Sure, you can always purchase a store-bought nondairy milk creamer, such as So Delicious Dairy Free Creamer, but since a nondairy creamer is easy to make — why not?
Ingredients:
- 1 (13.66oz) can Thai Kitchen full-fat coconut milk, or other brand
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk or hemp milk*
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
- Place the full-fat coconut milk in a sauce pan. Simmer on medium-low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Steam should rise from the milk but not boil, so reduce the heat to low if necessary.
- Add the almond milk or hemp milk and maple syrup. Continue to simmer, and occasionally stir, for 8 minutes. Again, without it coming to a boil. Remove from heat, mix in the vanilla extract, and let cool. Pour a desired amount of creamer into your coffee and stir. You might like adding it to cold brew coffee, which is what we do here at Now That’s Vegan! Stores refrigerated in a glass jar with a tight fitting lid for up to 3 days.
Yield:
Makes almost 2 cups
*Nowadays, there’s plenty of nondairy milk options to choose from in grocery stores, whole food markets, and health food stores, such as almond milk, hemp milk, oat milk, rice milk, and more. However, some brands of nondairy milk are better than others. Some contain cane sugar, and cane sugar is processed with bone char, which is unacceptable to many vegans. And some nondairy milks contain additives, such as carrageenans derived from seaweed, and different kinds of thickeners and gums derived from plants or trees. These additives may be harmless, or they may cause in some people gastro-intestinal issues. When choosing store-bought bands, you might want to look for ones with the fewest ingredients, that you recognize, and that you don’t have a problem with. New Barn Almond Milk, for example, has only four ingredients. Though, one of the ingredients is a gum — it’s hard to find a store-bought brand of nondairy milk without some type of gum.
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