Hi.
I’ve noticed you around these parts a lot. I made you some cookies. I’m glad you’re here.
Maybe we could sit down and you could shell out some advice. I just have one question. Gimme your gut. What’s it thinkin’? This might seem silly, but what else is new? I really need your help with this.
Couch. Should I buy a couch?
Just the thought of a real life couch in my little apartment gives me all sorts of unreasonable anxiety. Yeesh. I thought I would only buy a couch… a big fluffy couch… when I was an adult and I had my life aaaaaaaallllllll figured out. Well… I’m pretty darn sure I’m an adult, and I’m pretty darn sure I’ll never actually have it all figured out…. so I might just need to buck up and buy the darn couch, right?
Couch. It’s just a couch. Somehow… it seems like so much more. What do you think?
I’ll trade you your thoughts for these ridiculously good cookies. Deal? Deal.
There are a few things you should know about these cookies…. wait! Do you know what dulce de leche is? Dulce de leche is like a thick, milky, caramel sauce. It’s made when sweetened milk is slowly cooked and boiled down to deliciousness. I buy the jarred stuff because it makes my life easier.
This recipe from Dorie Greenspan makes one whole heck of a lot of cookie dough. Phew! This recipe makes about 30 sandwich cookies. That’s a lot.
Even with the dulce de leche, brown sugar and granulated sugar, these cookies aren’t as sweet as you might think. Surprising… I know. I added a bit of sea salt on top of the dulce de leche I spread into the sandwich cookies. Amazing!
The one small downside to these cookies? They sure aren’t as pretty as I wanted them to be…. but oooh so delicious.
Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies
recipe from Baking: from my home to yours
makes 30 sandwich cookies
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup store-bought dulce de leche, plus more for filling
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and position a rack in the upper third of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fit with a paddle attachment, beat the butter at medium speed until just softened and broken up a bit. Add the 3/4 cup dulce de leche, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating to incorporate.
Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the dry ingredients all at once. Mix only until the flour is just incorporated. You may need to finish off the mixing with a big spatula.
Spoon the dough onto the lined baking sheets using a heaping teaspoon of dough for each cookie. The dough will be soft and this might be a bit messy. Leave 2 inches of space between each cookie for the baking spread.
Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes. The cookies will be honey brown with a light crust, but still very soft when they come out of the oven. Let them rest on the cookie sheet for a minute or two before removing to cool.
Once the cookies are cooled completely, spread them with dulce de leche and sprinkle with a bit of sea salt if you like. Keep well wrapped for up to four days.
RC6pack
Yummy, yummy, yummy. The family went nuts for these. I used nutella and dulce leche for the filling and a touch of sea salt.
Missy McClure
You can get Dulce de Leche at Wal-Mart. I know – I’m not a fan either but it is the only place in our part of the world that I can find it. It is on the aisle with Mexican food – not with the sweetened condensed milk. I can just eat it out of the can – the whole can – which probably explains why I NEED to use P90X! :)
Kelci Smith
I just got a ridiculously rad 70’s retro-modern couch at Goodwill for $30. It’s big and goldenrod and I love it. I suggest you check out a thrift store. They always have the coolest vintage furniture for cheap. As long as you have a steam cleaner or know of someone who has a steam cleaner. :)
Jyoti
Hi Joy!
I made these for my sister’s volleyball game – they were such a hit that we made them for our christmas cookie party…and they continue to be a hit! Thanks for the great recipe.
https://homnom.blogspot.com/2010/10/dulce-de-leche-cookies.html
yum yum yum!
Connie
Hi Joy,
I’ve been following your blog and I found this recipe today… it’s almost a year after it was published but I liked the couch discussion… My husband and I were living in our house for more than A YEAR before buying our two couches… and that was after I got pregnant. I was 7 months pregnant when the couches arrived and our internal jokes for years to come is: We have the house, the baby and the COUCHES!
BTW, I’m from Argentina and dulce de leche is like our national sweet (and we tend to say that we invented it). =)
Nice recipe!
Kimberly
I’m definitely making this. Question is whether I’m brave enough to make the dulce de leche too!
Mae @ Passionatemae
i’m making this lovelies now in my oven…i can smell the sweet sweet smell of Dulce de Leche.
Katie @ The Well-Fed Newlyweds
I made these this weekend for a party, and my friends went crazy over them! One of the guests was even walking around holding one in each hand, going back and forth between them! (If that’s not high praise, I don’t know what is.) In addition to being insanely delicious, they were a breeze to make, stayed fresh and soft for a few days, and made my friends think I’m a baking genius. Thanks for the stellar recipe Joy!
Stiffler
I made these last weekend.
They were very good and the co-workers liked them.
Abby
Hi Joy,
My friend and I made these cookies this weekend and they were delicious! They were so easy to make and the recipe actually made 50+ cookies total.
Thanks for this wonderful treat!
Abby
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You should try with chocolate cookies. Chocolate + dulce de leche= heaven. Believe me.
Chocolate cakes are also great! And pancakes!! OMG
I’d really recommend using our dulce de leche for your (talking to all americans) recipes! It’s delicious and much more healthier and lighter than all those fillings and frostings you make out of butter and cream. You can find easy recipes as the one rachel says, or the real dulce de leche recipe which is, of course, the best in the world..
Lots of love from an argentinean girl :)