Nicholas Gavin is the Culinary Creative Director of ChefSteps, where he develops recipes and is responsible for making all the food look beautiful. Nick has worked at ChefSteps for over a decade; he and ChefSteps co-founder Grant Crilly worked together at Modernist Cuisine. Nick has worked in professional kitchens both in the United States and abroad, most notably at Mugaritz in San Sebastian, Spain.

Nicholas Gavin

With its buttery and tender base of shortbread, topped with a rich and chewy layer of caramel and crowned with a snappy layer of chocolate, millionaire’s shortbread is all about complementary textures and delicious excess. It’s a very well-heeled Twix. For our take on this Scottish treat, we start with a shortbread that’s better than the gold standard of Walker’s—tender and cakey and crumbly on the inside, crisp on the outside, and oh-so buttery. Then we take the time to make a luscious caramel that’s got a substantial chew. And then, finally, we make a tempered dark chocolate to layer on top.

Millionaire’s Shortbread