Thrift Thursdays: Coffee Creamers

     At the grocery store the other day I was doing a quick drive by past the dairy isle and noticed all the fall coffee creamers. I love all the coffee flavors that come with cooler weather like PSL, Toffee, Streusel and many others. I also love the idea of making my own coffee creamer for the peace of mind of knowing whats inside, money saver, and it also makes fun holiday gifts.
   I found some recipes that sounded delicious and turned out to be very easy and I had all the ingredients I needed on hand. The two I tried out were Cinnamon Streusel & Pumpkin Spice. 

Pumpkin Spice

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 cup heavy cream

• 3 tablespoons pureed pumpkin

• 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice

• 4 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Whisk together milk, cream, pumpkin, pumpkin spice, and maple syrup in a medium saucepan over medium heat. 
2. When mixture begins to steam, remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract. 
3. Strain through a fine mesh sieve, pour into a glass bottle and store in the refrigerator.

Cinnamon Streusel 

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole milk

• 1 cup heavy cream

• 4 tablespoons maple syrup

• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract

Instructions

1. Whisk together milk, cream, maple syrup and cinnamon in a medium saucepan over medium heat. 
2. When the mixture begins to steam, remove from the heat. 
3. Stir in extracts. 
4. Strain through a fine mesh sieve, pour into a glass bottle and store in the refrigerator.

 

 

 As far as Holiday gifts go you can make this coffee creamer and put it in a reused jar and tie a ribbon, or paint the top with chalk paint and write an inscription. Let your creative genius free and skies the limit. Enjoy :)