Second attempt at Millionaire's shortbread

[wiseheart]

... turned out better than the first one quite some time ago. Partly because I've found a shortbread recipe that didn't came out of the oven hard like shoesoles (not to mention it tastes great) and partly because I had found ready-made caramel cream at Aldi half a year or so ago. It is still a bit too liquid for my taste, but at least I didn't have to bother with making it from scratch (which has proved hopeless several times). I did kill the chocolate ganache, though, because I forgot that I shouldn't add cold butter to melted chocolate, and the whole thing ended up terribly grainy and matte. But it still tastes good, so I consider it a lesson learned and all that.

Other than baking, I've finished Card #12 and pre-prickled the next two pieces. Tomorrow I'll be out of the house a lot, so it's good to do things in advance.

Tomorrow, there were lots of athletics on the telly, which we both enjoyed a lot. So, we've watched TV for a couple of hours, both in the morning and the afternoon. The weather was also only moderately warm (29°C), so it was bearable.

Comments

[meathiel]

I've never made millionaire's shortbread myself ... only eaten it in the UK.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Traybakes are my favourite — such great results with fairly little effort! Especially if one can have one or two of the ingredients ready-made. *g*

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay for making the thing!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

*is proud*

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

We are supposed to reach the mid twenties in temperature today...despite it being cloudy. I intend to be doing some weeding. Joy. You are certainly making good headway with those stitched cards.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

They are very relaxing; and comparatively easy to make. Unless one messes up the preparation work, that is...

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I am in grave danger of gaining weight only by reading your baking entries!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Virtual calories only! They don't count!

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Those do count! I am one of those people who will gain weight by odiscussing a dinner plan!

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

I'm a pushover for anything caramel — yum! Glad you were able to see a lot of the olympics. It is disappointing for me this year as I can only find partial moments to view.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That is evil! Thank God we have Eurosport and several Hungarian sports canals, too — they are included in the package we pay for. As a rule I don't care for sports too much, but athletics and gymnastics and equestrial events are the exception. Mum is into football (=soccer for you on the other side of the pond), skydiving and tower jumping as well, but she generally likes sports anyway.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

there are always Aldi commercials on TV here which is weird because Aldi is much too far south for anybody in my part of Calif to shop at.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Weird! I'm really glad we have both Aldi and Lidl, they are excellent supermarkets: not too big but well sorted ones.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

we don't have Lidl either but we do have the Grocery Outlet, Sprouts, Trader Joe, Safeway and some mom and pop grocery stores. Whole Foods is too expensive so I almost never get anything there.