Sweetened Condensed Milk tastes so good

[Robin'sBrood]

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Oh yeah! My grandma used to make those for me

I've made them occasionally, but my DH dislikes coconut, so it's not good for me to be the only one eating them!

Oh yeah, she would put butterscotch chips AND chocolate chips on them->me drooling.

Around here we call those "7 layer bars." YUMMY!

 

[BrahmaMama]

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Oh yeah! My grandma used to make those for me

I've made them occasionally, but my DH dislikes coconut, so it's not good for me to be the only one eating them!

Oh yeah, she would put butterscotch chips AND chocolate chips on them->me drooling.

Around here we call those "7 layer bars." YUMMY!

Yep, I remember when I needed the actual recipe (funny, as they are really easy to make ) I asked someone up here, and they called them 7 layer bars too

 

[charmed one]

My flan turned out great!

My DH even liked it and he is not a sweet eater! Sorry I didn't take photos. It didn't last long enough to get any!

BrahmaMama, you can do this!

 

[Dar]

Leah-yes I know I'm crazy :

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Remove label and boil for an hour and a half. Do not do one it will not sattisfy you. Always do enough to get sick on. Six is good. It will not explode.
Caution: make sure water covers the cans at all times and open can only after it has cooled a bit.

I am doing this with the kids tonight...wish me luck!

update:...this stuff should be illegal holy cow never mind the fruit just gimmie a spoon​

 

[HiDelight]

I just found this on one of my favorite cooking boards

check it out a way to make dulce de leche in the microwave?

I have not tried it yet but can assure you I will one of these days...

I am not sure if this is in one of the 11 pages of this thread but if not
here you go

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/255/Dulce-de-Leche

 

[msgenie516]

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Hi,

I hate to admit how often that has happened to me! I find baking pans are "notorious" for getting lost. Boy, do I have a lot of cupcake pans, round cake pans, and so on!

One of the worst offenders is my spice cabinet. I probably have AT LEAST three containers of cinnamon and who knows what else!

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one!

Genie

 

[msgenie516]

Hi again!

Well, after reading and re-reading all of these posts about how wonderful sweetened condensed milk is in coffee, I just had to try it. I actually never opened a can of SCM in my life before tonight (hate to admit it, but it's true)! I just never made a recipe that called for it and I never thought to use it for coffee. I always did curiously look at cans of it in the supermarket and wonder why I didn't hear anything when I shook it. When I opened the can I knew why, what a thick milky sugar syrup!

So I proceeded to put enough of the milk in my coffee to make it as light as I liked. Well, talk about SUGAR OVERLOAD! I think that's why I'm up so late tonight posting on this topic! I decided to try another cup with just enough of the SCM to obtain the proper sweetness and then topping it off with half and half. Then it was absolutely delicious!

Thanks for the great hint! It took a little adjusting but I love it now!

Genie

 

[BirdMom]

Rather than boiling it in the can, a much quicker and safer way to do this might be to pour the scm into a small saucepan, heat to a boil, reduce heat to medium or lower, just enough to keep it boiling, and let it boil till it's a nice caramelly color. Shouldn't take more than half an hour, maybe less, depending on the heat. You don't want to leave the heat up too high or it will just burn.

No, I haven't tried it yet, but probably will tomorrow! ;-) Sounds delicious. I make a lot of caramel at the holidays, and I think this would work very quickly and easily just in a pan, with no worries of exploding cans. I'll let you all know how it works when I try it. I'm sure my kids would love something to dip their apple slices into.

 

[Jeff9118]

Did the price of regular milk just go up again or somthing? It would have to be up there now before I would start buying condensed, canned or powdered milk.

 

[msgenie516]

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Hi,

To me, it is not the price of regular milk that is the issue, but I feel that canned milk is just better for some purposes. This, of course, depends on your taste buds.

I prefer evaporated milk for mashed potatoes and you can have it in the house at all times, as it doesn't spoil like regular milk. I don't use it for white sauce because the color just isn't right, too yellow. I have no small children and don't keep milk around that much, unless I need it for a particular recipe.

Also, some of my bread recipes call for powdered milk, so that's what I use. This may be because it also doesn't spoil and you can put a bread machine on a timer.

Sweetened condensed milk is newer to me but I know I have recipes that call for it, also. And I sure would like to try making caramel as other posters have mentioned.

Genie