Dulce de Leche (aka milk candy) can be used in so many delicious recipes and it is easy to make in your own kitchen with a single ingredient!
When you think of Homemade Dulce de Leche, do you envision yourself sweating over a hot stove, fumbling with a candy thermometer and feeling hot, bubbling caramel splatter on your arms? Because it is the opposite of that. Homemade Dulce de Leche requires one ingredient, you guys. ONE ingredient and very limited effort is required to create this irresistible caramel sauce. Crazy, right?! There are so many delicious things to do with Dulce de Leche, like drizzling it over an Oreo Caramel Frozen Yogurt Cake or adding it to ice cream or sandwiching it between Chocolate Cookies or dousing your entire life with it.
Whatever you decide to do with it, I promise it’s going to be delicious. Enjoy!
Homemade Dulce de Leche
Ingredients
- 14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Pour sweetened condensed milk into a round baking dish. Cover tightly with foil and set inside a 9×13 baking dish. Pour water into the outer pan (should reach 1 to 2 inches from bottom of pan).
- Place into the preheated oven and bake for 90 minutes, or until the milk has turned into a deep caramel color. Remove from the oven and whisk until creamy. Let cool and store in sealed containers in the fridge.
There’s even a easier way to make it, put the can of milk in a pan of water be sure to keep the can covered with water at all times, then boil for 1 to 1 1/5 hours. Let the can cool before opening.
Ooo, I am going to try this! Thanks for the tip, Jennifer!
Megan
NOT EVEN CLOSE…. To the real Argentinian Dulce de Leche…. Or the Mexican Cajeta, for that matter. That's just caramel sauce….
Hello! I just wanted to tell you that I'm argentinean, wich means I'm from the land of dulce de leche! (Yes, lucky one here)
This recipe is quite good, and I have tried it many times,and although it's not quite like real dulce de leche, the taste is nonetheless amazing.
You can also make it by boiling the can of condensed milk for 3 hours in a pot of boiling water. Works really well!
Hi Helen! I wanted to give people the option of not having to purchase it. It is so easy to make…so, why buy?! 🙂
Megan
You can buy this in the can aleady made in the Mexican food isle.
This is a great way to use oven space while making something else with a neutral smell in there. It saves on having to make it on the stove top for over an hour. Thank you for the tip.
I would say it would keep for 2 weeks, tightly sealed in the fridge. Glad you enjoyed it!
I made this today, and it's absolutely amazing, better than caramel!! But would you happen to know how long it keeps if i put it in a jar and stick it in the fridge?
That looks delicious! Definitely something I need to do soon, I love dulce de leche 😀
ohmigosh, you've just made my week.
Yum! Looks delicious!
Girl I wish I never would have read that. Oh my – i will be putting that on EVERYTHING!
LOVE IT – Thanks tons!