Dairy Recipes

Homemade Buttermilk
(recipe yields 4 serevings)
1 cup whole milk
either 1 and 3/4 TBSP cream of tartar OR 1 TBSP white vinegar OR 1 TBSP lemon juice

Add together and let stand for approx 15 minutes at room temp. The milk should start to curdle. Stir well.

Fat Free Half & Half
1 1/3 cup dry nonfat dry milk powder
1/3 cup Fat Free coffeemate creamer (or any brand regular)
2 cups cold water

mix all together and blend with mixer or blender

Half & Half Substitute
7/8 cup milk
7/8 TBSP melted butter, cooled

Mix well

Evaporated Milk
1 cup plus 2 TBSP dry powdered milk
1/2 cup warm water

Whisk together all ingredients

Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 cup hot tap water
2 cups sugar
2 cups instant nonfat dry milk powder
6 TBSP melted margarine/butter

using a blender...add hot water, sugar, milk powder and margarine. Blend for a full minute. Mixture will be thin but will thicken after standing for approx a hour.  Makes enough to equal 2 cans.  Can be used right away or store in fridge for a week.

Sweetened Condensed Milk #2
1 cup evaporated milk
1 1/4 cup sugar

Put in saucepan. Heat until sugar is completely dissolved and let cool. No evaporated milk? make your own by slowly simmering any quantity of milk in a pan until reduced by 60%.

Milk 
equal parts of evaporated milk to equal parts of water.