How To Make Caramel

Recipe summary — How to make caramel (dulce de leche) from sweetened condensed milk

Presenter: unnamed vlog host (opens with “welcome back to my laboratory where safety is number one priority”). No external sources referenced.

Ingredients

• 1 unopened can of sweetened condensed milk (demo uses one can; no other ingredients or substitutions mentioned)

Equipment & prep

• Medium-to-large pot
• Stove
• Water
• Can opener (to open the can after cooking)
• Tongs or another heat-proof tool implied for removing the hot can (host handles the can carefully but does not name a tool)
• No special preheating beyond bringing the pot of water to a boil

Method — step-by-step

1. Fill a pot with enough water to fully submerge the unopened can.
2. Bring the water to a boil.
3. Place the unopened can of sweetened condensed milk into the boiling water.
4. Maintain a medium boil/simmer — water should boil but not be too vigorous.
5. Boil the can submerged for about 3 hours.
   • Monitor the water level and add more boiling water if it evaporates so the can remains covered.
6. After roughly 3 hours, remove the can from the water (it will be very hot).
7. Open the can to reveal the transformed contents — thicker, caramel-like (dulce de leche) texture.
8. Taste/serve as desired (no plating instructions given).

Key timings, temperatures & technique cues

• Timing: about 3 hours of simmering/boiling.
• Temperature: maintain medium heat — water should boil but not too vigorously to avoid excessive evaporation.
• Keep the can fully submerged for the entire cook time; add boiling water as needed to replace evaporated water.

Tips, warnings & common mistakes

• Keep the pot at medium heat so the water boils but doesn’t evaporate too fast.
• If the water level drops too low, add more boiling water so the can remains covered.
• The can will be very hot when removed — handle with care.
• Explicit warning from the host: do not place an unopened can directly on a stove/top without water — it can explode. Always cook the can submerged in water.

“What’s up everybody, welcome back to my laboratory where safety is number one priority.” Host also notes: “do safety, it’s hot.”

Texture & flavor note

• The condensed milk transforms into a thicker, caramel/dulce de leche–like product; the host describes it as clumpier and “almost like caramel” and says it tastes very good.

Variations & additional notes

• No recipe variations or ingredient substitutions were discussed.
• The host mentioned (offhand) possibly demonstrating the unsafe method of heating a can directly on the stove in a future video (not recommended).

Presenter/channel

• Unnamed vlogger who begins “what’s up everybody welcome back to my laboratory where safety is number one priority.” No other channel information or external sources referenced.