Marbled Toffee Shortbread Recipes

TOFFEE MILLIONAIRES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees, with rack in upper third. Sift flour and salt into a bowl; set aside. Put butter into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl. Gradually add sugar; beat until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture all at once; mix until just combined.
• Using plastic wrap, press dough into a buttered 8-inch square pan. With plastic on dough, refrigerate 45 minutes.
• Prick all over with a wooden skewer. Bake until golden brown and center is firm, 70 to 75 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool 10 minutes.
• Put finely chopped chocolate-covered toffee bars and heavy cream into a saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium-low heat until smooth. Pour over shortbread in pan; sprinkle with about coarsely crushed chocolate-covered toffee bar. Let cool completely. Cut into 2-inch squares.

MAPLE TOFFEE SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Mix butter, brown sugar, and maple extract together in a bowl until smooth. Add flour; stir to combine. Fold in toffee bits. Spoon batter, about 1 tablespoon per cookie, onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, about 15 minutes.

MARBLED SHORTBREAD WITH GINGER AND TURMERIC

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, ground ginger and baking powder.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or with a hand mixer, beat together butter, sugar, salt and orange zest until lightened and fluffy, about 3 minutes, using a spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
• In a small bowl, crack the egg and whisk to lightly break up the yolk. With the mixer running on low speed, stream the egg into the creamed butter base to combine. Stop and scrape once again, paying close attention to the bottom of the bowl where the batter likes to sit, then add the freshly grated ginger and mix again on low speed just to incorporate.
• Stop the mixer, scrape the bottom of the bowl with a spatula and add the flour mixture. Turn the mixer back to low speed to combine. When the mixture has just come together (about 30 seconds), remove the bowl from the mixer and clean off the beater with a spatula. Fold the mixture well to make sure there are no pockets of flour. Remove one quarter of the dough (about 8 ounces/225 grams) back to one of the bowls.
• Return the larger portion of dough to the mixer and add the cashews and white chocolate just until just incorporated, 10 to 15 seconds; transfer the dough to a cutting board or work surface.
• Transfer the quarter portion of dough to the mixer; add the orange juice and turmeric and mix until just incorporated, scraping with a rubber spatula as needed to combine mixture evenly. Remove the bowl from the mixer, fold over the dough a few times in the bowl, and place on your work surface.
• Roughly divide the larger piece of dough into 3 pieces and your smaller turmeric-stained piece in half. Starting and ending with the larger pieces, sandwich the turmeric dough in an alternating pattern. Roll this sandwiched cookie formation into a log just to round, then fold it in half over itself, twisting it slightly as you do, and roll the log out again. (If the dough feels too sticky, use a bench knife or bowl scraper to help you move the dough around or sparingly dust the log with flour.)
• Twist and fold the dough one more time (do not roll out). You should end up with a striated yellow-and-off-white mound of dough. Transfer to a parchment-lined 9-by-13-inch sturdy baking sheet with a 1-inch depth, and shape the dough into a 6-by-8-inch rectangle. Layer another piece of parchment over the dough, and use a rolling pin, roll back and forth over the edges of the pan to level and smooth the surface of the dough. (The pan edges support in creating an even thickness. If you do not have a pan with 1-inch depth, use a ruler to check your thickness.) Remove the parchment paper and use a bench knife or your hands to square off the edges slightly. No need to obsess, you'll trim later, cover once more with parchment and roll over with your pin to smooth the surface again.
• Leaving the parchment paper on top, transfer the dough on the pan to the freezer for 1 to 2 hours to chill until firm. (If you are chilling it overnight or longer, it's best to wrap the dough with plastic wrap.)
• When your dough is chilled, heat the oven to 300 degrees and move the racks to lower and upper middle positions.
• Remove the block of dough from your freezer. Trim one long side and the adjoining short side to make a right angle, discarding scrap. Orient the block like a portrait and, using a ruler, measure and mark at 2-inch intervals at the top and bottom of your block. Using these markings and the ruler for a straight edge score, cut the block into three long, 2-by-8-inch logs of dough. (If you're not baking the logs right away, you can wrap them tightly in plastic wrap and freeze them for up to 1 month.)
• Working with one log at a time, slice into 1/4-inch-thick cookies. Lay sliced cookies onto parchment-lined baking sheets with at least 1/2 inch in between. (They do not spread much during baking). Bake cookies until they appear set, are bright yellow on top and the white chocolate appears a deep golden on the bottom, 13 to 15 minutes total, rotating trays at 8 minutes to ensure even coloring.
• Remove trays from the oven and let cookies cool. (Transfer to a cooling rack if you'd like to speed this process up.) Repeat with remaining cookies, unless freezing for future use. Store cooled cookies in covered tins or other airtight containers for several weeks.

SHORTBREAD TOFFEE SQUARES

Steps:

• Cream 1/2 stick butter with 4 T sugar.
• Blend in flour.
• Spread onto greased 8-inch square pan, and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
• Mix together next 4 ingredients and cook, stirring until mixture leaves the side of the pan.
• Add vanilla.
• Pour over shortbread.
• Cool.
• Spread melted chocolate over toffee.
• Cool.
• Cut into squares.

ALMOND TOFFEE SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• In a food processor or blender, place whole almonds and 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar. Cover and process until nuts are finely ground; set aside. , In a bowl, cream butter and remaining sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in extract. Combine flour, salt and ground almond mixture; gradually add to creamed mixture. Press into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes., Meanwhile, combine toffee bits and corn syrup in a heavy saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until toffee is melted. Remove from the heat; stir in 1/2 cup sliced almonds and 1/2 cup coconut. Carefully spread over hot crust. Sprinkle with remaining almonds and coconut. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares.

MARBLED TOFFEE SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Make the shortbread by mixing together the ingredients until they are crumbly.
• Press into a tin and prick all over with a fork.
• Bake in the oven (180 C, 350 F, gas mark 4) for about 15minutes.
• Gently heat the ingredients for the toffee filling, until the mixture is a light golden brown. Stir continuously!
• Pour onto the cool shortbread.
• Allow to set.
• Melt the three chocolate types, and place blobs onto the toffee layer.
• Once most of the surface is covered, use a knife to swirl them together and create the marbled effect.