Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk

• total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups whole milk, almond, oat or any choice of milk

3/4 cup sugar, honey, or maple syrup

4 tablespoons salted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Pinch of baking soda

Directions

In a medium saucepan, whisk milk and sugar together. Cook over medium low heat and bring to a low simmer while whisking often.

once the milk has reduced by half, roughly around 30 minutes, remove from heat and sister in butter, vanilla, and a pinch of baking soda.

Let it cool completely and store in an airtight jar in the fridge. It will continue to thicken once cooled in the fridge.

This makes around 1 1/4 cups and will keep up to 3 weeks in the fridge.

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