Homemade Coffee Creamer

Although I am rarely more than a cup a day kind of girl, when I do drink coffee I like it to be creamy and sweet.  I used to buy flavored creamer(and still added stevia) but have recently found a great frugal alternative that I can make at home and that spares me all the extra junk in commercial creamers.  I also used to keep a container of dry creamer on hand just for when I ran out of liquid.  Then I found out that dry milk is flammable!  Tossed that stuff out and have moved on to this:

Homemade Coffee Creamer:

1 14oz. can of sweetened condensed milk

1-1 1/2 cup whole milk

Whisk it together and store it in a canning jar.  Should keep for about 2 weeks if you don’t drink it all before then! 

The possibilities for flavors are endless using this recipe as the main base.  Today I added just a couple drops of almond extract.  Delicious!

I am looking forward to playing around with different flavors that I found here.  Want to try?

*Vanilla
to the base recipe, add
1 Tablespoon of Vanilla

*Cinnamon Vanilla
to the base recipe, add
1 Tablespoon of Vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

*Chocolate
to the base recipe, add
1 Tablespoon of Vanilla
3 Tablespoons cocoa powder

*Chocolate Mint
to the base recipe, add
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 Tablespoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon mint extract

*Dulce de Leche
to the base recipe, add
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 Tablespoons caramel sauce or canned dulce de leche
Note: consider decreasing the amount of sweetened condensed milk in the base recipe by 2 Tablespoons to keep your creamer from being too sweet.

*Amaretto
to the base recipe, add
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon almond extract

*Chocolate Orange
to the base recipe, add
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 T. cocoa powder
1 teaspoon orange extract

*Chocolate Cinnamon
to the base recipe, add
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3 Tablespoons cocoa powder

This post was shared in Frugal Tuesday Tips over at Learning the Frugal Life, Juliecache ,Frugal Playground and Confessions of a Frugal Mind.