Homemade Coffee Creamer

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 water

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).