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Middle Eastern · Dessert

Sesame Cashew Caramel Bars

A shortbread base topped with a honey-brown sugar caramel studded with cashews and sesame. They come out of the oven underbaked on purpose and set as they cool, for a chewy, not hard, caramel.

  • YieldServes 8 · 16 small bars
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total14 h 4 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Crust

  • 130 gall-purpose flour
  • 100 gunsalted butter, cold, cut into small cubes
  • 70 glight brown sugar, firmly packed
  • ¼ tspkosher salt

Filling

  • 245 gsalted cashews, coarsely chopped
  • 1 tbsptoasted sesame seeds
  • 1 pinchkosher salt
  • 113 gunsalted butter
  • 2 tbspgranulated sugar
  • 165 glight brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 85 graw honey
  • 2½ tbspheavy cream
  • ½ tspvanilla extract

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Pescatarian

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Cashew
  • Sesame
  • Wheat
  • Vanilla
  • Honey
  • Lactose
  • Fructose
  • FODMAPs (any)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Chewy
  • Crunchy

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Food processor
  • Probe thermometer

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Entertaining
  • Holiday

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Needs advance prep
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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