Homemade Condensed Milk in Ten Minutes
Sugar syrup blended with powdered milk and a spoonful of butter. Ten minutes, four ingredients, and it makes about a litre, which is roughly three tins. It thickens considerably as it cools.
Servings: 1 litre
Calories: 1649kcal
Ingredients
- 480 g sugar
- 250 ml water
- 1 tablespoon butter gives it the gloss and the mouthfeel of the tinned kind
- 270 g powdered milk whole milk powder; skimmed makes a thinner result
Instructions
- Put the sugar and water in a pan over medium-low heat for 7 minutes, then take it off.
- Pour the syrup into the blender and add the butter. Blend.
- With the blender running, add the powdered milk a little at a time until it is all in and the mixture is smooth.
- Let it cool completely. It thickens a great deal as it cools, so do not judge the consistency while it is warm.
Notes
This makes about a litre, roughly three tins' worth, and it keeps two weeks in the fridge in a sealed jar. Add the powdered milk gradually with the blender running: dumping it in at once gives lumps that never break down. Whole milk powder gives a result much closer to the tinned version than skimmed does. It will look alarmingly thin coming out of the blender and it is meant to; the thickening happens in the fridge over a few hours. If it is still too loose the next day, that is the point to blend in more powdered milk, not to cook it further.
Nutrition
Calories: 1649kcal | Carbohydrates: 292g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 26g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 146mg | Sodium: 559mg | Potassium: 1802mg | Sugar: 291g | Vitamin A: 1436IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 1239mg | Iron: 1mg