The Many Uses for Dry Milk + Printable
posted by Andrea | 03/9/2011When I got married, my church hosted a “food shower” for me. Everyone brought in their favorite recipe and the non-perishable ingredients to make the recipes.
It was awesome!
Not only did this shower fill my recipe box with a bunch of simple, tried-and-true recipes; it also stocked my pantry for months!
Over the past 5 years, I’ve made most, if not all, of those recipes; but there is one recipe I use on a weekly basis…
It’s a “recipe” for the different uses of dry milk.
There are so many different brands of dry milk…but as far as I know, they are all relatively the same and should all work for the “recipes” below. Better stock up the next time you’re at the store!
1. Sour Cream
Simply mix 1/3 c dry milk with 3/4 c. plain yogurt to replace sour cream. This works great for low-fat dips.
If you’re planning to bake with it, add 1 t. cornstarch to stabilize the yogurt.
2. Regular Milk
Whenever a recipe calls for regular milk, you may instead substitute 1/3 c. of dry milk in with the dry ingredients and 1 c. water in with the wet ingredients.
3. Evaporated Milk
Mix 1/3 c dry milk with 1/2 c. water. This replaces a small (5 oz) can of evaporated milk.
I never buy evaporated milk any more…I always use this “recipe”.
4. Sweetened Condensed Milk
Mix 1/3 c. dry milk with 1/2 c. cold water. Microwave until hot and steamy. Then add 1/2 c. sugar. Let stand in refrigerator for 4 hours. This replaces a 13 oz can.
{I know this seems time consuming, but it does work!}
5. White Sauce
Mix 1/3 c. dry milk, 3 t. melted butter and 3 T. flour to form a paste. Slowly add 1 c. water or milk and whisk until smooth.
You may add onions, cheese, mushrooms, or any other flavorings you like and serve over pasta.
6. Hot Chocolate Mix
Mix one 24 oz box of dry milk with 1 c. non-dairy creamer, 2 c. powdered sugar, and one 16 oz. container instant chocolate drink mix and store in a large, tightly sealed container.
Then mix about 1/2 cup with 1 c. boiling water for delicious hot chocolate. I often give this as gifts for Christmas!
Free Recipe Card
Go ahead and print this free recipe card — then hang it on the back of a kitchen cabinet. Now, the next time you’re out of sour cream, milk, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, or white sauce; you can simply make your own!
What are your favorite uses for dry milk?
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Karen @ Abundance on a Dime
09/03/2011I am a big fan of dry milk powder
We always have a large bag of it in our pantry. I actually keep a jug of reconstituted DMP in our fridge all the time – we use it in all our cooking and baking since it’s significantly cheaper than fluid milk. It also saves those last minute trips to the store because you’ve run out of milk.
I’ve used it for everything you’ve mentioned except the sour cream (never heard that one before!) The way we make hot chocolate is this: to each mug, add 3 tbsp DMP, 1 tsp cocoa powder, 2 tsp sugar (I like to add a pinch of cinnamon, too) then fill with boiling water and stir well.
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Andrea Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
I never thought of keeping reconstituted milk in the fridge — do you think it would work for pudding? I may have to start doing that.
Thanks for the tip.
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Karen @ Abundance on a Dime Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 8:32 pm
Absolutely! I make pudding with it all the time. Here’s one of our favourites (Old-Fashioned Butterscotch Pudding): http://abundanceonadime.blogspot.com/2011/02/make-it-from-scratch-old-fashioned.html
I’ve used it to make yogurt, too – I add an extra 1/2 cup of skim milk powder per quart/litre of reconstituted milk powder so the yogurt comes out thicker. We really do use it for everything except drinking straight up
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Cathy Reply:
November 10th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Silly question, but can you substitue this for “real” milk in macaroni and cheese? If so how would you make it , just add some water along with the dmp? I make mac ‘n cheese all the time and it would be great to be able to substitute this!
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Andrea Reply:
November 10th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
yup, as #2 states, “Whenever a recipe calls for regular milk, you may instead substitute 1/3 c. of dry milk in with the dry ingredients and 1 c. water in with the wet ingredients.”
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Carrie
09/03/2011I keep powdered milk in my locker at work to use in my tea. Perfect because it doesn’t require refrigeration and I can have lots in my tea without cooling it down.
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Lindsay
11/03/2011Thanks Andrea! This is awesome! I had no idea you could use milk powder to make evaporated or condensed milk! I’ll definitely try this out.
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Kelli Hoffman
14/03/2011A cup of powdered milk and a cup of Epsoms salt in a warm bath leaves your skin feeling great.
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Andrea Reply:
March 14th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Thanks for the tip Kelli. I’ve never heard of that before…but it sounds great!
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Karen @ Abundance on a Dime Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 11:53 am
I can’t believe I forgot to mention using it in the bath – I’ve done it for years and years. I use half dry milk powder and half baking soda – it really is a fantastic skin softener.
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Crystal
09/02/2012Just printed thanks for the tips!!
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