Thursday, September 26, 2013

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 :)
 
 
 

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