Is this the perfect caramel apple dip? Oh my, yes. Don't forget, though, that it's also wonderful in ANY dessert calling for caramel or dulce de leche. Use as a filler between cake layers, cookies, on ice cream, stirred into hot chai or coffee or cocoa, or simply convey to mouth with spoon; whichever way you eat it, you'll be so glad you did!
Ingredients
Per Batch of Slow-Cooker No-Stir Dulce de Leche in Jars:
1half of a vanilla beansplit and scraped, seeds and pod reserved
1pinch salt
1pintsized canning jar with a cleantwo-piece lid
Additional equipment needed:
1slow cooker deep enough to hold lidded pint sized canning jars topped with at least an inch of water.
Instructions
Add the split and scraped vanilla pod and seeds to a clean pint canning jar. Open the can of sweetened condensed milk and pour it into the jar, scraping the can to be sure to get all of the sweetened condensed milk. Add the pinch of salt. Screw the lid in place to fingertip tightness, then slowly invert and turn the jar right-side-up several times. Put the jar(s) in the slow-cooker and add hot tap water to the slow-cooker to cover the jars by an inch. Place the lid on the slow-cooker, set to LOW and let it cook for 8 to 12 hours. When the cooking time is up, turn off the slow-cooker, remove the lid, and let it stand undisturbed until the water reaches room temperature. Rinse the jar(s), refrigerate, and use within 2 weeks!
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