Homemade coffee creamer has been something I have always wanted to try when we first got our dairy cows. I tend to overthink the whole process of making something new. I’ll think about it for a while, and then eventually once I’ve thought about it for so long, I’ll finally make it. This coffee creamer took me about five minutes to make, seriously so quick and easy, I couldn’t believe I wasted so much time just thinking about how hard it might be to make something new.
When you first have a dairy cow, or find a raw milk farmer , the first thing you think about is all the goodness that comes from drinking raw milk. People tend to forget that the cream that forms on top, once chilled, is just as good! Using raw cream you can make homemade butter (found here in this blog post: THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE BUTTER FROM RAW CREAM), coffee creamer like I’m going to teach you to make today, and so many other things.
Why Homemade?
Raw cream can be shaken up in your milk, or skimmed off the top of your milk. It’s really just your preference on how you choose to use it. Making coffee creamer is just one way that you can start switching over your food to homemade, instead of store-bought. Store bought coffee creamer is filled with preservatives, unnecessary ingredients, vegetable oils, and the list could go on.
Pouring these store-bought creamers into your coffee can affect your health, and could be one of the reasons why your stomach hurts after drinking your coffee. That’s not to say that I don’t ever buy coffee creamer, because I totally do in a pinch or when I just simply don’t want to make coffee creamer one day. But knowing the ingredients and how it can affect our health, is what made me look into a different option: homemade coffee creamer, and using raw cream – something I have plenty of!
So let’s get to it! How do you make your own coffee creamer at home, that’s ACTUALLY good, and easy to make?
Homemade Coffee Creamer:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of light brown sugar
- 1 cup water
- Splash of vanilla
- Sprinkle of sea salt
- 1 and ½ cups raw cream
- 1 cup raw milk
Recipe:
Combine brown sugar, water and vanilla into a saucepan. Bring mixture to a rolling boil and take off heat.
Once off heat, sprinkle in your sea salt, pour raw cream and raw milk. Mix together, and pour into a glass jar. Refrigerate for up to two weeks!
That’s it! It’s really that simple and it takes only five minutes to whip together. Homemade creamer can now go on your list of things you don’t buy from the grocery store anymore! While store-bought creamer is so easy to add to your grocery order, consider making the switch to this alternative. I promise you’ll love it! You can even experiment with different flavors if you like flavored creamer in your coffee.
Be sure to leave a comment when you try this recipe, I’d love to hear how it goes!
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