Millionaire’s squares

Name: Millionaire’s squares
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 3 h
Yield: Makes: approx 12
Ingredients: 400 g plain flour; 200 g milk or dark chocolate; 200 g milk or dark chocolate; few drops of vanilla essence; 397 g tin condensed milk; 150 g caster sugar; 200 g butter, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon cornflour

Preparation info

Makes: approx
12

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

I have called these by their more usual name, but when I was small we knew these as ‘Scrumptious Squares‘. It was at about the time of ‘Chitty Chitty Bangbang’ and I always thought that it was Truly herself who had given them their name!

Ingredients

400 g plain flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Make the caramel by putting a sealed can of condensed milk into a saucepan and covering with water. Put a lid on the pan, bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 2 hours (see tips). It will take about 3 hours to cool down, but you can use the caramel before it is completely cool.
Line the roasting tin with