Only 3 ingredients create a rich, sweet, and creamy addition to your morning coffee. Homemade coffee creamer is easy, delicious, and you'll know what each ingredient is!
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Enjoy your morning coffee with a sweet cream that's without additives and sweetened just to your liking. Mix up the recipe for the season with different extracts and spices to fit the season.
Make your breakfast even more special with my Banana Oatmeal Pancakes and Cinnamon Butter. Feeling fall? Mix up pumpkin coffee cream and enjoy my Homemade Pumpkin Waffles.
Ingredients For Coffee Creamer
- Half and half - Provides a balanced creaminess to coffee without being too heavy.
- Sweetened condensed milk - Delivers concentrated sweetness and creaminess in one ingredient.
- Vanilla extract - Introduces a warm, inviting aroma and flavor.
Tools needed for this recipe
- Measuring cups
- Glass bottle for storage
How To Make Homemade Coffee Creamer
Pour the half-and-half, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract directly into a clean 1-quart glass jar with a tight-sealing lid.
Secure the lid tightly onto the jar.
Shake the jar vigorously for about 30 seconds to a minute or until all the ingredients are thoroughly combined and smooth.
Optionally, open the jar to taste the mixture and adjust the levels of vanilla or condensed milk if needed. Reseal and shake again if adjustments are made.
How to store homemade coffee cream
Keep stored in a sealed glass jar in the refrigerator. Your homemade coffee cream should be kept until the sell-by date on your half-and-half. This is about 2 weeks time.
Recipe Variations
Leave out the vanilla extract and add these flavor variations if you like.
Hazelnut Creamer - Add 2 teaspoons of hazelnut extract to the base recipe.
Mocha Creamer - Add 2 Tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder to the base recipe.
Pumpkin Spice Creamer - Add 2 Tablespoons of pure pumpkin puree and 1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice to the base recipe.
FAQ's
It is, not only cheaper but without any added preservatives or extra ingredients you can't pronounce.
Yes! This recipe calls for half and half, which is half milk, and half heavy cream. So if you have both of those ingredients you can actually make your own half and half for this recipe. While you can just use heavy cream, half and half provide a light creaminess without it feeling too full or heavy.
Notes
- Before each use, give the container a good shake to ensure all the ingredients are well mixed. Store the homemade coffee creamer in the refrigerator for up to a week.
- The base recipe for coffee creamer is half and half and sweetened condensed milk.
Looking for more coffee recipes? Try these out:
- Irish Coffee
- Turtle Coffee Recipe
- Coffee Brownies for Two with Hazelnut Glaze
- Brown Sugar Syrup
- Espresso Martini
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Homemade Coffee Creamer
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups half and half
- 14 ounces of sweetened condensed milk
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pour the half-and-half, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract directly into a clean 1-quart glass jar with a tight-sealing lid.
- Secure the lid tightly onto the jar.
- Shake the jar vigorously for about 30 seconds to a minute or until all the ingredients are thoroughly combined and smooth.
- Optionally, open the jar to taste the mixture and adjust the levels of vanilla or condensed milk if needed. Reseal and shake again if adjustments are made.
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Notes
- Hazelnut Creamer - Add 2 teaspoons of hazelnut extract to the base recipe.
- Mocha Creamer - Add 2 Tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder to the base recipe.
- Pumpkin Spice Creamer - Add 2 Tablespoons of pure pumpkin puree and 1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice to the base recipe.
Deesha says
This is creamy and slightly sweet and amazing!
Thank you for sharing.
An aside: If you don't mind sharing, where'd you get the bottle? It's cute as can be.
Tanya says
Thanks so much, Deesha! I got these bottles from a bargain shop in the Charlotte, NC area, but I can't remember the name of the store. It was years ago though.