How To Make Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk

How To Make Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk

(updated)

Ingredients:

This recipe is simple. It's a vegan alternative to condensed milk. Condensed milk, which you can find at any grocery store, is made with cow's milk. Well, since I don't drink cow's milk and I need some condensed milk for my Jamaican cornmeal porridge, an alternative was needed, lol. For this recipe, all you need is two ingredients:

• 1 can of Organic Coconut Milk (read the ingredients label to make sure the only ingredient is organic coconut milk). If you can't find the organic kind, you can use the regular one.

• 1/4 cup of Coconut Sugar (read the ingredients label to make sure the only ingredient is coconut sugar). Alternatives to coconut sugar: 1/4 - 1/3 cups of maple syrup or agave.

Directions:

Using a small sauce pot, heat up the coconut milk on high for 5 minutes.

After about 5 minutes, lower the heat, and stir in the coconut sugar slowly (don't burn the sugar). If you want it sweeter, you can add more sugar.

Simmer for about 1 hour and 15 minutes while stirring as needed. Stir more frequently as it gets thicker (towards the end of the time).

Cool, place it in a glass jar with lid, and refrigerate overnight. That's it!


Note: the color of the condensed coconut milk depends on the sweetener--coconut sugar will give it a light caramel looking color. Also, you can use other alternative milk and even the coconut milk that's not in a can; however, the process will take longer.

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