“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything. “-Michael J. Fox.
I came back to the aftereffects of Diwali in the air, a tad dusty house and a fridge half full of stuff nearing expiration . Including a half can of condensed milk. Which brings us to these cookies.
Simple as can be , these are quick. And tasty . They need only a few ingredients . The chilling is optional but does make the dough easier to handle. You could add in a handful of nuts, chocolate chips or chopped candied fruit. Totally up to you.
The edges are crisp and the centres chewy. These are definitely worth trying! These condensed milk cookies are brilliant returns for little effort – my kind of cookie. Heck, my kind of anything ! I sensed a hint of the taste of condensed milk in these, but I am not entirely sure if thats bcoz my brain knows its in there. You will have to let me know !
If you have more condensed milk than you know what to do with , this oreo fudge is an excellent way to use up some ! Or maybe these Brazilian truffles ! Or homemade ice-cream ?
Condensed milk cookies
Ingredients
- 115 grams or 1/2 cups unsalted butter , at room temperature
- 50 grams or 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200 grams condensed milk , sweetened
- 180 grams or 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180 C / 350 F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Beat together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer or wooden spoon until light and fluffy.
- Add the condensed milk and vanilla extract and beat until smooth.
- Add the flour and salt, and beat until a smooth dough is formed.
- Place tablespoonfuls of cookie dough about 2 inches apart on the lined cookie sheet.
- Bake at 180 C for 12- 15 minutes until golden brown.
- Cool on sheet for 2-3 minutes and then completely on a wire rack.
Notes
- These can be stored in an airtight container for 3 days at room temperature.
- You can use a small tin of sweetened condensed milk or half of a big tin .
- If you find the dough sticky or difficult to handle, chill for about 30 minutes before baking.
- These cookies are big, about 5 to 6 centimetres in diameter.
- The recipe can be doubled.
- Omit the salt if you using salted butter.
These cookies sound really good and will be trying them out today. My question is related to freezing these cookies. I’d love to make several batches and wondered if I can place them in a tin in the freezer for about a month?
Thank you for this recipe, Anne
Hi Anne.
..yes, u can freeze the dough or the cookies too !
Such a perfect recipe. Tried it for the first time and turned out to be beyond expectations. I’ve omitted the granulated sugar due to sweetness of the condensed milk.
Thank u
Really glad you liked the cookies Diksha !
These cookies were so yummy thank you for the recipe, I altered my second batch and added coconut and vanilla essence, used brown sugar and got that sticky chewy texture, shaped them into fingers, divine! Keep up the great work and thank you again!
Thanks Tanya ! Such interesting changes to the cookie !
Tried this cookies and it came out perfect . Thank you for such recipe. Next in my list is coconut cookies .
Thanks so much Jyoti – for trying and sharing this
! Hope you like the coconut ones too!
Loved the taste of the cookies but I did not get a crinkle top But it’s a lovely recipe.
Glad you liked the taste Anusha! I have noticed everybody gets a different surface on these cookies. I think it’s to do with the smoothness of dough and the oven (top rod /bottom rod). Not sure though!
I changed 1/3 cup flour for corn meal. Helps deepen the flavour and improves the texture
Really ? Will surely give it a try ..thanks Gavin !
Fab recipe. Will be making again! Did a double batch which was a good thing as my nephew can’t stop eating them! (neither can I!) Even my mum likes them!
I love this recipe
These sound great. Recently, in the asian supermarket, I cake across Taro flavoured condensed milk. The content was super purple and very yummy. Dark eggplant purple! These cookies would be great purple.
I was making brigadeiros. Also amazing.
That’s great to know Sylvie… The taro flavoured condensed milk sounds interesting! The cookies would look great purple!
Tried this recipe and all i can say is, its sooooo good! Came out perfect! Thank you for sharing! Definitely a keeper!
Hi there. I had some left over condensed milk to use up so thought this was a good way to use it. I used a ‘buttery’ margarine and was a bit skeptical this was going to work so popped in a tablespoon of Birds custard powder in the end to stabilise it and they came out really really well. A bit of crunch, a bit of chew and oodles of yumminess. Nice recipe *****
That s good to know! Thanks for trying the recipe Laura!
Awesome! Dough was very sticky and I didn’t have space in my fridge to chill, so I used an ice cream scoop. Worked a treat
Hi Aks .. I just baked these cookies … They taste yum .
