Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk + Video
This easy homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk recipe can be made with your blender in 2 minutes or less! Use it in dessert recipes (cakes, pies, bars, etc.), mix it in drinks (coffee, tea, lemonade, etc.), or use it to make ice cream. The possibilities are endless.
Making your own sweetened condensed milk is super easy, and delicious. I don’t usually have it on hand, but thanks to food storage, I usually have powdered milk on hand, which is what this recipe uses. This recipe is so EASY, seriously. You will never buy another can of this stuff ever again.
Before you say, “Oh I found another method of doing this,” forget about it. Do it this way for sure! When I first learned you can make your own sweetened condensed milk at home, the recipe I tried had you whisk it in a pot over the stove. It was always super lumpy and I was miserable trying to make it work. I am so glad I found out about the blender method!
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After you have whipped up your super easy sweetened condensed milk, use it in any of these delicious recipes!
ICE CREAMS:
- No Churn Oreo Fudge Ice Cream
- No Churn Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream
- No Churn Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
- No Churn Cake Batter Ice Cream
- Key Lime Pie Ice Cream
CAKES AND COOKIES:
- Tres Leches Cake
- Root Beer Float Poke Cake
- Coconut Key Lime Macaroons
- Chocolate Chip Macaroons
- Chocolate Cherry Coconutty Macaroons
PIES AND BARS:
- (Key) Lime Pie
- Creamy Lemon and Blueberry Pie
- Caramel Banana Cream Pie
- Frozen Peanut Butter Cup Pie
- Frozen Pink Lemonade Pie
- Lemon Raspberry Crumb Bars
- Caramel Pretzel Magic Bars
OTHER TREATS:
Sweetened Condensed Milk
Ingredients
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 1 cup (69 g) instant nonfat dry milk powder
- ½ cup (118 ml) water
- 1 Tbsp (14 g) butter
Instructions
- Put sugar and powdered milk in a blender.
- Put water and butter in a large microwaveable dish and let it come to a boil in your microwave; about 45-60 seconds. Keep an eye on it.
- Add HOT water/butter mixture to mixer and blend until sugar dissolves. Scrape the sides if you need to and blend again. For best results, cool completely before using in dessert recipes. (The sweetened condensed milk will thicken more as it cools.)
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Notes
- Stays good in the fridge for 7-10 days.
- YIELD: approximately 1 ¼ cups
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I keep pwd. milk around all the time so easy to cook with. My question is about the quantity. Many of my recipes just call for a “can” of sweetened condensed milk, does anyone know how many ounces is in a can of sweetened condensed milk?
Thanks, Bonnie
This recipe is equivalent to one 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk. It might be slightly more, but pretty darn close. 🙂
Can you use margarine or does it need to be butter for this recipe?
BTW, I keep powdered milk all of the time because I can make bottles for my toddler with it. (It’s much cheaper than buying gallons of milk.) I don’t throw away my baby formula scoops so I can use them to measure regular powdered milk the same way you measure formula. I also use powdered milk for cooking and baking. (Obviously, I have to convert it to liquid milk first.) It also works great in coffee or even to refill milk jugs. Once it’s cold, it tastes the same. I still buy gallons of milk for cereal or whatever else we need it for. But powdered milk saves us between paychecks. =)
You can use margarine. I prefer butter though b/c it will be creamier. That is so great that you use powdered milk for so many things. It is nice to keep on hand. 🙂
I got this from a Pin AND re-pinned!
This is great for me…usually around Christmas. I make heaps of homemade fudge to give as gifts and find myself spending more and more each year. This will help with the costs. Love it, thank you!!
I know this probably the dumbest question you have ever heard, but I don’t normally/regularly purchase powdered milk. Can this be made with liquid milk and if so can a milk like almond or coconut milk be used?
Thanks for any assistance that you may be able to provide.
That’s my question too. Thanks
That’s my question, too! I don’t keep powdered milk around but my kids are all milk fiends so I usually have a couple of gallons in the fridge.
PS- I’m with the other commenter: your heading font is a great heading but it makes my eyes hurt to try to read the comments. 🙂
I doubt it would work with any liquid milk. The milk powder helps create a thick texture. You could try & adjust the amounts of the ingredients & such, but as far as I know, it has to be powdered. Sorry.
I have tried a recipe of milk and sugar on the stove and cook it down for at least 30 minutes…it didn’t cook down enough and looked horrible..I didn’t even want to try it.
I specifically bought dry to try this recipe…I love it! 💕So much easier than standing at a pot stirring for who knows how long!
Thanks for sharing
Do have one question though?…how do you get yours so white? I think the yellow butter makes it a light yellowish color
I’m so glad you like this recipe! Mine definitely is an off-white/ivory color. Maybe the lighting makes it look whiter? The butter is worth it though! Adds that richness to it.
You could attempt simmering down (reducing) the milk on the stove… I’d mix the sugar in with the milk and cook it, but no water. Just keep reducing, stirring all the time with a small whisk until it’s thickish. I think you’d have to increase the sugar a bit to help thicken it. Give it a go and see what happens.
I was just thinking of using milk alternatives (non-dairy) because I’ve been wanting to make sweetened condensed milk dairy free for a long time!! I know you can get both coconut milk powder and soy milk powder online, so I think those would be great options for making this!!!
Would love to hear about the canning of this too.
This is soo easy! I’ve shared it with my mother, she <3s condensed milk! Thanks!
I know a small can of Eagle Brand Condensed Sweetened milk, put into a pot of water needs to boil for six hours to make caramel. So may be possible to can it.
Thank you for the recipe! Any chance it can be made with stevia or splenda?
Has anyone tried it? Diabetic, that is why I ask.
I am not sure. If you try it, please come back & report how it turned out. Thanks!
I only boil my sweetened condensed milk for two hours and it turns out great.
Do you think you can can(as in mason jars) like you would jelly?
You know, I really don’t know the answer to that. I would be slightly concerned about it turning to caramel, but I guess that depends on how long you process it. Plus I don’t have a lot of canning experience (I have only done it once!) so I feel bad, but I don’t really have a good answer. If you do try it, will you please report back?
It would need pressure canning due to lack acidity, but I have never tried canning it at all. Google it maybe? There’s gotta be someone who has tried it.
Came here from a pin – thanks for sharing and I’ll be doing this and then crock pot caramel from now on!
How long can you store it in the fridge do you think?
I would say no more than 7-10 days. That is the longest I stored it anyway & it seemed fine. I wouldn’t go past that though.
It would never last longer than a day in my fridge! <3