![]() ![]() The only step that requires attention is watching the stove and keeping the temperature just right near the end of the process. The recipe is very simple and uses just 4 ingredients. In the photos below I cooked a double batch of the recipe so I could give a jar to my blogger friend Kathleen at The Fresh Cooky, because she always brings me tasty treats like Homemade Granola and homemade Elderberry Syrup. The other change I made was to add just a dash of salt to bring out the caramel notes. An easy solution to counter the crystal formation is to add a bit of corn syrup or honey to the solution. Some reviewers of similar recipes had problems with the mixture getting grainy, a result I suspected was due to the formation of sugar crystals. Once I recovered from my ugly slow cooker incident, I made a couple of changes to the basic recipe of slow-cooked milk and sugar. To safeguard against accidentally using SCM when you meant to use evaporated milk, I always recommend making your Enchiladas Suiza before getting into the margaritas.Īnyway, back to the process. Canned evaporated milk is unsweetened, while sweetened condensed milk is always…well, sweetened, and much thicker due to its sugar content. Milk is considered condensed or evaporated when 60% of the liquid has been cooked out. What is Sweetened Condensed Milk, Anyway? ( WARNING: Do not view photo for more than 2 seconds or your eyeballs may burn.) If you want to see the gnarly picture, you’ll have to click the box below. ![]() The result is just too ugly to post on this blog. I missed the window, and ended up with a brown, curdled mixture. This seemed like a good idea on the surface, but it didn’t work for me because there is a sweet spot near the end of cooking when a little watchfulness is required to avoid overcooking. I decided to try a lazier approach (are you surprised) and cook the SCM mixture in a slow cooker. I’m always grateful to other cooks who blaze new trails, and owe a debt of gratitude to Gemma’s Bigger Bolder Baking and Add a Pinch for sharing their recipes for homemade sweetened condensed milk.īut before I could enjoy my own silky made-from-scratch SCM, I experienced a BIG FAIL. It’s so good you can eat it with a spoon. ![]() My cost for the homemade version was $1.40.
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