How to Make Instant Pudding Mix (and Save Lots of Money)
Instant pudding is a great comfort food, but buying it one box at a time when it's not on sale gets expensive. You can make your own at a fraction of the cost. For most instant pudding flavors, use regular white sugar, but for butterscotch instant pudding mix, use packed brown sugar. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 3 cups nonfat dry milk
- 4 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups cornstarch
- Flavoring (high-quality unsweetened cocoa, vanilla extract, lemon extract)
Instructions
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Combine all of the dry ingredients. If you're making chocolate pudding, add 2.5 cups of the unsweetened cocoa powder. For flavors that use liquid flavoring extracts, don't add the flavoring yet. If you want to make a vanilla cinnamon pudding, add the cinnamon now, to taste, or about 2 tablespoons.
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Store in an airtight container until ready for use.
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Add a half cup of mix to 2 cups of milk, mix in a saucepan over over high heat, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer and stir until thick.
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Let cool, then add liquid flavoring extracts like a half-teaspoon of vanilla or lemon extract.
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Refrigerate until ready to serve. Homemade instant pudding mix is especially delicious with whipped cream on top.
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Comments
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This is not instant pudding mix if you have to cook it. Why are you calling it instant?
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If you have to boil it, it is not instant pudding.
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I have a question. How long do you boil the pudding? It says in the instructions that you heat and stir constantly while boiling - how long do you have to boil the mixture?
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It came out really good with substituting the cornstarch and hot cocoa mix for the pudding. The cocoa was subtle but added a spark.
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I was making an Amish Friendship Bread (using starter from a friend). I came to the part where I needed to add Instant Pudding Mix and couldn't find any in the house. So I found this recipe and just guessed at how much of each ingredient. Since I didn't have any powdered milk, I used some hot cocoa mix. It's in the oven now.
