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    Vegan Sweetened Condensed Milk

    Published: Jan 3, 2023 · Modified: Jan 24, 2023 by burntapple · This post may contain affiliate links · 7 Comments

    Sweetened condensed milk is a staple ingredient in many desserts and baked goods, but it can be difficult to find a vegan version in stores. Fortunately, it's easy to make your own vegan sweetened condensed milk at home with just a few simple ingredients.

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    Making Vegan Sweetened Condensed Milk

    With child #1, we went through a whole process of giving up foods--gluten, dairy, etc. in an effort to finally find out what was wrong with her. She ended up having megacolon, a painful thing to watch her go through her first few years of her life but a relatively easy treatment.

    Child #2 was allergic to everything, and eventually lived on expensive formula until we could settle him on soy.Ironically he will now eat anything and is a stick.

    Baby #3? Seems to also carry on with her early allergy to milk. Which means I'm also on a dairy free diet once again.

    My husband asks me why I do it. I tell him I've done it for 3 kids now. Would I choose to eat something the kids couldn't have in front of them? My dad grew up with allergies. My mom's approach was "we're all on the bandwagon together. If someone can't eat something, we're all supporting them by not eating it." In reality, looking back, I'm sure that it was because it was next to impossible for her to work full time, come home and try to make two different dinners every night.

    I'm starting to find that making two different dinners, two different desserts, and two of everything isn't an easy task.

    And it's expensive.

    And desserts and treats have to be made ahead of time. So when I saw a picture from one of my favorite dessert bloggers, I thought there was NO way I could enjoy it. One of the ingredients was sweetened condensed milk. I've never seen a dairy free sweetened condensed milk sold in the store. And surely you couldn't make it, could you?

    vegan sweetened condensed milk

    Oh, you can. This Vegan Sweetened Condensed Milk Recipe is delicious! But before you go and make your own sweetened condensed milk, read these tips:

    IF YOU LOVE SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK YOU'LL WANT TO TRY THIS GLUTEN FREE VEGAN CHEESE SAUCE!

    TIPS

    * It's a relatively time consuming recipe but won't eat up your entire day. As the water evaporates you can go about your chores, come back and stir the mixture every minute. It takes a good half hour + for the water to evaporate and the mixture to thicken--but the end results are worth it. My suggestion would be to have a few different pots going (I don't suggest doubling the recipe in one pan) so you've got extra when you need it--especially since the holiday months are approaching and cooking sweets will be commonplace from now until Christmas!

    * Have a Pyrex measuring cup handy. The recipe calls to reduce the mixture to one cup--however what I thought was one cup was actually closer to 2 cups. Ouch! Having the liquid measuring cup nearby was handy. I could pour it into the Pyrex and back into the saucepan.

    * Head to the site GoDairyFree if you need more dairy free substitutions. This site was a lifesaver for me and has substitutions for many popular ingredients. They also have several other sweetened condensed milk recipes if addition to this one.

    Recipes

    We have so many great recipes you can make using vegan sweetened condensed milk.

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    1. duh

      September 14, 2012 at 2:54 pm

      ur using soy and or rice, soy is a enzyme inhibitor. Rice is just hard on the digestive track!!

      Reply
    2. tammyrowlandcoaching

      November 02, 2015 at 5:25 pm

      Will this work with nut milk?

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      • burntapple

        November 02, 2015 at 9:55 pm

        I've made it before using almond milk and flax milk. It took a little more time with the almond milk to turn into sweetened condensed milk (maybe almond milk is thinner) and the flax milk worked really well and a little less time than the recommended cooking time. Let me know what you end up using and how it turns out. Happy Holidays!

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    3. Jeannine

      December 15, 2017 at 8:23 pm

      Hi! How long will this keep in the fridge? Can it be frozen?

      Reply
      • burntapple

        December 17, 2017 at 9:22 pm

        A week in the fridge. I think it might separate in the freezer, but you can try it and see. Typically it doesn't work great though.

        Reply
    4. Jeanna Brower

      March 21, 2018 at 8:20 pm

      Don’t really want to use white sugar. Can I use honey or maple syrup?

      Reply
      • burntapple

        March 22, 2018 at 6:06 pm

        Yes you can. It night not yield the same results.

        Reply

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