Friday, May 15, 2009

Low-carb recipe: sweetened condensed milk substitute


Thick and convincing, to the eye and taste buds

OK, so it's a little late for the holidays. Still, many a recipe calls for sweetened, condensed milk. Even if you could emulate the flavor, how to get that consistency?

It's easier than one might think. At a net carb count of about 12 for an entire recipe, your own low-carb recipes never tasted better.

Substitute anywhere a can of sweetened, condensed milk is required.

Low-carb sweetened condensed milk

1 cup nonfat dry milk
1/2 cup boiling water
3 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp Stevia

Combine all in a blender. Mix until well-blended. Makes the equivalent of one can of sweetened, condensed milk.

3 comments:

Caroline said...

Hi! I was just wondering what "dry milk" is? I'm from Sweden and I'm not sure we have that here hehehe. Is it like milk powder?? It sounded great to be able to make your own condensed milk cus it's not so cheap here =/

Thanks!

Lauren said...

Isn't dry milk powder 12g carbs per three tablespoons? How did you get the carb count for this recipe?

Looks great, Cleo!

cleochatra said...

Hey there! The box of milk I have shows less than that.

Kroger brand is 1/3 of a cup for 12 carbs. 1/3 of a cup is 5 Tbsp.

I hope that helps!