COCONUT CONDENSED MILK

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Number Of Ingredients 11

Easiest Dairy-Free Condensed Milk
Posted By Adrienne On October 19, 2012 @ 2:37 pm
Easiest Vegan Sweetened Condensed Milk
Makes the equivalent of one 14 oz. can
Ingredients
3/4 cup unsweetened, shredded coconut
Water to make 1 1/2 cups liquid, divided
2/3 cup sweetener (use as healthy as possible. Use xylitol or stevia for a candida-friendly version.)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Dash Salt
3 Tbsp coconut oil or other suitable fat (optional). This will add to the fat content of your milk. Coconut is so full of fat I didn't find this necessary but it would be a nice addition.

Steps:

Method 1. Grind coconut as fine as possible in a blender or spice grinder. 2. Add about 3/4 cup water and blend well for about 1 minute. 3. Add the remaining amount of water, sweetener, vanilla and salt. Blend well. 4. Store any excess in a closed container in your refrigerator. Notes: 1. I used my Vitamix to make this milk. 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. 2. If you wish to use only stevia, then use 7/8 cup shredded coconut, and use 10 1/2 scoops (each scoop is 1/32 of a tsp) of stevia extract as your sweetener. You can leave the vanilla and salt the same. I use these great measuring spoons to measure my stevia extract (the 2nd smallest is the size of a typical stevia scoop). Of course, if you use a different sweetener, you might need to adjust the measurements. I didn't work on an unsweetened version. For that, use the stevia option measurements without adding the vanilla and stevia, of course :-). Article printed from Whole New Mom: http://wholenewmom.com URL to article: http://wholenewmom.com/whole-new-budget/easiest-vegan-condensed-