5 Minute Dairy-Free Condensed Milk (Sugar-free Option)
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This recipe for Dairy-free Condensed Milk is a super simple recipe that's a great wholesome alternative to store-bought condensed milk, and you can even make it sugar-free/low-carb/keto. You'll love this for your dairy-free baking and recipes that call for condensed milk, and there are so many other ways to use it as well.
What's even better, I'm sharing a special version that you can make in just 5 minutes!
Why You'll Love This Recipe
You'll love this recipe for Dairy-free Condensed Milk because it's:
- frugal: much less expensive than buying canned vegan condensed milk.
- versatile: you can use whatever dairy-free milk and sweetener you like based on what you have available and whatever your dietary needs are.
- common ingredients: no need to shop for special ingredients. You likely have everything you need in your fridge and/or pantry.
- super fast: the 5 minute recipe is about as fast as it gets.
Ingredients
- coconut milk powder or coconut milk
- water
- sweetener
- vanilla extract (optional)
- salt (I recommend Real Salt)
- coconut oil or other suitable fat (optional)
If using stevia extract as your sweetener, these spoons are invaluable. The 2nd smallest is the size of a typical stevia scoop.
Recipe Notes and Substitutions
- Vitamix: I used my Vitamix to make this milk (here is a link to where to get it on Amazon). You will obviously get a smoother result by using a high-powered blender like the Vitamix. Now, this is not as creamy as the store-bought stuff, but with no 2-hour cooking time and the amount of money you can save, this completely fits the bill for me.
- Sweetener: You can use virtually any sweetener you want for this recipe depending on your dietary needs. Just keep in mind that some are not exactly a one for one substitute for sugar.
- Coconut Oil: You can add some coconut oil to either recipe to make it more creamy if you like. You can also use butter or a nut or seed butter. Of course butter has dairy in it so don't use it if you need this recipe to be vegan; however I prefer butter for this recipe. Lighter-colored nut butters like cashew will make a more appealing-looking final result.
Ways to Use This Recipe
- In desserts calling for condensed milk like dairy-free fudge.
- As a vegan coffee creamer or in tea-based drinks like this Caffeine-Free Chai Latte.
- As a super sweet drink. I know, it sounds crazy, but my oldest was drinking this stuff straight as I tested various versions.
- If you have any left, just thin it out with some water and use as a sweetened non-dairy milk drink.
- Add to lemonade or limeade to make Brazilian versions of these drinks.
- Add cocoa or carob to the thinned-out version and for Vegan chocolate or carob milk. Or add strawberry powder for a vegan strawberry milk!
More DIY Pantry Basics
– Powdered Sugar Substitute — so easy!
– Powdered Egg Replacer (like Ener-G) — works amazingly well in most everything!
– Homemade Sunflower Seed Butter — a great alternative to peanut butter!
– Homemade Vanilla Liquid Stevia — works great and is so inexpensive to make!
– Homemade Sugar-free Chocolate Chips — so much cheaper than buying them in the store. They're dairy-free too!
Dairy-Free Condensed Milk (including a 5 Minute Method)
Ingredients
5 Minute Blender Method
- 3 cups coconut milk powder
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup sweetener (or 1/8 teaspoon stevia extract. See post for options.)
- 2-4 tablespoons coconut oil (seed or nut butter can also be used)
- 1/16-1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8-1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional, but recommended)
Stovetop Method
- 3/4 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 cup sweetener (or 1/8 teaspoon stevia extract. See post for options.)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional, but recommended)
- dash salt
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil (or other suitable fat – optional)
Instructions
Blender Method
- Place water, dairy-free milk powder, sweetener, salt, vanilla and coconut oil (if using) in blender.
- Blend until well combined.
Stovetop Method
- Place dairy-free milk in pan. Heat over low heat until simmering.
- Add sweetener and stir well. Heat until simmering.
- Reduce heat and simmer until it's a thick consistency like condensed milk.
- Add salt and vanilla, if using, and stir to combine.
Notes
- High-Speed Blender: I used my Vitamix to make this milk (here is a link to where to get it on Amazon). You will obviously get a smoother result by using a high-powered blender than a regular one.
- Sweetener: You can use virtually any sweetener you want for this recipe depending on your dietary needs.
- Coconut Oil: You can add some coconut oil to either recipe to make it more creamy if you like. You can also use butter or a nut or seed butter. Of course butter has dairy in it so don't use it if you need this recipe to be vegan, however I prefer butter for this recipe. Lighter-colored nut butters like cashew will make a more appealing-looking final result.
Nutrition
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Just discovered your blog today and am happy with all the practical information about substitutions and DIY ingredients. This one is very timely as the time for pumpkin pie is coming up. I do use coconut milk and coconut oil, though I don’t think the saturated fat is particularly healthy– yeah, I know that point can be debated, and I agree that trans fats and boatloads of sugar and processed food are likely the bigger problems. I’d like to compare pumpkin pie with this coconut condensed milk and also with a rice or almond condensed milk version, though you are right that all the simmering would be a pain!
I love that picture!!!!
Thanks! How are you doing?
What does this mean?
“I didn’t work on an unsweetened version. For that, use the stevia option measurements without adding the vanilla and stevia, of course.”
Are you using stevia alcohol extract?
I just meant that if you just need condensed milk, use the water and coconut measurements and don’t add the vanilla and stevia. I do not use alcohol stevia extract. Does that help?
Thank so much. I have been looking so long on how to make vegan condensed milk. What do you use for stevia though. You mentioned stevia extract. Do you have a recipe for evaporated vegan milk?
Hi Anna. I like NuNaturals stevia and Sweet Leaf is good as well. The evap milk recipe would be the stevia one above but w/ no vanilla or sweetener. 🙂
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I’m printing this out for the future when I may need a sweetened condensed milk. Thanks for working on it.
Love this idea and will use it.. Does anyone have a homemade gluten free biscuit mix??
Hi, Judee – I was just thinking about working on this. Do you mean like Bisquick?
So easy. I love that there’s a whole food option for this item that is traditionally so hard to substitute out of recipes.
Girl you are SO good!
Oh I cannot wait to try this 🙂
I love iced coffee but the whole foodie in me can only handle so much SCM from the baking aisle!
Blessings!
:-). Hope you enjoy it!!!
This would be awesome for Vietnamese iced coffee I’ve been missing!
Very cool! Do you put the sweetener in on step 3?
Oops – thanks for catching that! Just updated the post. Yes :).