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.
Rachel
The next time you do a recipe with dulce de leche, you should tell your readers about this way of making dulce de leche: https://www.thecookinginn.com/tcirecipes/canmilkb.html
michelle
trick for making them prettier –
use a cookie cutter (any shape as long as it’s smaller than the cookie) and on half of the baked cookies. spread the DDL on the other cookies (duh) (at this point you can also sprinkle them with icing sugar) then when you put them together the dulce de leche shows through! neato!
Liz
I tried this recipe today and it was beyond fantastic! We also happened to have Nutella on hand, which brought these cookies to a whole new thigh expanding level. Thanks for all of the fantastic recipes and many many laughs.
https://www.lizdidit.com/2010/06/amazing-cookies-fantastic-girlfriends.html.
Ruby
Liz! Great minds do think alike. I also wanted to try a little nutella on these…(wait, I want to try nutella on pretty much EVERYTHING)…
QUESTION: What did you actually do with the nutella? On top or inside with the dulce de leche???
Thanks!
Ruby
Maggie
Hi Joy,
I made these last night as a “I’m sorry” gift to my boyfriend for being a bit of a spaz last weekend. I think baking cookies is the female equivalent of giving flowers to make up for a wrong. Anyways, huge hit. Thanks for the recipe!!
Maggie
joythebaker
nice job maggie!
Laura
My dear Joy,
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I am always checking up on your blog while at work, and my co-workers are always peeking over my shoulder and directing me what to make next. I made these last week for a co-workers birthday and they were AMAZING (but what isn’t from your blog…)
Thanks again!
Laura
Indianapolis, IN
tristan
joy, dulce de leche reminds me of my home. argentina. i have yet to make these little bits but i appreciate the photos and good words. <3
Kathy
Hi Joy! I love your recipes! I bought my first couch at 24 (right out of college for my second apartment) 6 years later I still have it. It was my first big grown up purchase all by myself and I sat and sprawled out my 5’10” frame on every single couch in the furniture store to the shock of all the sales people. It was the best purchase I have made-I love it! :) So-I say go for it and get one you like-really like so that you can love it. (I wish I would have bought the matching love seat as well-I’m still kicking myself!) Good luck!
DivaDivine
Nomnomnom! These look divine. I bet even if I swapped out a nut butter or Nutella these would still be divine.
Thanks Joy!
The Courteous Chihuahua
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or in this case, the taster.
chelsea
Hello Joy,
I just stumbled upon your blog today. I love trying new recipes and this website seems to be the perfect place to pick some yummy ones up. Thank you for your blogging and recipe sharing!
About your couch, I would go sit on every single one of the pretty couches in the store and figure out which one your butt feels best on, then by that one.
Christine
Printing NOW. Too delicious for coherency. Drooling.
Jennifer
I made these last night and thought that they were beyond amazing but they were even better today! It was the perfect combination of salty and sweet. Thank you so much for this recipe. It is going on my list of favorites!