Tuesdays with Dorie: Dulce de Leche Duos with Homemade Dulce de Leche

Jodi of Beansy Loves Cake decided on Dulce de Leche Duos for her pick of TWD this week. She will have the recipe for these cookies on her blog, and be sure to check out her cute cakes too!

I don't think I have ever tasted Dulce de Leche before? Maybe it was swirled in some ice cream, but tasting it by itself, no. Carmel (or caramel), yes. This week I have. To me, the two taste very different. Dulce de Leche (DDL) is much richer, milkier. I will admit I prefer carmel. *ducks out of the way of rotten tomatoes*

Anyways for these cookies, you add some homemade or store bought DDL into the cookie dough, then you sandwich them together with more DDL. It makes these cookies very sweet, kinda sticky to the touch, a little crispy out of the oven and durable. I used 1 can of sweetened condensed milk to make my DDL, and found that I only had enough DDL left to sandwich about 9 cookies! SO if you'd like to make this, with homemade DDL, use 2 cans and you'll have leftover DDL for ice cream! So I thought these cookies were very sweet and rich but too much for me.

There are a few methods to make Homemade Dulce de Leche. You could boil it, crock pot it, stove top it, or bake it, see here for methods we discussed. After 2 failed attempts in the crock pot (mine overcooked it, my low must be a med-high), I decided to try one more time in the oven.

It came out great, maybe a little light in color, but it was not overdone! Yay!