Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Dulce de Leche Duos


I very nearly had to skip this week's Tuesdays with Dorie goodie because I have been wrestling with bronchitis for the past week. Who would want to eat anything made by somebody who is coughing and hacking? Just to be ready, though, I made the dulce de leche by the super easy method recommended by Laurie: I put two unopened cans of sweetened condensed milk in a crockpot, covered then with water and cooked on low overnight. What a terrific result!

So back to the Dulce de Leche Duos. They are in the oven now and are coming out pretty well. I did make an error in following the recipe which I didn't catch until I was rereading it to make sure I didn't leave anything out. Somehow I misread the amount of sugar and put in 3/4 cup of white sugar instead of 1/2 cup. I tried pulling some of it out, but had already dumped the dulce de leche into the bowl so extracting the extra sugar was pretty much a lost cause. Maybe the bronchitis fog is thicker in my brain than I think.

Later: The cookies are tasty but rather sweet. (Could it possibly be the extra quarter cup of sugar?!!) Dorie says you'll end up with 30 sandwiches--I have half again that many so either I made them too small or that extra sugar greatly expanded the batter!

11 comments:

  1. Beautiful cookies, and the picture of yourself in your header...just way to adorable.

    You are a cutie.

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  2. They look good! I didn't put the white sugar in and mine were still plenty sweet. They didn't spread at all, though, so looked like rocks!

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  3. I almost did the same thing! Thankfully I happen to reread the recipe before I threw the white sugar in. Whew! Glad you didn't skip this week and enjoyed the cookies. Get well soon!
    -CB
    http://iheartfood4thought.com

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  4. I hope you are feeling better!! Your cookies look great!

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  5. These were fairly sweet, so I can see where extra sugar might be noticed. They do look delish!

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  6. Bronchitis is a bear! I used to get it every year when I still smoked. (Been smoke-free for over 10 years now).

    Great looking cookies. I am going to try and work this recipe in tomorrow.

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  7. they were a hit with us too!!! nice job :) i didn't find them too sweet but i have a crazy sweet tooth lol

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  8. I agree with Tanya, I love your header! Your cookies look perfect! A lot of us found them to be sweet so your extra 1/4 cup of sugar may not have mattered.

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  9. The cookies were really sweet, so I actually prefered them without filling!

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  10. They WERE pretty sweet. They were nice and chewy without the filling and tasty with it.

    Cookies look just right.

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  11. These were pretty sweet even without extra sugar! It looks like your cookies turned out great though. The photo of you with your mixer is great!

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