If you have read my blog with any regularity, you know I’m obsessed with sweet and salty. I know some people hate it but I’m in love. It just tastes like the absolute perfect combination to me- mostly sweet, with a crunch of salt. Yum. You can imagine then that I’ve been waiting and waiting to make Sea Salt caramels of my own. I’ve made caramel…
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NOTE: Please read all instructions below. It’s very important to keep the water level above the cans at all times, as well as keep the heat on very low. (See alternate methods at the bottom of this post!) Dulce de Leche is a heavenly substance. At first glance, it looks a little like caramel, but it’s actually sweetened milk that’s been heated…
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This promo recipe was printed on the back of a label from a can of Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk and found in a large collection, date unknown. I’ve typed it below along with a scanned copy. CREAMY RICE PUDDING Watch your family eat this creamy, tasty rice pudding with glee. Makes eight 1/2-cup servings. 1/2 cup uncooked rice, washed…
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Creamy No-Bake Cheesecake took second place in the Cozi Best Family Desserts Contest. Thanks to Kemish E. for sharing this dessert, and congratulations, Kemish, on your winning recipe!Creamy No-Bake Cheesecake Creamy No-Bake Cheesecake took second place in the Cozi Best Family Desserts Contest. Thanks to Kemish E. for sharing this dessert…
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Now with fudge week, I had to include a classic chocolate version. This one is another one that is so simple and basically foolproof! The key to this is to cook over low heat until well melted and combined. For the chocolate, you use good old chips. However, you want a combo of chocolate. I did 2 parts semi sweet and one part milk chocolate…
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On one of the recent trips to my favorite soul food restaurant, MacArthur’s, as I sunk my teeth into the crunchy fried catfish, I heard the lady in the next booth lament to her friends that she had lost the recipe for, “the best d–n sweet potato pie” she’d ever had in her whole life. Further eavesdropping revealed that said sweet potato pie…
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H istorians warn about the dangers of present-ism,the tendency to interpret the past through the filter of present-day values and knowledge. Oddly, when I m traveling around the country collecting recipes and food stories, I experience something closer to past-ism. I m vulnerable to the conviction that modernity is a pale and artificial…
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These Funfetti Gooey Bars are the best gooey bars ever! Made with a cake mix and a few simple ingredients, they are gooey to the max! I don’t make the same thing twice very often. Almost never, in fact. I mean, when you’re surrounded by sugar all day every day, most of it new recipes that you can post, the last thing you need (or want) is…
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Recipe Type: Puddings, Creams, and Custards, Dessert Cuisine: Mexican Yields: 6 servings Prep time: 30 min Carmel cook time: 10 min Flan cook time: 60 minutes Ingredients: 1 cup granulated sugar Drop of lemon juice 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Pinch of salt Equipment…
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If pumpkin pie made with evaporated milk simply stopped existing today, I wouldn t really care. Because even though that s the back of the box classic version, I prefer mine with sweetened condensed milk. Adding sweetened condensed milk not only saves you the trouble of measuring out sugar, as it provides all the sweetness your pie will…
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EASY soft caramels you can whip up in about 15 minutes. You don’t need a candy thermometer to make these caramels and they literally melt in your mouth! I have two all-time favorite caramel recipes. One is my mother’s and it is famous. Really. People will say things like “He how’s your mom? I’ve been craving her caramels since last Christmas!”…
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Use this simple, 2-ingredient Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk Recipe whenever you need sweetened condensed milk but don’t have any on hand. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone to make a recipe with sweetened condensed milk, only to find out I didn’t have any. Or worse yet, I think I bought the sweetened condensed milk but actually…
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First things first: prepare your fancy candy bar receptacle by lining a 9×13-inch pan with aluminum foil and spraying the foil with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine the sweetened condensed milk, the vanilla, and the salt. Stir them together until they’re well-mixed. If your room is fairly cold and the condensed milk is thick…
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Do you like drippy, gooey chocolate? Yes? Good, you’re in the right place today. I’ve made you an epic brownie. It’s going to blow your mind, knock your socks off, and make you the envy of everyone you know. They’re that good. Just a few simple ingredients makes these Brownie Gooey Bars my favorite brownie EVER. Sometimes you just NEED CHOCOLATE…
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Did you know that you can make macaroons using only TWO ingredients? Well, three ingredients, if you want to get technical. I hate those recipes that advertise using “only two ingredients, ” when one of those ingredients is a box of cake mix. I’m pretty sure one box of cake mix has more ingredients than I’d care to count. The original recipe…
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