Home made sweetened condensed milk

I love to bake, to try new things - I call them experiments...  I often start reading the recipe then decide to make it before reading the entire ingredients list.  And sometimes, I read the title only and start.  


The other day while I started making a snack for the kids it happened, I started the recipe without fully reading the whole ingredient list.   It started off not to bad, I measured out the oats, sugar, butter then I got to condensed milk.   Arghh, I had no condensed milk.   I have to admit, it's an ingredient I usually stay away from.   But this was started, what to do?


Make some of course!

Who knew how simple it was to make - sugar, milk, vanilla and about an hour of stirring it on the pot!

There you have it - homemade sweetened condensed milk!


3 cups milk (I used skim milk - it's what I had)
2 1/4 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla


Put it all into a pot, heat to medium until the sugar dissolves and it starts to bubble.  Turn heat to medium low and stir often (all the time) for about an hour.


It reduces to about 2 cups of condensed milk.