Evaporated Milk Recipe & Hot Fudge Sauce-Powdered Milk Recipes

Posted by Crystal on May 28, 2008 View Comments

Okay, we’ve covered Sweetened Condensed Milk made at home with your powdered milk (if you missed that post click here) and now it’s time to enjoy evaporated milk! Evaporated Milk was created back in the 40′s as a way to replace expensive cream and whole milk in recipes. It is whole milk with more than half the water removed before it is homogenized. DO NOT USE IT AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK. However, you can use it to substitute for half and half. Isn’t that great?! I know I don’t keep half and half stocked in my fridge. Use Evaporated Milk, made from your food storage, in any recipe by doubling the amount of the dry powdered milk and leaving the water the same. As a good rule of thumb to go by, for normal milk made from your powdered milk it is 3 T. dry powdered milk per 1 C. water and don’t forget there are 16 T. in a cup.

Evaporated Milk (12 oz. Can)
1 1/2 C. Water
1/2 C. + 1 T. Powdered Milk

Doesn’t that look delicious?! It was unbelievable, WAYYYYY better than anything you can buy in the store and TONS cheaper!! Just think this recipe makes 3 cups (24 oz.) of sauce for under $2.50 and a Smuckers bottle only comes with 11.5 oz. and costs $3.00, that means it would cost $6.25 to buy this much hot fudge at the store! You’ve got to make this a staple in your fridge!

Hot Fudge Sauce – Makes 3 Cups (From Betty Crocker’s Cookbook)
1 can (12 oz.) Evaporated Milk (1 1/2 C. water + 1/2 C. & 1 T. Powdered Milk)
2 C. Semisweet Chocolate Chips
1/2 C. Sugar
1 T. Butter or Margarine (Spreads with at least 65% vegetable oil)
1 t. Vanilla

1. In a 2-quart sauce pan mix your evaporated milk with a whisk. Add chocolate chips and sugar and heat over MEDIUM heat, stirring constantly until it boils.

2. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Let cool for at least 30 minutes or until sauce behins to thicken. Serve warm. Store your remaining sauce covered in the refrigerator up to 4 weeks. Sauce become firm when refrigereated; heat slightly before serving (saue will become thin if overheated).

**Just as a side note for those who live in an area where Kroger brand items are sold. They now have a great knock off on the Dryers 1/2 fat slow churned ice cream for a fraction of the cost**

For more tips and tricks for using food storage in your everyday recipes, please visit www.everydayfoodstorage.NET

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A Fun Video about Food Storage: Food Storage Night

Posted by Crystal on May 27, 2008 View Comments

Okay, this made me laugh. Isn’t it great that food storage night doesn’t have to be like this? Especially with the tricks for making milk…no more tapioca! :)

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Make Your Own Sweetened Condensed Milk from Powdered Milk-Powdered Milk Food Storage Recipes

Posted by Crystal on May 23, 2008 View Comments

Isn’t the sound of that sweet? I know where I live the sweetened condensed milk goes for $1.30 a can. Pretty pricey, right? Well now you can make your own ooey and gooey sweet and condensed milk desserts from your powdered milk. It is so easy to do (just blend everything in the blender) and so much cheaper! How divine!!

“Eagle Brand” Sweetened Condensed Milk 14 oz. can

1/2 C. hot water
1 C. Powdered Milk
1 C. Sugar
1 T. Butter

Blend in blender very well. Can be stored in the refrigerator or frozen.


Desserts made from sweetened condensed milk are very rich, ooey and gooey delicious! Sweetened condensed milk was actually started back in Civil War times as a way for soldiers to have milk that wouldn’t go bad. Pretty interesting, huh? Anyway, this recipe pictured above is a favorite at our house.

7-Layer Bars

1 C. (2 sticks) butter
1 c. crushed graham crackers
1 c. flaked coconut
1 pkg. chocolate chips (6 oz.)
1 pkg. butterscotch chips (6 oz.)
1 can sweetened condensed milk, NOT evaporated milk (See recipe above for sweetened condensed milk)
1 c. walnuts or pecans, chopped

Melt butter in an 8 1/2 x 11 inch pan in your pre-heating oven. Add layer by layer (do not mix) above ingredients in order listed.
Bake 32 minutes at 350 degrees in an aluminum pan OR 28 minutes at 350 degrees if a glass dish is used. Cut in bars when cool. Time baking carefully.

