Cindy Lou Bakes For You: Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk

I love blender recipes!!! I found this recipe a while ago and have been wanting to try it ever since. I rarely have a can of sweetened condensed milk in my pantry since I have a sweet tooth and bake something with it right away! Typically, I use sweetened condensed milk in my Mom's recipe of Welcome Home Bars which are very similar to Seven Layer Bars. Ahh, Heaven!!

This was a very easy recipe (made in a blender) and I could not believe how much it resembled the real product. I will be using this recipe for sweetened condensed milk from now on since it is a lot cheaper and I always have the ingredients on hand.

Here is a picture of the instant nonfat powdered milk if you have never used it before.

Yields: 1 (14 oz) can Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 1/3 cups of Instant Powdered Milk (found in a box in the baking isle)

3/4 cup Plus 3 Tbsp of white granulated sugar

1/3 cup Plus 2 Tbsp boiling water

3 Tbsp melted butter

· Place all ingredients in a blender.

· Cover with lid and blend for 1 minute.

· Pour into bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and store in refrigerator until ready to use.

I poured the finished product into a glass measuring cup and it came out to be 12 ounces instead of 14 ounces. But, when I used this sweetened condensed milk in my Key Lime Pie recipe and it worked great. I made the sweetened condensed milk first and kept it in the fridge until I was ready for the key lime pie filling. The finished pie was nice and creamy just like I used a store bought can of milk.