with calories and simple carbohydrates. Keep in the freezer and take a piece as you need to.