I’ve said it before. Baking now is like therapy for me. Cheap and good therapy.
But in order for me to support my habit, I need the right tools. I’m sometimes a little late to adopt things. . but I guess it doesn’t matter as long as I come around, right? My Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer. I seriously don’t know how I survived so long without this appliance. A cookie scoop for baking. Rubber spatula, bench scraper, pastry brushes . . . and my Silpat non-stick baking mat.
If you bake, you know what this is. . and you probably already know how awesome these are. It is reusable for thousands of uses and provides even heat transfer to baked goods. Just to show you how wonderful these baking mats are, I am giving one away.
But with every good Silpat, you need a great recipe. If you like chocolate and dulce de leche, look no further. These cookies are amazingly delicious. And I was crazy enough to make my dulce de leche from scratch. But with success! On my second time around. All you need is one can of sweetened condensed milk and salt. That’s it. So, whether you buy it or make the dulce de leche yourself, you need to bake these cookies. After carefully monitoring my dulce de leche in the oven and waiting with anticipation. . and then waiting some more to taste the double chocolate chip cookies with the dulce de leche. . everything goes away when you bite into one of these. All the stress. All the worry. Even just for a moment. These cookies are that good.
I won’t charge you for a therapy session this time. This one is on the house. All I ask is that you spread the word and pass on this recipe . . so we can all be shiny, happy people munching on these cookies.
Dulce de Leche Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- about 1 cup blend of milk + dark or bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup dulce de leche see recipe below or buy from the store
- course sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium saucepan or in the microwave, melt the butter. Take off the heat and stir in (by hand) the brown sugar, cocoa, eggs and salt until well combined. In a separate mixing bowl, mix the baking soda and flour together and then add slowly to the cocoa mixture. Stir (by hand) until well combined and then gently fold in the chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate the dough for about 30 minutes.
- When ready to bake, prepare your baking sheet with your non-stick baking mat or parchment paper. Take 1 heaped tablespoon of dough (or use your cookie scooper), use your finger to make a well or indentation in the center of the dough; fill the well with your dulce de leche and then top it up with more flattened cookie dough so you can seal the edges of the cookie.
- Sprinkle with sea salt and bake for about 10 minutes.
Recipe adapted from Top with Cinnamon.
Dulce de Leche
Ingredients
- 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk (you can use fat free if you'd like)
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F and arrange a rack in the middle.
- Pour the condensed milk into a pie plate and sprinkle with salt. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and place in a roasting pan. Place the roasting pan in the oven and add enough hot tap water to reach halfway up the sides of the pie plate. Bake for 30 minutes to one hour. Keep checking to make sure the water is still there.
- Remove the roasting pan from the oven and remove the pie plate. Carefully uncover the plate and whisk the mixture until smooth, for about 1 minute. Replace the foil and return the pie plate to the water in the roasting pan. Place back in the oven, adding more hot water so that it remains halfway up the sides of the pie plate the entire time. Continue to bake until the dulce de leche is dark golden brown (about the color of peanut butter), for about 1 1/2 hours more. Keep checking the water every 30 minutes or so.
- Remove from the oven and transfer the pie plate to a wire rack. Carefully remove the foil and whisk the dulce de leche until smooth, for about 3 minutes. Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate in an airtight container with a tightfitting lid for up to 1 week.
Recipe from Chow.com. If you don’t have a roasting pan, check this link out.
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Lisa Brown says
I love chocolate chip cookies
Sarah | Curious Cuisiniere says
Peanut butter cookies are my fav!
Allison (Spontaneous Tomato) says
These look amazing… I love dulce de leche in all forms! 🙂
Oh and my favorite kind of cookie is peanut butter chocolate chip!
Jenna T says
My grandma’s raisin oatmeal cookies from the freezer of course. I love frozen cookies!
