A few months back I was right in the middle of making a dish (which I cannot even remember right now) and little did I know, but I was out of evaporated milk. And I needed it to complete my recipe. What on Earth was I going to do?
My wheels started turning–I concluded that the evaporated milk was more than likely nothing more than just that–evaporated milk. I found out that store bought evaporated milk has about 60% of it’s water removed through evaporation. In such case, surely I make it. Especially with powdered milk, right?
Uh, huh! And it is super easy!
With the above in mind this is what I came up with:
Evaporated Milk
2/3 c powdered milk
2/3 cup plus 2 Tsp Water
Mix well. This will get you about 6 ounces (or 3/4 cup) of evaporated milk. Perfect for when you really do not need a whole can of evaporated milk. This way, just make as much as you need–NO WASTE!
While I was on that one, I knew there had to be a way to make sweetened condensed milk as well. A little more to this one, but a lot cheaper–and good in a pinch!
Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 cup hot water
1 cup powdered milk
1 cup sugar
1tablespoon butter
Mix well in a blender. Voila!
Now, having said this, you can omit the butter with basically the same results.
I love the convenience of keeping powdered milk on hand. It is definitely working for me. When I need evaporated milk, or sweetened condensed milk, I just make it. And, I don’t have those annoying cans to get rid of!
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thanks so much!
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well, this is good to know:) I always have nonfat dry milk on hand!
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Hey that is great to know in a pinch, or just because!
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Thank you! I was stressing the other day because I needed evaporative milk and did not have any. I could not find a recipe anywhere. I am excited to try it. Thanks so much!
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Oooh, I have powdered milk on hand! Thanks for this, I have some recipes that call for evap. milk and this’ll work great!
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This is such a great idea! We are all just a bunch of consumer sheep, we don’t think about what we are buying. I have been able to save so much money by making things instead of buying them.
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thank you very much for this I have just started using powder milk and see how much it saves
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I make my own of both of these and it really is SO convenient and cheap too. I love that I don’t need to keep either in the pantry.
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What a great tip! Thanks for sharing this!
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