Any Home Bakers Here?

[teaton]

It's an old recipe from the 70's - jello, sugar, water and whipped evaporated milk - in a graham cracker crust.

It makes a pie? What kind? I love easy recipes like this, how did it turn out?

 

[Talithahorse]

It would be cream and either ultra fine sugar or simple syrup. Let me see if I can find something.... Close but not quite: Healthy Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk Recipe (Without Powdered Dry Milk!)

Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 2 hours Total time 2 hours 5 mins Whether you're trying to avoid processed foods but want to make a favorite dessert recipe or you are just out of condensed milk, here's a substitute that everyone has ingredients for and anyone with a little patience can pull off. Note: Ingredients often use affiliate links to Amazon, but obviously you should shop for the best price and try to keep your dollars local when you can. Author: Katie Kimball Recipe type: condiment Ingredients

• 1½ c. whole milk
• ½ or ⅔ c. unrefined sugar (organic cane sugar or sucanat depending on your final goal for the condensed milk)
• 3 Tbs. butter
• 1 tsp. homemade vanilla or vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Mix sugar and milk together in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Stirring often, bring to a low simmer over medium-low heat. As soon as steam starts lifting off the milk, lower the heat even further, and when the sugar is entirely dissolved, put the heat as low as it can go. A simmer burner is great for this.
2. The goal is to reduce the quantity in the pot (which is now about 1¾ cups) by approximately half. It takes about 2 hours at very low heat to reduce to one cup of liquid. You could speed it up a bit if you watch carefully and stir often. I preferred the freedom to wander the house doing other tasks, and thus allowed my process to take quite some time.
3. Once reduced to your satisfaction, whisk in the butter and vanilla. The recipe is equivalent to just less than one whole can of brand name sweetened condensed milk. (One can = 14 ounces, which is 2 ounces shy of 2 cups. by weight, oops! The can is equal to 1¼ cups liquid. Substitute tables for homemade condensed milk vary from 1¼ cups all the way to 2 cups. Use your judgment!)

Notes * Depending on what final product your sweetened condensed milk will be used in, you will probably need to allow the mixture to cool considerably before using. * One other option for a homemade sweetened condensed milk is to add ½ or ⅔ cup unrefined sugar to a can of evaporated milk. You may need to heat to fully dissolve. However, you still have to deal with the unhealthy can lining and whatever over-processing makes the milk shelf stable.

I wonder if you can use a crock pot to reduce it. I have to try this recipe.

 

[teaton]

It would be awesome if that really worked!! When you try it you have to let us know how it turns out!!!

 

[ronott1]

I wonder if you can use a crock pot to reduce it. I have to try this recipe.

Let us know how it works!

 

[sunflour]

Jello Pie: a recipe from the 70's.​

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Ingredients:

• 1 package jello ( see notes below)
• 1 1/2 cups of hot water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 can CHILLED evaporated milk (see notes below)
• juice from 1 lemon ( or 2-3 TBS Real Lemon juice)
• graham cracker crumb crust

Directions:

• Mix jello, water, sugar and set aside.
• Whip milk til stiff, add lemon juice.
• Add the jello mixture.
• Pour into crust and chill to set.

I have only tried this a few times since receiving the recipe 30 years ago. And could never figure out what I was doing wrong, so it has set in my recipe files unused until yesterday.

The first times I tried it I didn't pick up on the CHILLED milk - room temp milk will not whip at all.
Years passed before another try - and by then I was unsure of what ONE PACKAGE or ONE CAN sizes were - but after yesterdays trial I am certain the jello should be the small package and the can of evaporated milk should be the small 5 oz size. ( I used Royal Jello 3 x 1.4 oz packages and a 12 oz can of milk - it's tasty but more volume than 2 pies crusts could hold.....so had to drink what was left over

TIPS: here's my additions to the recipe:

1. If you want only one pie - use 2.8-3 oz jello or royal gelatin and a small - 5 oz can of milk.
2. If you want a lot, use 4.2-6 oz of regular type jello or royal gelatin and a large can of milk, 12 oz - makes 2 pies or a 13x7x2 pan size.
3. Chill the evaporated milk along with the beaters you will be using in the fridge. Use a mixing bowl large enough to later add the jello mixture.
4. The water should be at boiling ( microwave works well)
5. Dissolve the gelatin first and then add the sugar, stir til all dissolves. Set that bowl in fridge while whipping the milk.
6. Easiest is to buy the graham cracker crusts - but if you make your own you can pre-bake or not and chill in fridge for at least 30 minutes before adding filling.
7. Cool Whip or Whipped Cream topping is nice.

 

[N F C]

@sunflour that looks like a nice, light dessert. Nice to have your tips included

 

[sunflour]

@sunflour that looks like a nice, light dessert. Nice to have your tips included

There's always room for J-E-L-L-O

That is if you leave off the topping

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[N F C]

There's always room for J-E-L-L-O

That is if you leave off the topping

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Nothing doing...gotta have the topping!

 

[Talithahorse]

Let us know how it works!

Well, I did it. It tastes wonderful and I think it will thicken a little bit as it cools. Next time I will measure it a little more carefully so I can tell for sure that I have cut it in half. I did end up slightly lifting the lid so that the steam could escape more easily and that helped. Next batch I will try making it into caramel in the crock. I have done it with canned sweetened condensed milk and it is absolutely divine in coffee. Yum!!!

 

[teaton]

Well,   I did it.   It tastes wonderful and I think it will thicken a little bit as it cools.   Next time I will measure it a little more carefully so I can tell for sure that I have cut it in half.   I did end up slightly lifting the lid so that the steam could escape more easily and that helped.    Next batch I will try making it into caramel in the crock.  I have done it with canned sweetened condensed milk and it is absolutely divine in coffee.      Yum!!!

That is great to know!! I bet it would make good caramel too!!