Baked Caramel Bars with Dark Chocolate Ganache
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Easy recipe for baked caramel bars, using very few ingredients, and yet makes for a delicious, rich and impressive looking dessert.
Author: Praerna
Recipe type: Brownies & Bars
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Yield: 16 pieces
Ingredients
- 2 x 400 gm cans of homemade Dulce de Leche
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup flour
- 2 tbsp Jim Beam bourbon (this is optional - you can use 1 tsp vanilla essence instead)
- 100 gms dark chocolate
- ¼ cup cream
- 1 tbsp butter
- Equipment Used:
- Stand Mixer
- 8x8 Cake Tin
- Parchment Paper
- Basting Brush
- Heavy Bottomed Saucepan
- Angled Spatula
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 C. Prepare an 8x8 inch square cake pan by lining it with parchment paper and brushing a thin coat of softened butter on it. Keep aside.
- Empty out the Dulce de Leche cans into the bowl of your mixer. Beat on medium speed for about 2-3 minutes until smooth.
- Add the eggs and beat for another minute until well incorporated and smooth. Add the flour and mix on low speed, until there are no floury streaks.
- Add the Jim Beam/ Vanilla Essence and stir.
- Spoon into the prepared pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Let it cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes. Lift out using the overhanging parchment and let it cool completely on a cooling rack.
- Once cool, make the ganache. First, chop the chocolate into small pieces, as small as you can manage. Keep aside.
- Pour the cream into a heavy bottomed saucepan and place on medium heat, just until tiny bubbles appear on the sides. About 1-2 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and add in the chopped chocolate, stirring briskly until all the chocolate melts and forms a smooth sauce.
- Add the butter and stir until glossy. Cool.
- Once the base and ganache are both cool, spoon the ganache onto the base and spread in an even layer. Chill for 30-40 minutes before cutting it up into equal sized bars.
- Serve at room temperature or cold.
Recipe by Food-Dee-Dum at https://food-dee-dum.com/2016/07/26/baked-caramel-bars-dark-chocolate-ganache/