Thursday, October 20, 2011

Coffee Creamer

Now, when I think of fall and pumpkins, my all time favorite thing is Starbucks Pumpkin Pie Latte.  But in this economy, who can afford that?  This homemade coffee creamer has a variation I'll make for my coffee jolts I despartely need to keep up with 2 kids and this blog! Add 1-3 T per cup o' Joe.  Enjoy!

Base Coffee Creamer
Makes 1 cup

Ingredients
1/2 c milk
1/2 c heavy cream
4 T splenda (or sugar)












Directions:
1.  In a medium saucepan, combine all ingredients over medium heat.
2.  Warm mixture until steaming, do not boil.
3.  Pour into Mason jar, let cool slightly
4.  Refridgerate, will keep for 2 weeks

Variations:
1.  Pumpkin Spice:  1/4 c pumpkin, 1 t pumpkin pie spice, 1 t vanilla (may replace splenda/sugar with brown sugar).  Blend with immersion blender when cooled slightly
2.  Chocolate Peppermint:  3 T cocoa powder, 1 T peppermint extract
3.  French Vanilla:  2 T vanilla extract
4.  Amaretto:  2 t almond extract, 1 t vanilla extract, 1 t cinnamon



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