Description
This is basically sweet, caramelized milk. It’s so easy and so delicious. I like it better than caramel sauce on anything you’d use caramel sauce, such as on ice cream, toast, cookies, cakes, brownies, or to pour on people.
Ingredients
- 1 small finishing nail
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 3 cups water, or more as needed
Instructions
- Wash the nail and pound it into the top of can of sweetened condensed milk to make 2 small holes on opposite sides of the top. Remove nail.
- Place the can of condensed milk into a small saucepan and pour in water to reach high up the side of the can. Bring water to a boil; reduce heat to low. Simmer milk in the can for 3 to 4 hours. Milk will slowly turn light to medium brown and become thicker as it cooks. Add more water as it boils down.
- Remove lid from can and pour dulce de leche into a bowl. Whisk to break up any lumps and mix thicker caramel from the bottom into the rest of the syrup.
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 3 hrs
Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 8