Homemade Coffee Creamer
Here is how you can make the best homemade vanilla coffee creamer using only three ingredients.
Store bought coffee creamer can contain gums, preservatives, high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavorings and colors. Make your own incredible coffee creamer for a fraction of the price using premium vanilla paste, half and half and cinnamon. Sweeten if desired with Vanilla sugar, monk fruit, granulated sugar, raw sugar- whatever you prefer.
Ingredients in Homemade Coffee Creamer
- milk of choice- half & half, oat milk, almond milk, whole milk etc.
- vanilla paste- read below why I prefer vanilla paste rather than extract
- cinnamon- optional, but it adds so much flavor
- sweetener of choice- optional- I love vanilla maple syrup or monk fruit, but add in any type of sugar, as it can dissolve well.
Special Equipment for the perfect cup of coffee:
Why use Vanilla Paste & what is Vanilla Paste?
Vanilla Paste is a thick mixture of the entire vanilla bean, alcohol (typically vodka), water, sugar or honey and a thickener like xanthan gum. This mixture is shelf staple requiring only a cool dark space to store- similar to your other spices and extracts.
Vanilla Paste has a deep rich vanilla flavor that you cannot find in vanilla extract alone. Because there is less alcohol than in standard extract, adding it to your coffee creamer makes the creamer taste “less boozy”. Typically with extract you would cook off the alcohol, but in a coffee creamer, that is not the case. Plus the addition of a bit of sugar or honey adds a touch of sweetness to your coffee or hot beverage.
Before serving just give the creamer a little shake to distribute the vanilla paste well.
Vanilla paste can be used in baking or cooking anywhere that vanilla extract is required. Use a 1:1 amount when measuring.
Order Pine & Palm Kitchen Vanilla Paste HERE.
Order Pine & Palm Kitchen Vanilla Sugar HERE.
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- Masala Chai Latte
- KETO Bulletproof Coffee
- Boozy Celtic Coffee
- Under 100 calorie Pumpkin Spice Latte
- Spiced Apple Cider
Great ways to sweeten your coffee-
- Vanilla Maple syrup- buy Pine and Palm Kitchen Syrup HERE
- Monk Fruit
- Honey
- Flavored honey
- Superfine Sugar
Ingredients
- 1 pint half and half (16 oz)
- 1 TBSP Vanilla Paste
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ cup granulated monk fruit see notes
Instructions
- In a glass jar with a tight lid add in milk of choice, vanilla paste, cinnamon and sugar of choice. Seal tightly, shake vigorously to combine. Store in the fridge up to 2 weeks.
- To use: Shake jar well before using. Measure out the desired amount of creamer into a microwave safe mug or glass. Heat creamer for 25-30 seconds. Using a frother, froth the creamer until whipped and smooth and tripled in volume.
- Pour hot coffee into coffee cup and pour hot creamer over top. Enjoy!