Thanku for the recipe but few questions please respond and help me to be better baker
1. Why my cookies got little dome shamped instead of flat like yours ?
2. What makes these cookies rise and spread without using baking powder nd soda .
3. How did you get that shape , did you made the ball and dropped or you made the cookie shape and placed on the sheet ?
I made the ball and pressed them a bit
Waiting for your valuable feedback
Thanks
Hey Rajal.. Thanks for trying the cookies and letting me know! 1. Your cookies could have slight domes bcoz your dough balls might have been thicker than mine. Mine were thicker at the centre too. 2. The rise is thanks to the reactions between the butter, sugar and condensed milk! 3.i made a ball and dropped. Flattening or not doesn’t matter as such… Hope this helps!!
They were good but I put them in for too long… :*(
oh 🙁 . did they burn?
I’ve tried this recipe a couple of times. Using store bought condensed milk and also homemade condenced milk, the dough is super sticky and almost impossible to shaped nicely like yours. So i usually just used drop method and the cookies turns out oddly shaped and ugly.
But is tasted really nice though.
Hey Jessica… sorry to hear about the shaping issues. You could a little more flour to make the dough easier to shape if its too sticky. Glad you liked the taste of these 🙂
How much baking powder?
Hi Taury.. Sorry for the late response- was travelling for a bit ! There is no baking powder needed in this recipe..
Hi
Can you reduce the amount of sugar in these cookies at all?
Hi Sonia , I havent tried.. you could experiment if you wish , but since there are so few ingredients, it would change the texture of the cookies
Hi . Can I use self raising flour instead of all purpose?
You can Megan.. skip the baking powder and the salt though…
I made these cookies but didn’t leave them to chill before doh! Which probably explains why they melted. I read thequery about self-raising flour, and you said to leave out the baking powder. What baking powder? I’ve looked through the recipe and can’t find mention of baking powder. Also I made the Horlicks cookies with choc horlicks and they were delicious almost fudgy in the middle
But there is, no baking powder in the recipe. Although I cannot understand why?
These is no baking powder in the list of ingredients. How much should you use?
The recipe itself has no baking powder.. You could use a 1/4 tsp optionally
In which rack we need to place the cookie tray. I have a tray that accompanied my Morphy Richards 40 lITRES. A black one. Will I be able to bake in the same?
Hi Ranju… I usually bake cookies on the middle rack.. u can use the black tray for cookies.. but since its black, it heats up real fast n the cookie bottoms may brown very quickly. If u have to use it, line with parchment. Ideally, try to use a flat cookie sheet and place it on the wire rack …
Can I reduce the amount of condensed milk
Hi Moana.. only if you are reducing the other ingredients as well…or the texture of the cookies wouldnt be the same..
Cookies came out delicious … My 2 yr olds loved them !!!
Thats awesome !! Thanks for letting me know Ambreel !!
Interesting, I triple checked the proportions, but the dough was quite solid. So I shaped them into cookies with my fingers. Really do wonder what I did wrong.
They still turned out tasting nice tho ^.^ They taste a little bit boring when plain – but next time I’ll add some chock chips or nuts.
Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Thanks for dropping in Julia . The dough might have been more solid due to variation in the temperature of the butter or brand of condensed milk . Glad it tasted fine though! Chocolate chips or nuts or candied fruit will help!
Might also be that the oven hadn’t heard up enough. My tray that were in the bottom of the over were very flat compared to my other ones. Didn’t get enough heat quickly enough to start cooking before they melted?
This recipe was perfect, will definitely be making them again but might add some chopped cherries or coconut next time
Thanks for dropping in Claire..Chopped cherries or coconut would make a great addition to these !
Hi my names freya and I’m pregnant so I thought this would be a nice introduction to life for my newborn. I’m 9 months !! Anyway, my cookies didn’t cook. Any ideas ?
Congrats Freya !! And so sorry that the cookies didn’t cook . Was the oven preheated and set to temperature as mentioned ? Cookies in middle rack? Another possibility could be that the cookies were bigger than mine and needed to be cooked longer . Do let me know !
Fab recipe. Will be making again! Did a double batch which was a good thing as my nephew can’t stop eating them! (neither can I!) Even my mum likes them!
My cooked melted on the tray , what did I do wrong?
Hi Sandra… Sorry the cookies didn’t turn out well . Did you follow the recipe as is ? Also was your butter softened at room temperature . Too soft butter can cause cookies to spread too much. Another reason could be too hot an oven. If you give them another go, bake at 20 C lower and in the middle rack of the oven… Hope this helps !
Hi my name is amanda i tried these cookies and all they did was melt and they had a cosistency like i mixed flour and water and put it on a pan and cooked it and they did not work. Plese help
Hi Amanda… sorry for the late response – was travelling for a bit ! Sorry to hear about the cookies too. Did you follow the recipe as such or made any changes ? Also was the butter at room temperature (soft but not melted )?