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This slow cooker coconut milk dulce de leche is more like coconut caramel sauce than that tinge of sour you'd get from dulce de leche made with milk.
Kate Ramos

Slow Cooker Coconut Milk Dulce de Leche + A Toasted Almond-Burnt Sugar Banana Split

This is a recipe for 1 banana split, but is easily adaptable for more. Use your favorite treats to make it your own, toasted coconut, sprinkles, or even a cherry on top would be good. Vegan ice cream make this treat completely dairy free. If the coconut milk wasn't whisked until completely smooth in the beginning you might end up with little lumps in your finished sauce. You can either strain them out or blend the sauce in a blender until smooth.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 2 cups Dulce de Leche
Cuisine: Mexican-American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For the Dulce de Leche:
  • 2 13.5 ounce cans full-fat coconut milk
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
For the Banana Split:
  • 1 large banana
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 2-3 scoops of your favorite ice cream
  • Coconut milk dulce de leche
  • toasted almonds
  • fresh raspberries

Method
 

To make the Dulce de Leche:
  1. Combine all the dulce de leche ingredients in a 8-quart slow cooker and whisk until smooth. Cover and cook on high for 6 hours, stirring occasionally. Dulce de leche will seem very thin when it is hot, but will thicken as it cools.
  2. Let cool slightly, then transfer to a sealed container and refrigerate for up to 1 month.
To make the Banana Split:
  1. Heat broiler to high. Split the banana in half vertically and lay, cut-side-up on a foil-lined, oven-safe frying pan. If you want to do more than one banana split at a time you can lay several bananas on a foil-lined baking sheet.
  2. Sprinkle brown sugar over the entire cut surface of the banana and place directly under the broiler. Broil for 1-2 minutes or until sugar is melted and bubbly. You can also use a blow torch to melt the sugar if you have one.
  3. Transfer banana halves to a serving dish and top with ice cream, dulce de leche, almonds, and raspberries. Warm dulce de leche in the microwave for a few seconds if it is too hard. Serve immediately.

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