Vegan Millionaires Shortbread! – Jane’s Patisserie

Vegan millionaires shortbread with vegan shortbread base, vegan caramel filling and vegan chocolate on top! 

Vegan bakes

I think I have lost count of how many millionaires shortbread themed recipes are on my blog… even if they’re the cake form, or the cupcake form, I have SO MANY. I just adore it. However, none of them are vegan so far!

This is partly because I am not vegan myself, so I have never needed to bake any.. but it’s also because for these, using vegan alternatives makes it harder as they can be harder to come by. Regular condensed milk is available in all shops – and so easy to find. Vegan condensed milk? Very few shops sell it in comparison! 

Vegan millionaires shortbread

I have seen many vegan millionaires shortbread recipes now that use medjool dates, cashew nuts, maple syrup etc… and whilst I have literally no issue with this whatsoever, they’re just not ingredients that I commonly buy for my baking. 

I wanted to make my vegan millionaires shortbread as similar to my regular millionaires shortbread recipes as I could, so that they fit my style better, and so that they’re easier for me! The good thing is as well, is you only have to alternate three ingredients.. the condensed milk, the butter, and the chocolate! 

Base

My shortbread base for this recipe is the exact same as my other millionaires recipes, apart from the butter I use. I used the Stork block for these as it’s a very good dairy free & vegan butter that’s firm, and found in most supermarkets! You may think “STORK ISN’T DAIRY FREE?!” but the foil kind is! It’s amazing. 

The only difference in how you make the shortbread, is that I found it’s better if you bake it for a smidge longer than the usual shortbread recipe! It may be because the butter is softer than normal butter is, but who knows… a couple more minutes doesn’t hurt! 

Caramel 

For the caramel, it’s similar to my other recipe on my millionaires flapjacks, but actually quite different. I tried this caramel several different ways, but finally cracked it! For the butter, I used the Stork block again, and then also this amazing vegan condensed milk.

Honestly, it’s a little life changing.. and it works wonderfully. I had to change the quantities of the other ingredients that I’ve used ever so slightly as the tin size of the vegan condensed milk are different (smaller), but otherwise the ethos is the same!

Vegan condensed milk

I tried using my other caramel from most of my other millionaires recipes such as my Mini Egg millionaires, but I just didn’t like it as much. It didn’t set as well for me, and the colour was too light. Doing it this way, with the light brown sugar means you get a much better caramel with the amazing vegan condensed milk.

You have to be careful when making this caramel, as always! You want the temperature of the caramel to be about a medium heat, and definitely not really high. You must keep stirring, ensuring nothing is being left on the bottom of the pan so you don’t get any burnt bits in your caramel! 

Vegan chocolate

For the chocolate side of it, I used dark chocolate that is naturally dairy free and vegan. You need to make sure to check the labels of the brand you choose to buy, as some can still contain dairy in some way, but often the supermarket own cheap bars are naturally dairy free!

I liked to keep my vegan millionaires simple as the caramel and dark chocolate with the buttery shortbread compliment each other so well, they don’t need any other additions. You can add anything you wish as extra to make the bake look lovely and pretty! I hope you love this recipe as much as I do! Enjoy! x

Shortbread Base

• 200 g vegan butter (I used Stork block)
• 100 g caster sugar
• 275 g plain flour

Caramel Filling

• 200 g vegan butter
• 3 tbsp caster sugar
• 4 tbsp golden syrup
• 370 g vegan condensed milk (one tin – I used Carnations)

Decoration

• 300 g vegan dark chocolate

• Preheat your oven to 180ºC/160ºC Fan, and line a 9×9″ square tin with parchment paper.

• Cream together your vegan butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy.

• Add in the flour and beat again until a dough is formed!

• Press the dough into the bottom of the tin, and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, or until golden on top.

• One baked, leave to cool on the side, but still in the tin!

• In a large heavy based saucepan, add your vegan butter, caster sugar, golden and vegan condensed milk.

• Melt on a low-medium heat until everything is melted and the sugar is dissolved.

• Once melted, turn the heat up slightly to a medium heat and boil the mixture for 4-5 minutes, or until the mixture has started to turn more golden and thickened. Stir it constantly with a spatula so the bottom of the pan is scraped properly.

• Pour the caramel onto the shortbread and leave it to set in the fridge for two hours or so!

• Once set, melt your vegan chocolate carefully and pour over!

• Leave the bake to set in the fridge until solid, and then portion and enjoy!

• I used a tin of Carnations vegan condensed milk but you can use any vegan condensed milk in this recipe!
• If you wanted to add some white chocolate swirls for your decoration, I recommend this vegan white chocolate! 
• I use this 9″ square tin for all my brownies/millionaires recipes as it’s so good!
• Make sure that all of your other ingredients are vegan (does depend on brand), especially if you have allergies. 
• I used a supermarket own dark chocolate as it’s naturally vegan – but again can depend on the brand. 
• This will last in the fridge or room temperature on a cooler day, for up to a week!
• You can use any vegan chocolate you like on the top – 300g is just the ideal amount to cover the traybake and have a decent thickness! 
• If you caramel is very hard to cut after being in the fridge, leave it at room temperature for a bit. 
• If you caramel is very soft even after being in the fridge, you didn’t boil it for long enough or at a hot enough temperature! 

• Original recipe
  • Base: 200g vegan butter, 100g caster sugar, 275g plain flour
  • Caramel: 100g vegan butter, 100g light brown sugar, 600g vegan condensed milk
  • Topping: 200g vegan dark chocolate, 100g vegan white chocolate

ENJOY!

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