Millionaires Shortbread

Base

200g plain flour

150g butter

75g caster sugar

Filling

25g butter

25g soft brown sugar

1 large tin condensed milk

Topping

200g milk chocolate

9in square cake tin lined with parchment paper

Preheat the oven to 170C/340F/ gas 3

To make the base

Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar and stir to combine.

Press into the cake tin and bake for 35 minutes until golden brown

Remove from the oven and allow to cool

For the filling

Place all the filling ingredients in a sauce pan and stir constantly over a moderate heat until it begins to simmer. Continue stirring until it thickens, this should take a few minutes.

Spread over the base and allow to cool completely.

For the topping

Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water and spread it over the filling.

Cool completely and cut into squares.