Have I found the best thing ever - and I'm so excited to share it with you. I was intrigued by this pin on pinterest - hence it falls into my pinterest linkys series:)
Caramel in a tin or Dulche de leche. Now I have always known about the pop it in a pot to boil for many hours re topping the water watching and hoping it doesn't explode -and worrying about the pot boiling dry. But this method uses your crockpot. Pop your tins in the crockpot and leave on for 8 hours and voila rich delicious caramel.
The original came from here along with a detailed blog post.
I read the comments and thought I should dig a bit deeper- I checked out a year of slow cooking recipes and found this one too - and I read all their comments
and then I decided for research purposes only I should try it myself
One pot of nestle condensed milk ( and I used the pull ring tins - is there any other sort these days?) In my Kambrook slow cooker - on low - filed with water - label removed - popped it in at 8.30pm and turned it off at 6.00am. I left it in the water to cool all day and opened it up.
Totally divine.
I made these. Shop bought cases and a dollop of cream.
There was no mad boiling with the tin popping up and down the way it does in the pot of boiling water and although it takes time - it's simple- just pop in set and forget.
I'm thinking a couple of tins next time :) Now if you are stuck for ideas on how to use all that yummy caramel -a quick search on taste.com unearthed
these little caramel and chocolate pots
OMG - this caramel with strawberries for dipping
this chocolate pound cake and icecream with a caramel topping
and these apple cakes with caramel.
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