{"id":14699,"date":"2015-02-26T08:35:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=14699"},"modified":"2015-04-18T08:36:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T15:36:56","slug":"caramel-shortbread-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=14699","title":{"rendered":"Caramel Shortbread Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/caramelsquares.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-14700\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/caramelsquares.png\" alt=\"caramelsquares\" width=\"447\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/caramelsquares.png 516w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/caramelsquares-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a>2\/3 cup butter, softened<br \/>\n1\/4 cup white sugar<br \/>\n1 1\/4 cups all-purpose flour<br \/>\n1\/2 cup butter<br \/>\n1\/2 cup packed light brown sugar<br \/>\n2 tablespoons light corn syrup<br \/>\n1\/2 cup sweetened condensed milk<br \/>\n1 1\/4 cups milk chocolate chips<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350\u00c2\u00b0F (175\u00c2\u00b0C). In a medium bowl, mix together 2\/3 cup butter, white sugar, and flour until evenly crumbly. Press into a 9-inch square baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes. In a 2-quart saucepan, combine 1\/2 cup butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and sweetened condensed milk. Bring to a boil. Continue to boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon for about 3 minutes. Pour over baked crust (warm or cool). Cool until it begins to fi rm. Place chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat for 1 minute, then stir and continue to heat and stir at 20-second intervals until chocolate is melted and smooth. Pour chocolate over the caramel layer and spread evenly to cover completely. Chill. Cut into 1-inch squares. These need to be small because they are so rich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2\/3 cup butter, softened 1\/4 cup white sugar 1 1\/4 cups all-purpose flour 1\/2 cup butter 1\/2 cup packed light brown sugar 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 1\/2 cup sweetened condensed milk 1 1\/4 cups milk chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350\u00c2\u00b0F (175\u00c2\u00b0C). In a medium bowl, mix together 2\/3 cup butter, white sugar, and flour until evenly crumbly. Press into a 9-inch square baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes. In a 2-quart saucepan, combine 1\/2 cup butter, brown sugar,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=14699\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[81,80],"class_list":["post-14699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts-fruit","tag-baking","tag-sweet-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14701,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14699\/revisions\/14701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}