Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Dulce de Leche

This blog has sat quietly for too long. So here is an inspiring, sweet, decadent indulgence to get things going again. It is so very, very easy! It will make a delicious hostess gift too.

Place two unopened cans of sweetened condensed milk into a crock pot. (The labels have been previously removed.) Add enough hot water to reach 3/4 of the way up the cans. Make sure that water can circulate freely around the cans. Cover and cook six hours on high.

Carefully remove the cans and cool on a wire rack until they reach room temperature. Be patient; this will take about three hours.

Open the cans to remove the milk caramel!! It can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a month in a covered container.

Try this on vanilla ice cream, or as a fruit spread with bananas and apples. It's great stirred into hot chocolate.