Condensed milk - with their hands better

We used to buy a lot of products in finished form - including condensed milk. And, meanwhile, cook it at home is not as difficult as it might seem. Home - always better, and you can verify this by preparing the condensed milk at home.

Unfortunately, modern condensed milk is quite different from Soviet, so to re-experience "the same" taste, you can only do one thing - make condensed milk at home. Even if the taste of store you're happy, it should be borne in mind that this product today weight vegetable fat and sugar, and milk - very little. This is another good reason to make home condensed milk.

Enjoy homemade condensed milk will take some time, but it's definitely worth it - and not only because of the wonderful taste, but also because of the lack of preservatives and other not healthy supplements.

So, how to cook condensed milk at home? Very simple:

1. Take 2 cups of whole milk and 1.5 cups of sugar.
2. Milk pour into a saucepan, heat.
   what milk to choose? we'll show
3. Add the sugar.
4. Boil condensed milk until desired consistency for about an hour over medium heat, stirring constantly with a whisk throughout the cooking time.

Prepare home condensed milk is much easier than it sounds, but you can be sure of the quality of food consumed by 100%. This is especially important when it comes to nutrition kids.

There is also a slightly different recipe condensed milk: first in a pan with a little water melted sugar over medium heat, syrup is brought to a boil and boil for 5 minutes, then poured the milk, put fire to the minimum and also condensed milk with constant stirring is brought to the desired consistency.

To home sgushchenka always turned successful, will reveal a few secrets of her cooking.

Secrets of cooking homemade condensed milk

• Boil condensed milk and cream can (25-30%), while the proportions are the same: 1.5-2 liters of milk or cream should take 1 kg of sugar;
• By the above recipe, you can add milk (0.5 cups), many believe such a delicious condensed milk, milk powder is mixed with the liquid;
• Milk for sweetened condensed milk should not be less than 3% perfect - 5% fat;
• To condensed milk turned out really thick, it is better to use cane sugar, having a strong crystallization and a rich taste;
• Cooking condensed milk is more convenient on a steam bath (in a double boiler - if there is a suitable capacity), while cooking on the stove it should be constantly interfere, not to burnt.

Store homepage condensed milk in glass jars in the refrigerator and take only clean, dry spoon - then treat will be stored for a long time. Treat yourself and the kids, because the preparation of condensed milk at home - it's that simple!

How to choose a double boiler. We will tell.