Dulce de Leche, I could eat you with a spoon. Who needs to put you on or in anything? You are delicious all on your own!Oh, but Dorie Greenspan suggests sandwiching you between two delicious cookies. I took it one step further and chose to dip you in chocolate. I'm sorry to tell you, Dulce de Leche... You just got better!
Thank you to Jodie of Beansy Loves Cake for hosting this week. The recipe can be found at her blog.Also, if you can't find Dulce de Leche in your grocery store or if you would prefer to make it on your own (as I did), I followed this method:
Dulce de Leche or Confiture de Lait
Adapted from The Perfect Scoop
Preheat the oven to 425° F (220° C).
Pour one can (400 gr/14 ounces) of sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk) into a glass pie plate or shallow baking dish. Stir in a few flecks of sea salt.
Set the pie plate within a larger pan, such as a roasting pan, and add hot water until it reaches halfway up the side of the pie plate.
Cover the pie plate snugly with aluminum foil and bake for 1 to 1¼ hours. (Check a few times during baking and add more water to the roasting pan as necessary).
Once the Dulce de Leche is nicely browned and caramelized, remove from the oven and let cool. Once cool, whisk until smooth.
Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Warm gently in a warm water bath or microwave oven before using.
drool drool!!!! I love dulce de leche.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cookies.
ReplyDeleteMmm dipped in chocolate!!!! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteI'm on my way, with the serving spoon. ;)
ReplyDeleteOoh, love the chocolate dipped cookies! And way to make your own caramel!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of adding salt to the DDL. I'll try that next time.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to try them dipped in chocolate next time! I loved these cookies too. Yours look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteOooh I love how the cookies take on a whole new dimension half dipped in chocolate! I'm so stealing next time I bake these. Great idea!
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Oh gosh, these look incredible dipped in chocolate! And I've wanted to try David Lebovitz's DDL recipe - it looks pretty easy, and I bet the salt adds a nice dimension to it. Your cookies look amazing!
ReplyDeleteAs Emeril would say, Bam! You just kicked it up a notch. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike, huh? They were pretty good with the chocolate on there, that's for sure!
ReplyDeleteI did eat my leftover dulce de leche with a spoon! It's so good.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to dip in chocolate. We're they messy to eat or did the chocolate get hard? Since I'm not a DdL lover, the more chocolate the better.
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look fabulous!! I think your way of making dulce de leche sounds safer than cooking it in cans on the stove. :)
ReplyDeleteYou're a bad influence: I still have cookies left and now I want to dip them in chocolate. These were so good!
ReplyDeleteDipping these in chocolate is such a great idea! I want one!
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look beautiful - very gourmet! :) Glad they were such a big hit!
ReplyDeleteooh! These look delicious! I'm going to have to make them soon :)
ReplyDeleteOh dipped in chocolate, yum! I had to do a rewind this week, didn't have the ingredients. Still want to make them though!
ReplyDeletei'm kicking myself, why didn't i think of this! chocolate dipped would have been awesome.
ReplyDeleteThose look out-of-control good!
ReplyDeleteRomaine- the chocolate set up nicely, so they weren't too messy! :)
ReplyDeleteLove the chocolate dip! They're so pretty :D
ReplyDeletePretty cookies. Dipped in chocolate. Filled with dulce. It just don't get no better.....
ReplyDeleteThey look great dipped in chocolate! I used the same method to make my dulce de leche and it worked great.
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