Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk (5 Minutes, No Cooking)
Thick, glossy sweetened condensed milk in 5 minutes with just 3 ingredients: milk powder, sugar, and hot water. No cooking, no saucepan.
1 cup (235 g)
Ingredients
- 65 g whole milk powder (dry whole milk) (½ cup + 1 tablespoon)
- 110 g sugar or panela (unrefined cane sugar) (½ cup + 1 tablespoon)
- 60 g hot water (¼ cup)
- A pinch of salt (optional)
Instructions
- Dissolve the sugar. Mix the sugar or panela with the hot water and stir until completely dissolved. The water should be very hot (freshly boiled) — that's what lets the sugar dissolve without leaving any graininess.
- Add the milk powder. Add it to the sugar water and blend (regular or immersion blender) until you have a smooth, lump-free cream. Doing it by hand is a struggle: the blender is what makes the difference here.
- Let it rest. Wait a few minutes: it thickens quite a bit as it sits. If you want it even thicker, half an hour in the fridge and it's ready.
Notes
- Use whole milk powder if you can (sold as dry whole milk — Nido is a common brand in the US). Nonfat works, but it's less creamy.
- Prefer to start from fresh milk, or want it organic? The traditional stovetop version is further down in the post.
- Keeps 5–7 days in a sealed jar in the fridge. All the tips and FAQs, below.