I drink A LOT of coffee. With powdered creamer. I know, classy!
I'm not happy unless my coffee looks like a hot milkshake, and running out of creamer makes me cranky. SO, it crossed my mind that I should make my own coffee creamer, to save running out so often, and to save some money as well. I don't like flavored coffee, so I found a Plain Jane recipe on food.com.
This took all of two minutes to mix together. (Not including the 45 minutes at the store, searching high and low for instant dry milk, and coconut oil. Coconut oil is in the health food area, and dry milk is in the baking aisle, FYI.)
Makes approximately 2 1/2 cups
2 cups instant nonfat dry milk
¼ cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
Combine dry milk and sugar in a bowl. Add coconut oil, drizzling it over the top while mixing with a fork. Mix well until there are no lumps. Put it in a jar with a lid and give it a good shake. Once you have it all mixed up, you can store it in the pantry.
The verdict: It tastes almost exactly like the store bought stuff, and making your own coffee creamer does save money - it costs about half the cost of buying the store brand.
It's probably worth it to make my own, but I doubt I'd do it on a regular basis, simply because I'm lazy. (I'm not even gonna feel guilty about that!) BUT I will say, IF I liked flavored coffee creamer, this would be the BOMB (yes, my kids are going to make fun of me for saying that). The homemade version is super easy to flavor-up, and this would make a good hostess gift, so I will make it again.
For flavored coffee, add any of the following:
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp orange extract
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp peppermint extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
You get the idea! Just add one of the above (or combine a couple) to the dry ingredients, put the lid on, and shake for a few minutes to mix thoroughly.
What else could you flavor the creamer with?
18 comments:
Great idea, pinning. :-)
Sounds great! I go through an enormous amount of creamer, must give this a try!
Wow! So glad I found this. I'm addicted to coffee creamer but feel bad about the additives, then I tried Bliss frm nestle but still wanted something more organic, will def try this! Thank you!
Thank you guys! Let me know if you like it better than the store bought version.. Julia
Sweet! Pinned your recipe. New follow on G+
Thanks Michele!
Super, usually go with fat free 1/2 N 1/2 BUT might have to give this a try, with a flavoring, just to have on hand. TY!
Looks good! Thanks for sharing, ill have to try it out!!
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Hope you guys try it! I will be over Jennie, Julia
Awesome! Creamers like Coffee Mate have hydrogenated oils that clog your arteries.. good you are doing your own! I am visiting from Katherine's Corner.
Definitely going to try this one - thanks for sharing. Hopped over from Katherine's Corner - enjoy the rest of your week!
I drink coffee...too much coffee...all day long. This is genius!
Great recipe for creamer! Tried it and it is very close to the taste of my regular liquid creamer. Pleasantly surprised me! Thanks!
What a great idea! I do love flavored coffee, but usually just use real cold milk instead. Pinning this!
Thank you for popping over guys!
I'm glad you tried it arkie!
Jelli - the only thing about milk is that it makes my coffee too cold, and I'm constantly heating it up.
Julia
This is awesome! I see a lot of liquid creamers, which I prefer to dry creamer, but they expire so quickly. This would be fantastic to keep around, though. How long do you think it will last in a cupboard?
Also, your coffee mug is so pretty! Where did you get it?
Thanks for sharing this recipe. Will have to try with vanilla extract.
What a good idea! Love the idea of the flavors!
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