Y’all.
You’re not going to believe what I did. Or maybe you’ve already done it yourself, so it’s not that big of a deal to you. To me? Life changing.
I made sweet, caramel-y dulce de leche in my slow cooker. And I did it while I was asleep, with no worries of cans exploding. This is pretty much the most genius thing ever.
And, um, it’s only one ingredient.
Promise me that you’ll make this. I’m guessing that you already have sweetened condensed milk in the house and hoping you already have a few canning jars laying around. If not, head to the store and stock up, because I have a super fantastic recipe coming up later this week using 1 and 1/2 jars of dulce de leche and a cake mix. It’s pretty much out of this world ridiculously good.
Oh, and feel free to double this recipe (or halve it, but then you’ll end up with just 1 1/2 jars of dulce de leche instead of 3). The dulce de leche should last between 3 and 4 weeks in the fridge, but my guess is that you’ll eat it all before you get to that point, anyway.
Crockpot Dulce De Leche
Ingredients
- 28 ounces sweetened condensed milk 2 cans
- 3 1/2 pint canning jars
- Water
Instructions
- Empty the two cans of condensed milk into the canning jars and securely tighten the lids.
- Place in an empty slow cooker and cover with water. The water should rise at least 1 inch above the jars.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and turn to low heat for 10 hours (the longer you cook it, the darker it will get, so cook it to your preference).
- Remove from the water and allow to cool to room temperature.
- Store in the refrigerator for 3-4 weeks.
Nutrition Information:
peafur says
pinning this now to try later ?
MEAl5 says
I can’t wait to try this! thanks so much!
joan says
is it possible to freeze the finished product? maybe take the lids off the jars and cover with plastic wrap to put in the freezer? would it ruin the texture? can’t wait to try this.
Karly says
I’m not sure how that would affect the texture as I haven’t tried it myself.
joan says
when I make this, I’ll try freezing some and see what happens!
Jamie says
Joan–did you ever try freezing this?
Barbara says
Thank you for this recipe. Much easier than the stove-top method! It does freeze well. I froze it right in the jar with the lid on. No problems.
Betsy Scotto says
Do I use just clean/new jars, or must they be sterilized first?
Karly says
Clean jars are fine. I don’t sterilize mine first, since I’m keeping the jars in the fridge and not actually “canning” it.
Kristy says
Tried it yesterday as a Christmas gift for someone – we’re having our Christmas get together next weekend. Turned nice caramel brown after 10 hours – though it was hard to tell what color it was while in the water. I took it out thinking it was a little too light, but didn’t have time to let to cook any longer without burning it. Once out, it was much darker. Tastes delicious!
margaret says
Do you think you could cold pack this when it is finished?
Heather says
Do you fill up the jars all the way? I bought what I need according to another recipe but think I was supposed to buy even smaller jars than I did because I don’t think 2 cans of cond milk will be enough for my 3 jars like I read.
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Stacy says
going to make this for your homemade icecream recipe for Superbowl Sunday.
CowgalJazzy says
Can u use mason jars for this?
Karly says
@CowgalJazzy,
Yep! Canning jars ARE mason jars. 🙂
CowgalJazzy says
I made condensed milk today , going to make this tomorrow when I get home from doing errands. Than make that ice cream! If it comes out good . I’m going to get more to make this weekend! yum!
S. Wilkerson says
Did you ever post the recipe using “1 and 1/2 jars of dulce de leche and a cake mix”
Karly says
@S. Wilkerson,
Sure did! It’s right here: http://bunsinmyoven.com/2012/02/15/gooey-chocolate-dulce-de-leche-cake/
S. Wilkerson says
Thank you very much! 🙂
Nicole says
Oh I just made this, and yum!!! My first batch was wayyyyy over cooked.. I think my slow cooker calibration is off so I made another batch during the day so I could watch over it… Took about 7 hours for mine… If that even. But I must say this batch is golden and creamy, I made it to go along with my new favorite 1 ingredient banana ice cream!!
Thank you so much for such a great idea!!!
Tonya says
Is it possible to do this in the crockpot on high for 3-4 hours?
Karly says
@Tonya,
I haven’t done it myself, but you could try. I think it’d work fine. I’d use a glass jar for sure so that you can see how dark the milk getting.