"Also used in recipes for all sorts of things and cake and pie fillings. It's just sweetened, condensed milk cooked in the can until it turns a beautiful brown and thick. I heard about this years ago and tried to pour out and cook in a saucepan. All I got were scorched flecks. At a Tgiving get together a lady and I were talking and she couldn't get it to work but insisted it was cooked in can...."