Homemade condensed milk is an original and quick recipe to make, a few minutes and you immediately get a lot of product to use right away in recipes with condensed milk or to store. The recipe for making condensed milk consists of four ingredients: milk, cornstarch, sugar, and vanilla extract. In detail, we will also recommend a less sweet variation for those who want to use homemade condensed milk in recipes but not too sweet. With this original and quick recipe, you can make it without butter and even vegan. Let’s see how to make condensed milk, a product to use in a thousand sweet, delicious, and dessert recipes that require this ingredient.
Recipe for Homemade Condensed Milk Without Butter
Recipe for Homemade Condensed Milk Without Butter, but how to condense the milk? The secret lies in cornstarch, it is the ingredient that transforms sweet milk into condensed milk. To make condensed milk at home without butter, follow our recipe to the letter. If you prefer a vegan version, simply replace the animal milk with a plant-based milk. This original and quick recipe for preparing homemade condensed milk ensures the right aroma and sweetness for the product. To make condensed milk, you will need a saucepan with a thick bottom, otherwise, the milk will burn at the bottom.
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Homemade Condensed Milk – Butterless Recipe
Other details
- Difficuly: Easy
Ingredients
- 400 ml Milk (can be whole, skimmed, or plant-based for a vegan version) (14.11 oz)
- 400 g White sugar (14.11 oz)
- 7 g Cornstarch (0.25 oz)
- ½ packet of Vanilla powder (optional) (0.05 oz)
Instructions
How to make condensed milk at home?
- To make condensed milk according to the recipe, take a pot with a thick bottom and pour in the milk, cornstarch, and vanilla powder. Mix quickly and coldly with a whisk to avoid the formation of lumps.
- Then add the sugar and place the pot over medium-high heat. Wait for it to boil, then immediately move the pot to a much lower flame to allow the cornstarch to thicken the milk.
- Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon for a few minutes, and when we obtain a milk that sticks to the sides of the pot while stirring, it's ready. Wait one minute before removing it from the heat.
- At this point, the condensed milk is just made, so it's not thickened enough because it's still hot. As it cools, it will thicken. We can let the condensed milk cool down and use it immediately (within a maximum of 3 days) in recipes or store it in vacuum-sealed jars. After a couple of hours of natural cooling, it should be perfect for use.
- To preserve the condensed milk, pour it while still boiling into glass jars (previously sterilized in boiling water). Let it thicken at room temperature in closed jars.
Conservation
Condensed milk can be stored in the refrigerator for about 3 days. If you want to store it longer, you can pour it hot into jars and seal them with vacuum caps. This way, you can store it for 15 days.Tips
To make it less sweet, halve the amount of sugar and add a knob of butter. To make it vegan, replace animal milk with plant-based milk.Watching calories
Calories refer to every 100 grams (3.5 oz) of the product, so for 100 g (3.5 oz) of condensed milk, we have a caloric intake of 321 calories (kcal).Original Condensed Milk, How to Make It Less Sweet?
Condensed milk is an ingredient obtained by boiling milk with cornstarch, sugar, and flavorings. To make original condensed milk, sugar is dosed in equal amounts with milk, but for some, it may be too sweet and not suitable for recipes with condensed milk. The need arises to ask, “how do you make less sweet condensed milk?”
How do you make condensed milk, but less sweet? To have a less sweet version of our homemade condensed milk, we recommend halving the amount of sugar, that is: 300 ml (10.14 fl oz) of milk and 150 g (5.29 oz) of sugar instead of 300 g (10.58 oz) of sugar. However, in this case, it is advisable to add a little butter to the recipe, so you will get a decidedly less sweet condensed milk that thickens properly.
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