Powdered milk is great! You can also make evaporated milk out of it…stay tuned to find out how.

For more tips and tricks for using food storage in your everyday recipes, please visit www.everydayfoodstorage.NET

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Magic Mix Recipe, Cheeseburger Mac ‘n Cheese, and Magic Mix Pudding- Magic Mix Food Storage Recipes

Posted by Crystal on May 21, 2008 View Comments

I’ve heard about this “Magic Mix” from the USU Extension Service which is made from powdered milk and knew I had to give it a try when it claimed to make very easy white sauces. All I have to say is that I have a new MUST HAVE in my fridge! White sauces can be hard to make. If you don’t do it just right then you have this thick clumpy mess, we all know what I’m talking about right? Well say “goodbye” to that and say “hello” to Magic Mix and perfect white sauces. It is AWESOME!!! Not only does it use powdered milk it saves TONS of time & money and is super EASY to use!! Try these recipes out for try, your family won’t be able to resist!


McDonald’s Cheeseburger Macaroni and Cheese
(no joke! It tastes just like a McDonald’s cheeseburger, what kid can resist? Not to mention it’s a complete meal in one and is just as easy and fast as the stuff in the blue box plus it sneaks in vegetables. Try it! Your family will eat powdered milk! :)

Ingredients:
2 C. White Sauce from Magic Mix (See Below)
2 C. Uncooked Macaroni (from food storage :)
2 C. Cheese
1-2 tsp. salt or garlic salt (optional)
1/2 C. Ketchup
1 T. Yellow Mustard
1 lb. Cooked Ground Beef (I cook all my ground beef when I buy it and separate it into 1 lb. bags which makes a meal like this SOO easy!)
1/4 C. Dehydrated Onion hydrated in 1/2 C. Warm Water, drained (optional)
1 Bag Frozen Mixed Vegetables (if you want an easy way to cook frozen vegetables, simply poke the bag with a fork and cook in your microwave for 5-6 minutes. Those new Steamer veggie bags do the same thing but are tons more money!)

Directions:
Cook Macaroni in boiling water until tender. Cook hamburger while macaroni cooks. Drain macaroni and make white sauce in empty pot. Combine all ingredients and heat through. (I garnished mine with fresh tomatoes.)

Magic Mix White Sauce-makes 1 C.
2/3 C. Magic Mix
1 C. Water
In saucepan combine Magic Mix and water. Stir rapidly (I use a wire wisk) over medium heat until it starts to bubble. (Use Magic Mix White Sauce for all recipes calling for a white or cream sauce.)

Magic Mix Pudding- Makes 4 1/2 C. Servings
Okay, I don’t even like pudding but since my husband does I thought I’d make him some (and what kid doesn’t like pudding?). I was able to make it while my macaroni was boiling and it chilled while we ate. Well I took one bite and was SOLD!!! I’ve never had pudding that tasted so good, was so easy to make, and took such little effort!!
1/2 C. Sugar
1 C. Magic Mix
2-3 T. Cocoa (optional)
2 C. Water
1 t. Vanilla
Combine Magic Mix, sugar and cocoa in saucepan and mix well. Add water, stir over medium heat until pudding bubbles. Add vanilla and beat. Cover and Cool.

The secret behind making MAGIC MIX: (Makes 5 Cups of Magic Mix)


Step 1: You will need some sort of good mixer. Make sure you use beaters when making the mix as shown above. If you don’t have a good mixer, start calling around…get together with a friend and make some…it is SOOOO worth it!

Step 2:

Ingredients:
2 1/3 C. Powdered Milk
1 C. All Purpose Flour (Yes, use All Purpose)
1 C. (2 sticks) Margarine (***HAS TO BE REAL MARGARINE, NOT SPREAD***) or Butter, at room temperature

Combine dry milk, flour and margarine/butter into a large bowl.

Step 3: Mix until it looks like corn meal. (You may want to start off slow and work up to the fastest setting so that it doesn’t blow powder all over)


Step 4: Keep mix tightly covered in the refrigerator. (note: keep your #10 cans for just such a purpose! They are 50 cents and work great for storing home made mixes)

Stay tuned..my husband’s favorite cookie bar is coming next as we explore making Sweetened Condensed milk out of powdered milk. DELICIOUS!!

For more tips and tricks for using food storage in your everyday recipes, please visit www.everydayfoodstorage.NET

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