Homemade! Dulce de Leche, that is.

It all started this afternoon.  I called my mom for our daily chat and she mentioned that she was just given Homemade Dulce de Leche by Sandra and that Sandra had graciously given her the recipe....well, what else did she need to say, right?

So, here is the recipe:

1 Litre of Whole Milk (I had 2% and whipping cream so I used the 2% and added some whipping cream for the extra fat)
250 Grams Sugar
150 Grams Brown Sugar
1 Tsp Baking Soda
1 Tsp Vanilla

Mix Milk, and sugars into a sauce pan and heat on low heat.  You are going to have to stir it pretty regularly and keep it on a low heat or it will (and did) boil over.

It look me 2 hours to get to a thick carmel coloured deliciousness. Would probably happen faster if you were to concentrate on it and not try to do 12 other things at the same time.

Once it's reached the desired thickness (I may have stopped a bit too early) remove from heat add the Baking soda and vanilla.  My mixture frothed up like crazy!

The final product.  

The final product is delicious.  It's still warm in my jar as I write this - I'm just too excited about it to wait.  Right now it has more of a caramel sauce consistency and not the typical spread like consistency.  

I will definitely make this again and play around with it.

Please let us know how it works for you!