On Nov 13, 6:41 am, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> On 11/13/2010 7:46 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
> > My mind is open. What is the 'fresh' equivalent of sweetened
> > condensed milk? I've got 3 recipes that use it that I can't imagine
> > have room for improvement--- but I'll give it a go in the interest of
> > science.
>
> I'd certainly like to know that myself. My DH's favorite pie in the
> whole world is key lime and he's diabetic. No sweetened condensed milk.
> I have tried several recipes to make it with artificial sweetener and
> all were failures. I do have a key lime pie recipe that uses unflavored
> gelatin and that's not bad, but not quite the same as the canned milk
> recipe. I would love, love, love to have a recipe for sweetened
> condensed milk made from fresh ingredients so I could sub the sugar.

Sweetened condensed milk is -- surprise -- condensed milk and sugar,
nothing else. I don't know the proportions, but it's likely a LOT of
sugar, judging by how thickly it pours. No other additives, according
to the label. -aem