Caramel Shards
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
Instructions
  1. Line an 18×13-inch rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
  2. In a medium saucepan, heat sugar over medium heat, whisking occasionally, until melted. (Sugar will clump as it heats, but keep whisking and it will soon smooth out.) Cook, without stirring, until amber in color and just beginning to smoke slightly. Immediately pour onto prepared pan; lift mat to carefully spread caramel across mat to get as thin a layer as possible. Let cool completely.
  3. Peel caramel from mat. Using a knife, cut caramel into pieces (Be careful—shards are sharp.) Use immediately.
Notes
*Make the Caramel Shards before you start making the bars so the caramel has time to cool and set and is ready to sprinkle on top by the time you are finished making the dough for the bars.

*Have everything ready to go for the Caramel Shards. There are a few seconds between a toasty caramel and a burnt sugar, so you want to be able to pour out the caramel as soon as it is ready.
Recipe by Bake from Scratch at https://bakefromscratch.com/salted-caramel-snickerdoodle-bars/