Homemade Healthy Coffee Creamer Recipe

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Homemade Healthy Coffee Creamer Recipe

Homemade Healthy Coffee Creamer recipe (Paleo & vegan)! A 4 ingredient, easy recipe that's healthier than store-bought creamers!

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Resting time30

Total Time40

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Low Lactose, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: servings

Author: Laura

Cost: $4

Equipment

Ingredients

13.5 ounces coconut milk
2 Tablespoons Almond Milk (unsweetened, vanilla)
3 Tablespoons coconut sugar
⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt
½ vanilla bean

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Instructions

Shake up a can of coconut milk then pour it into a small saucepan.
Add almond milk and stir to combine.
Add the 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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Notes

Ingredient Substitutions

Coconut milk: lite works well, but full-fat is best.
Almond milk. The almond milk is added to this recipe to ensure that it doesn't solidify when stored. 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: If you want to make this quicker and easier, substitute 1 teaspoon vanilla extract for the vanilla bean. Add the extract once the sugar is dissolved and you remove the mixture from the heat.

Store

Store the creamer in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Freeze

Pour the coffee creamer into an ice cube tray and freeze until hardened.

Transfer the frozen cubes of creamer to an airtight container or bag. Remove one or two cubes at a time to use in your morning coffee. I do recommend warming the frozen homemade coffee creamer in the microwave in your coffee mug before adding the coffee so that it doesn't cool it off.

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