Today is day 84 of my Day Zero Project. I really have made a start on my 101 things in 1001 days. At the end of this post is a new recipe I have tried for Millionaires Shortbread.
I have completed:
Personal
#78 – Write my 101 in 1001 list.
Image By Aurore D [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The goals I’ve made a start on are:
Home
#1 – Cook 52 new recipes. (1/52)
Blog
#19 – Monetise my blog.
#27 – Narrow down blog categories and tags.
#28 – Delete old and irrelevant content from the site.
#29 – Check for broken links once a month (3)
Financial
#32 – Pay of 75% of our debt. (5%)
#35 – Put away £10 for each goal completed (£10)
#40 – Improve credit score (42 points up in 3 months)
Personal
#64 – Lose 3st (6lb off)
#66 – Read 52 books (11/52)
#67 – Watch 52 movies I haven’t seen before (4/52)
Family
#83 – Play a board game at least once a month for the duration.
#90 – Sing songs with Enfys and Anwen every night.
#92 – Surprise the kids once a month.
Miscellaneous
#97 – Complete 52 random acts of kindness (1/52)
- 250g plain flour
- 75g caster sugar
- 175g butter, softened
- 100g butter or margarine
- 100g light muscavado sugar
- 2 x 397g cans condensed milk
- 200g plain or milk chocolate, broken into pieces
- Pre-heat the oven to 180'C/Gas mark 4. Lightly grease a 13 x 9inch (33x23cm) Swiss roll tin.
- Mix the flour and caster sugar in a bowl.
- Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Knead the mixture together until it forms a dough, then press into the base of the prepared tin.
- Prick the shortbread lightly with a fork and bake in the pre-heated oven for about 20 minutes or until firm to the touch and very lightly browned.
- Cool in the tin.
- Measure the butter, sugar and condensed milk into a pan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved.
- Bring to the boil, stirring all the time, then reduce the heat and simmer very gently, stirring continuously, for about 5 minutes or until the mixture has thickened slightly.
- Pour over the shortbread and leave to cool.
- Melt the chocolate slowly in a bowl over a pan of hot water.
- Pour over the cold caramel and leave to set.
- Cut into squares or bars.
14 Comments
Your goals sound great. I’ll definitely be trying this recipe.
Oh I really recommend it! It’s delicious. 😀
This is my teen son’s absolute favourite! Thank you for the recipe. Kaz
Oooh, I’m glad you like it. Definitely give it a go – it’s really quite easy.
My partner loves millionaires shortbread, I have never made it before x
Ooh I love millionaires shortbread! It’s one of my favourites but I miss it now Im GF!
This millionaires shortbread looks mouthwatering and very tasty – this is making me hungry looking at your post! I will be giving this bake a try x
Sounds like your aims are doing great and your recipe sounds nice!
This is one of my favourite treats! Will have to try making my own.
This is my husbands favourite sweet treat! I’ve made it for ages, you’ve inspired me to cook up a batch 🙂
You’re doing really well with your goals, you’ve set a lot but it’s great that you’re managing to get through some of them at the same time. That shortbread looks delicious.
I wish I could do this but I never stick to it. I’ve set myself goals but haven’t been so specific. Sounds like you’ve made an amazing start on yours though
Millionaires shortbread is one of my absolute favourite sweet treats, it doesn’t actually look too hard to make x
I love millionaires shortbread. Wow you are going to be busy. Totally doable though I’m sure and a great way of keeping yourself in check 🙂