sweetened condensed milk

By mluoceanbeach

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 c. whole milk
• 1/2 or 2/3 c. unrefined sugar (organic cane sugar or sucanat depending on your final goal for the condensed milk)
• 3 Tbs. butter
• 1 tsp. homemade vanilla or vanilla extract

Details

Servings 14
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 125mins
Adapted from kitchenstewardship.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Mix sugar and milk together in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Stirring often, bring to a low simmer over medium-low heat. As soon as steam starts lifting off the milk, lower the heat even further, and when the sugar is entirely dissolved, put the heat as low as it can go. A simmer burner is great for this.
The goal is to reduce the quantity in the pot (which is now about 1¾ cups) by approximately half. It takes about 2 hours at very low heat to reduce to one cup of liquid. You could speed it up a bit if you watch carefully and stir often. I preferred the freedom to wander the house doing other tasks, and thus allowed my process to take quite some time.
Once reduced to your satisfaction, whisk in the butter and vanilla. The recipe is equivalent to just less than one whole can of brand name sweetened condensed milk. (One can = 14 ounces, which is 2 ounces shy of 2 cups. by weight, oops! The can is equal to 1¼ cups liquid. Substitute tables for homemade condensed milk vary from 1¼ cups all the way to 2 cups. Use your judgment!)

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