{"id":1344,"date":"2011-09-14T13:58:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T13:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2012-09-27T20:20:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T20:20:11","slug":"homemade-dulce-de-leche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2011\/09\/14\/homemade-dulce-de-leche\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Dulce de Leche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 300px;\" data-width=\"300\" class=\"ratio-wrap-center\"><div class=\"ratio-box\" style=\"padding-bottom: 75% !important;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1345 lazyload\" title=\"dulce de leche_blog\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/dulce-de-leche_blog-300x225.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/dulce-de-leche_blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/dulce-de-leche_blog.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/img><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raise your hand if you\u2019ve ever tried dulce de leche. \u00a0What about homemade dulce de leche? \u00a0It\u2019s the Spanish version of caramel. \u00a0It\u2019s ooey, gooey, and deliciously sweet. \u00a0The taste of caramel behind every spoonful will leave you craving more. \u00a0You can find it at grocery stores and latin markets, but it\u2019s super easy to make, and the taste of making it at home will never compare to the store-bought version. \u00a0It only takes one ingredient, just one!, to make this delicious sauce, and you can use it on so many things. \u00a0Pour it on ice cream, dip fruit in it, eat it by the spoonful (my favorite!), or make any of the yummy recipes I\u2019ll be sharing with you in the weeks to come as part of my Ode to Dulce de Leche!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1-14.oz. can sweetened condensed milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Set a medium saucepan over high heat. \u00a0Place a large glass bowl on top of the saucepan to form a double boiler.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pour the sweetened condensed milk into the bowl.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cook the condensed milk for 2-3 hours, stirring every 30 minutes, and refilling the water in the saucepan when necessary. \u00a0The dulce de leche is ready when it turns a darker caramel color.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">After it\u2019s done, beat the sauce with a fork, and store at room temperature (ore store in the refrigerator if not using within 1-2 days).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Makes about 1 cup of dulce de leche. \u00a0<em>Original recipe by La Casa de Sweets.<\/em><\/div>\n<div>*Although there are recipes out there that encourage you to make dulce de leche by placing an unopened can in boiling water or a slow cooker, please, PLEASE do not do that. \u00a0It\u2019s not safe, and could burn you severely. \u00a0Stick to the recipe above, and you\u2019ll be fine!<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It only takes one ingredient, just one!, to make this deliciously sweet caramel sauce!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[207,206,205],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions\/2613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}