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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Would it work using a food processor?
For sure!
Could you make it with Splenda or Truvea? I would love to have a sugar free recipe for sweetened condensed milk.
Hi Linda,
I haven’t tried it, but I bet it would work. Maybe half the recipe to test it out and let me know how it goes, please.
I just bought a bag of sugar in the way turbinado cane sugar can I make this sweetened milk using this? I stopped buy spenda and Stevia was a little pricey so thought I would try this one
Hi Ida! I have never tried it for this recipe, so I can’t say for sure. I would maybe blend it up in the food processor first to make it easier to dissolve, since the crystals are larger than regular granulated sugar. Let me know how it turns out!
Went to make a coffee creamer for my husband and discovered i was out of sweetened condensed milk so gave this a try. Worked fabulously! I’m never buying the commercial stuff again.
That is great news! I’m so happy you enjoyed it so much! Thanks for your comment Christina!
I just found this recipe through Pinterest. Thank you! This will be great to use in no-churn, 3-ingredient ice cream!
Hi Liz, Just make sure to let it cool completely first. Let me know how it goes!
I just made this with coconut milk powder and it is delicious but maybe a touch too sweet. Will be great for fudge and desserts.t
Wow, that’s great! You could try decreasing the sugar and increasing the milk powder to keep the right texture, but make it less sweet.
THIS IS SOOOOOO EASY AND GOOOOOOD TKS I do mine in my blender w/canning qt. jar. I wont be buying any more sweet cond. milk even if I can buy it for 1.00 a can and I know whats in this one and I dont have preservatives in it. TKS AGAIN
So glad you like it! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Do you think this could be heated in a jar in a crock pot of water to make Dulce de leche? I was just reading a how to for the canned stuff and then I saw this.
I actually have used this recipe for crockpot caramel. Here’s the instructions: https://www.dessertnowdinnerlater.com/2013/08/crockpot-caramel/
Will give this a try. Always have powdered non-fat milk on hand as I use it in my coffee. Store-bought is not really that expensive but the convenience of being able to make your on as you need it and not having to run out to the store is a plus. Thanks for your recipe 😀
Thanks for the recipe! I make homemade coffee creamer for my husband using canned sweetened condensed milk, and looked into making the caramel from the can in the crockpot, but this will save me so much money! And most likely be healthier for him too since there aren’t any preservatives! Thanks again! Pinning this!
You can totally use this sweetened condensed milk to make crockpot caramel. Just put it in glass canning jars. Same method. Here is my post about it: https://www.dessertnowdinnerlater.com/2013/08/crockpot-caramel/