Salted caramel 'Twix' bars

These bars are easy to make, can be made ahead of time, and they’re the perfect treat to share with a crowd. For more of CJ's recipes, visit her page @_heavenly_bakes

Ingredients

For the caramel

• 200g sugar
• 90g salted / unsalted butter
• 120ml heavy cream (can use double cream)
• Salt

For the bars

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup icing sugar
• Vanilla extract
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• Salt
• Caramel that was made earlier
• Melted chocolate (of your choice)

Method

The caramel

• In a saucepan, add the sugar and melt.
• Keep mixing the sugar at all times.
• Once melted, add the butter and stir.
• When melted, add the heavy cream slowly.
• Let boil for a minute then turn off heat.
• Let cool totally before using.

The bars

• Beat the butter with the sugar.
• Add the vanilla extract to the mixture.
• Add in the flour, salt and beat.
• Bake in a pan covered lined with a baking sheet.
• Bake at 200•C for 30 minutes (until golden)
• Once baked, cool down totally.
• Once cooled, add the caramel on top.
• Chill that for min 1 hour then add the melted chocolate and chill further.
• Cut into slices and dig in!