Trust me when I say my day doesn’t begin unless I’ve had my coffee! During the week I drink it black, there’s no time to mess around. BUT on weekends I love my coffee smooth and little bit on the sweet side. Much to my dismay I was out of creamer and no desire to make the 20 mile round trip to the store just for my one item.
I’ve been searching Pinterest all week on flavored creamers and decided today is the day! I’ll dive right in! I had written down one recipe that seemed pretty simple and more than likely I had all I needed in the cupboard. I might note I found this recipe on several sites so I’ll just give credit to Pinterest for providing it. I tweaked it just a bit as I decided to cook it but the recipe I had last read did not mention it. Vanilla Creamer: 1 14oz can of Sweetened Condensed Milk (I used a generic brand, lowering the cost even more) 14oz of 2% Milk (just use the empty can for measuring) 1-2tsp Vanilla (Truth? I just dumped, no measuring. Use as much or as little as needed for flavor. I used Watkins Pure Vanilla, any flavor would work.) I combined the ingredients and heated them on the stove to insure they were mixed well. Bring to low boil, stirring constantly, as to not to scorch to the bottom. Shut off the burner. I poured it right from the pan into my coffee cup! According to some of the material I read this is good up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator. At my house it won’t last that long so there’s no concern there. Did it pass that taste test? Heck yes! I’m kind of picky about the flavor in my coffee so this is highly recommended! It took approximately 10 minutes from start to finish. I think it so long because I was digging in the cupboard for the sweetened condensed milk. The bonus, its soooo much cheaper, name brand creamers are now over $5 a bottle, and even Brittany Ann can cook this! (smooches)
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