Save yourself a trip to the store and make Sweetened Condensed Milk at home!

Occasionally you find yourself in a jam when ready to make a recipe and you need a can of sweetened condensed milk and you don’t have any on hand. Sure you could borrow some from a neighbor if needed, but it’s nice to know you can make this simple homemade recipe for something that you most likely have all the ingredients for at home. Save yourself a trip and make it yourself.

The ingredient line up is so simple. Sure, a can of “c-milk” is super cheap at the store, and a great thing to stock up on at home for your at home food storage, but in a jiffy, it’s nice to know you can DIY it if needed.

What you need to make Sweetened Condensed milk:

2 cups whole milk
1 cup sugar
1 pinch baking soda
4 tablespoons salted butter *optional
1 teaspoon vanilla *optional

How to make Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk:

1. Add the milk and sugar to a medium sized sauce pan.
2. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer on medium-high heat, stirring continually. The milk will reduce by half its volume. This will take about 20 minutes. The milk can boil over any point, so keep stirring occasionally and don’t walk away.
3. After about 17-18 minutes, the milk will turn a warm cream color and the texture will become frothy.
4. Turn off the heat and add the baking soda, butter and vanilla. Stir well and let it cool.

What is sweetened condensed milk used for?

Most commonly, sweetened condensed milk is used desserts like pies, pudding, cakes and more. Here are some of our favorite recipes that call for sweetened condensed milk:
–Caramel Apple Slab Pie
–Tres Leches Cake
–Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding
–Creamy Crockpot Hot Chocolate
–Super Soft Gingerbread Cookies
–Hot Chocolate on a Stick
–Apple Pie Caramel Apples
–Key Lime Pie
–White Chocolate Caramel Pretzels

Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk

Save yourself a trip to the store and make your own Sweetened Condensed Milk...it's easy!

Author Kami | NoBiggie.net

Ingredients

2 cups whole milk
1 cup sugar
1 pinch baking soda
4 tablespoons salted butter *optional
1 teaspoon vanilla *optional

Instructions

Add the milk and sugar to a medium sized sauce pan.
Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer on medium-high heat, stirring continually. The milk will reduce by half its volume. This will take about 20 minutes. The milk can boil over any point, so keep stirring occasionally and don’t walk away.
After about 17-18 minutes, the milk will turn a warm cream color and the texture will become frothy.
Turn off the heat and add the baking soda, butter and vanilla. Stir well and let it cool.

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Can I use homemade sweetened condensed milk in place of canned store bought sweetened condensed milk?

Yes! This recipe after reduced down makes about 1 1/2 cup equal to the quantity of one can of store bought sweetened condensed milk.

How long will homemade sweetened condensed milk last in the fridge?

This homemade recipe for sweetened condensed milk will last about 7 days in the fridge.

Variations for this recipe:

You can make this recipe with honey instead of sugar.
Make this recipe with cream instead of whole milk – we have yet to try it with cream, but it would work.
Make it without any added sweetener to make regular evaporated milk

What’s the difference between sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk?

Both sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk are milk with about 60% of the water removed to do a low and slow method of evaporation. Sweetened Condensed milk has sugar added and evaporated milk does not have sugar added.