How to Make Sweetened Condensed Milk

It is so simple to make, but it does take a long time. Making homemade sweetened condensed milk will save you money especially if you have a wood stove that would be going anyway to furnish heat.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Clean quart jars
• cheesecloth to cover the tops of jars
• large canning kettle with rack
• milk, either skim or whole milk
• sugar

1. Place 2 cups of milk with 2 cups of granulated sugar in each jar.

2. Cover tops of jars with cheesecloth and place the jars on a rack in an open kettle.

3. Fill the kettle with water to the level of the milk in the jars.

4. Heat to just below boiling, and keep that temperature until the milk mixture in the jars is reduced by half. This takes a long time, about 48 hrs. Each jar yields about 2 cups.