Shake up a can of coconut milk then pour it into a small saucepan.
Add almond milk and stir to combine.
Add 3 TBS coconut sugar & a pinch of salt, whisk to combine.
Cook over medium-low heat until the mixture just starts bubbling and sugar is dissolved (don’t let it boil or you’ll have a coconutty mess all over your stove)!
Cut the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Add seeds to the milk mixture and stir.
Put the whole vanilla bean into the pot and cover with a lid.
Let the mixture sit for at least 30 minutes, or until cooled to room temperature.
Using a fine mesh strainer, strain your creamer as you pour it into a glass jar. Discard beans.
Store in a glass jar with a lid in the refrigerator! Give it a shake before adding it to your favorite coffee!
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Ingredient Substitutions
Coconut milk: For an even creamier result, use full-fat coconut cream. I do not recommend replacing the coconut milk with any other non-dairy milks, because it has the highest fat content and is an important component of this recipe!
Almond milk. The almond milk is added to this recipe to ensure that it doesn't solidify when stored and to keep it nice and smooth. In this case, any other nondairy milk can be used in place of almond milk.
Coconut sugar: Maple syrup or honey may be used in place of some {or all} of the coconut sugar.
Vanilla beans: Readers have reported using 1 tsp pure vanilla extract with great results! However I highly recommend the beans!
To store/freeze:
Store in the refrigerator. If you plan on using it within 1 week, store in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator.
In the freezer. I often freeze this healthy coffee creamer so it lasts even longer. To do this, I recommend pouring the coffee creamer into an ice cube tray and freezing it into cubes. Then you can simply remove one or two cubes at a time to use in your morning coffee! I do recommend warming the frozen vanilla coffee creamer in the microwave in your coffee mug before adding the coffee so that it doesn't cool it off too much!