Easy dulce de Leche cookies

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:55:35 +0100

I spotted these on TasteSpotting.com, a great website for cooking inspiration. Don't they look yum!?

Dulce de leche literally means "sweet of milk", and can be found next to condensed milk in the shops. It's pretty much the same but more caramelly.

Read the Wikipedia definition.

Here is the recipe I used (translated from American cups, into grams/mls). It differs slightly from other recipes in that, the cookie mixture itself contains Dulce de leche (where as usually it is just the filling).

http://buttersugarflour.com/2007/12/double-dulce-de-leche-biscuits/

Ingredients

200g unsalted butter, softened
64g brown sugar
64g caster sugar
397g tin of Dulce de leech (Nestle Carnation Caramel)
2 eggs
340g plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180°C. Prepare two baking trays with non-stick baking paper
Put the butter, sugar and half the tin of dulce de leche in a large bowl and mix
Beat in the eggs
Add the flour, baking powder and salt. Sifting the flour if inclined
Use a piping bag to squeeze the mixture on to the baking tray
Bake for approx 10 minutes.
Use the remaining dulce de leche as the fillings for each double cookie.

Tips:

If you don't have a piping bag, make your own using a sandwich bag with a hole in, or some baking paper rolled into a funnel shape.
No need to squeeze them out perfectly, as no matter when they look like raw, they always turn out nice and circular.
Alternate between your two baking trays (One in the oven, whilst you prepare the second batch).

Maple taffy on snow

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:35:03 +0000

When I was in Canada in February 2009, one local delicacy I repeatedly bought was Maple Taffy. It's maple syrup (made in the local area), heated to boiling point and poured over snow in thin streams. A wooden skewer is then dipped in it, and once the syrup has hardened slightly it's rolled up. Thanks to the recent so called 'Big Freeze' in England, we were able to re-create this splendid treat!

I know what you're thinking; We're always told not to eat yellow snow, well this is an exception to the rule :)

All you need is:

1 Tin of golden syrup (or maple if you can get it!)
Snow, in a baking tray, patted down flat
Some chopsticks/skewers.

Step 1) Bring the syrup to boiling point

Step 2) Pour the syrup over the snow and immediatly put the stick in.

Step 3) When hard, roll the syrup around the stick.

Step 4) Eat!

Step 5) Thoroughly brush your precious teeth with a fluoride toothpaste :)

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