I am one of only a few people I know that does NOT drink coffee. Yes, you heard me....I don't like coffee. However, my husband does and drinks 1-3 cups almost everyday. I don't know why I don't and I don't know why so many people do. But what I do know is that I don't like my husband drinking coffee creamer with chemicals as part of the ingredient list. This creamer is by no means a health food but you can pronounce every ingredient in it.
These ingredients can be found in a popular creamer brand:
- corn syrup solids
- vegetable oil
- sodium caseinate
- dipotassium phosphate
- mono- and diglycerides
- sodium aluminosilicate
- artificial flavor
- annatto color
Unless these are code words for milk and sugar and vanilla, I don't want my family drinking this.
MAKE THIS FIRST~
Simple Vanilla Syrup
1/4 cup organic granulated cane sugar
1 tbsp pure vanilla
Combine water and sugar in a saucepan, stirring constantly until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat, allow to cool 5 minutes, stir in vanilla.
HOMEMADE COFFEE CREAMER
1 batch of Simple Vanilla Syrup (above)
1/2 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 cup of milk
Combine ingredients in a mason jar and shake well. This will keep in the fridge for 2 weeks, shake/stir before using.
This creamer is sweet and creamy with a hint of vanilla in the background.
I made a simple syrup with water, sugar, and vanilla extract.
Equal parts water and sugar and bring to a boil until sugar dissolves.
Shake jar to mix.
After making creamer in mason jar, I shook it thoroughly and then I transferred it to this glass creamer/milk container that I just happen to have.
tips
- clean mason jar in hot soapy water before use.
- scrap a vanilla bean into mixture instead of using vanilla extract.
- experiment with different flavor extracts.
- double or triple recipe depending how many coffee drinkers are in your family.
- use creamer in other recipes (adjust sugar accordingly).
Letitia,
ReplyDeleteI wanted to welcome you to Arkansas Women Bloggers. I am looking forward to meeting you and following your blog as often as I can. Hopefully, you will be at AWBU in September in Rogers (details on arkansaswomenbloggers.com) and we canl visit then.
Thank you and that sounds wonderful.
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