Amy Kim (@kimchi_mom) says
The humble thick and chewy chocolate chip cookie!
john j schmidt says
chocolate on one side florentines are my weakness
Jamaise says
Classic peanut butter cookies 🙂
Justine@cookingandbeer says
An added touch of salt just makes everything better. I love this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Holly says
Hi Alice, I saw your photo on foodgawker and had to click over to say– WOW! These sound and look wonderful. I entered your giveaway too, thanks for the chance to win. I love silpat!
Robin says
I am a major peanut butter cookie junkie. I have even been known to put peanut butter filling between two peanut butter cookies to make a cookie sandwich. Loaded with fat, but I don’t care. 🙂
Jennifer Liu says
My favorite kind of cookies are oatmeal raisin!
Jean Layton says
Almond thins layered with chocolate. My version of Milanos
Sarah says
Snickerdoodles for me.
Tom Woolley says
Now that I’ve seen this cookie…I’m unsteady about my favorite. BUT – if I have to choose one prior to making these, I would have to say Nutella stuffed chocolate chip cookies with browned butter and Fleur de Sel
Terumi says
chocolate chip cookies are my absolute favorite, but these look like I’ll love them too!
Liz says
One of my favorite cookies is a cranberry ginger cookie I discovered last November…my friends went nuts for them. But any cookie with caramel or dulce de leche is a close second!
Lauren Anderson says
My fave cookie is (currently) TAGALONGS from the Girl Scouts. Yummmmmo! The cookies above look incredible! Will be testing this recipe out!!
Natalie says
Droool, these look too GOOD! How can I not make them? I love dulce de leche!
Eryn says
these might be my new favorite!!
cath says
chocolate chip cookies, of course
Nancy @ gottagetbaked says
Lady, my mouth dropped open when I first saw all the photos of these cookies. Damn, I love chocolate and caramel together. The pic of the bitten cookie with dulce de leche oozing out is the best food porn ever. This way of making dulce de leche sounds a hundred times safer than the “heating a can in boiling water on the stovetop” version. If I heated a can, my luck would guarantee that it exploded in my face. Your way might take longer but I don’t see third degree burns in my future. Score!
karen says
oatmeal chocolate chip! But these look so good, I’m going to have to try them and maybe they’ll become my new fave.
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suki says
chocolate chip! 😀
Alice says
I make a mean toasted coconut macademia nut cookie that I could just DIE for!! 🙂 It’s certainly a special occasion treat!
Kate F. says
I like chocolate chip, caramel, toffee cookies.
Paula @ Vintage Kitchen says
I´m so glad you made your own dulce de leche. With chocolate is a perfect combination, which we have been using forever here as birthday cake flavors. I like how it oozes out of the cookies Alice! So tempting. I have the exact same silpat mats, four of them, that I bought more than 12 years ago. An amazing tool, especially for things with caramel. Have a great week!
Vunda V says
i love chocolate cherry cookies
Vera K says
Choc chip is my fave
Helena says
Chewy, crispy, gooey chocolate chip cookies are my favorite. Although I am not a recent transplant to the city of Seattle, and its been a quite a process to embrace the this city’s culture and its gray skies and rain. I discovered your blog thru twitter just recently and it has been a joy to read in helping me appreciate Seattle.
Rachel (teacher-chef) says
WOW – I love the height of these cookies! I think that chocolate-chocolate chip cookies are my favorite, but I can never make them this soft and chewy and thick… beautiful
Mi Jin Liu says
any kind of cookie is a good cookie. haven’t met one I didn’t like.
Susan C says
Grandma’s Crybaby Cookies
Amanda Thompson says
My family loves Snickerdoodles!!
Shannon says
Brownie cookies are my favorite!
Amber says
Ooh those look so delicious! I adore chocolate chip cookies, and oatmeal cookies. Thanks!
Kelly D says
My favorite is chocolate chip cookies.
Mike @ Semi Sweet says
I love any version of the chocolate chip cookie!
rachel says
Chocolate mocha moaners! (from a recipe on allrecipes.com)
Jenny says
My all time fave cookie is Italian wedding cookie. Yum! I could eat a whole bag w a cup of tea.
Jenny says
Chocolate Chip.