Last year around this time I showed you guys how to make Dulce de Leche in the oven. Well guess what? I have an even easier method!!!! Stick some condensed milk in the crock pot, cover it with water (more detailed instructions below), turn it on low, and in 8 hours you will have a creamy, delicious caramel sauce perfect for everything!
Considering I actually made 5 cans of the Dulce de leche, I had to quickly find recipes before I ate each jar clean. Cookie bars were the answer.
Even though I have tried to convince you that this is the best cookie recipe, it still requires at least a 2 day waiting period before consuming warm, gooey cookies. This recipe, however, results in a nutty (from the brown butter), chewy and perfect cookie with no rest time. Bliss in less than 30 minutes…sold! Do as I did and add a double layer of Dulce de Leche and some sea salt for a decadent dessert.
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 ¾ c unbleached all purpose flour
- ½ t baking soda
- 14 T unsalted butter
- ½ c granulated sugar
- 3/4 c packed dark brown sugar
- 1 t table salt
- 3 t vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 ¼ c semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¾ c of chopped nuts
- You can do this two ways. Either remove the paper from around the can, or open the can and pour the sweetened condensed milk into a canning jar (ie a 8oz Ball jar) and close tightly.
- Place jar or can in crock pot and fill with water about 1 inch above the can or jar.
- Cook on low for 8 hours. Jar or can may look a bit rusty, but it is ok.
- Remove can from crock pot when finished and carefully open with can opener.
- If cooked in can, and not used right away store in a reusable container, covered and refrigerated. Will keep up to 1 week.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a heavy bottomed sauce pan, melt butter until browned.
- It takes about 5 minutes for butter to begin to smell nutty and start to brown, but watch carefully because it goes from perfectly browned to burned very fast.
- Once browned, remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- Add browned butter and sugars to the bowl of a mixer and mix until combined.
- Add eggs and yolks one at a time then add the vanilla.
- Turn mixer off and add all of your dry ingredients to the bowl.
- Once you have measured and added the flour, soda and salt, turn the mixer on low and mix until everything has been incorporated.
- Turn mixer off and mix in chocolate chips and nuts with wooden spoon.
- Grease a 9x13 in pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Press half of the dough into the bottom of the pan. Spread 1/2 cup of dulce de leche over the dough.
- Sprinkle the rest of the dough over the top of the ducle de leche.
- Sprinkle with sea salt.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
samanthahillman1 says
February 18, 2013 at 8:05 pmOh my goodness is this a joke? These look incredible!
The Seaside Baker says
February 19, 2013 at 6:42 amNo joke, your thighs will hate you.
bakearama says
February 19, 2013 at 5:52 amWOW!
Ruta says
February 22, 2013 at 6:32 amMy mouth is watering. I’m not even kidding. These look so so so delicious. I want them NOW, although I’m not sure my body would exactly thank me.
huntfortheverybest says
February 22, 2013 at 5:27 pmi love bar cookie recipes and this one looks great.
Britney Boyer (@BakingwBritney) says
February 23, 2013 at 12:58 pmLove the recipe! I have a jar of dulce de leche sitting in my kitchen right now waiting for some just like this.
Risa Golding says
March 9, 2013 at 6:39 pmI have heard of boiling it on the stovetop in the cans but never in the crockpot. I have to try that. I adore dulce de leche.
Kay says
July 23, 2013 at 11:38 amThere is an easier way of making the dulce de leche, 40 min on a pressure cooker ive been doing it all my life. Dont worry its safe n much quicker!
Jazz says
October 20, 2013 at 8:23 amFor the cookie part, does it have to be butter? Or would margarine squares give the same result? Thanks!
normadesmond says
November 20, 2013 at 8:40 pmdidn’t work. didn’t cook. layers are just a raw-like mess.
theseasidebaker says
November 26, 2013 at 6:25 amAW man I am sorry. Please let me know if you would like to troubleshoot it.
normadesmond says
December 17, 2013 at 9:27 pmwell, i ended up putting the cooled pan back into the oven for another 30 minutes & everyone at work demanded i make them again, so i’m back.