You need to know How to Make Homemade Coffee Creamer. Why? Because this Snickerdoodle Coffee Creamer is light years better than the stuff from the store and it’s eons better for you, too. Learn how to make homemade coffee creamer and your tastebuds AND your body will thank you!
When I think of my mom I think of laughter, piano music, and absolute, one hundred percent unwavering devotion. My mom would do anything for me and I have lived my entire life knowing that. That is a pretty solid comfort right there, friends. For as far back as my memory goes, that meant my mom nourishing people’s spirits and bellies.
I also think of coffee because my mom and coffee? They’re inseparable. She is legendary in the family for the strength of her arm wrestling skills and legendary amongst all who know her for the strength of her coffee. Rumour has it that she once unintentionally caused a panic attack in the son of a friend who was unfamiliar with the fact that her coffee was strong enough to stand a spoon in upright. Poor teenager drank the coffee and broke out in palpitations and a cold sweat. Luckily for him, my mom is a nurse and a good one, too.
My mom has another little quirk about her coffee aside from her lifetime ban from making coffee at the office because no one else can drink her coffee. She loves it -LOVES IT- in weird little cups and bowls. I hardly ever see my mom drink coffee from a ‘proper’ mug. It’s almost always in what she refers to as “Wabi-sabi” cups or sometimes even sugar bowls.
I also think of scents when I think of my mom. She’s an avid wearer of essential oils, but back in the day when she didn’t have two nickels to rub together, my mom would dab vanilla extract behind her ears and on her pulse points in place of perfume oil. Maybe this accounts for why I love vanilla so very much and why I associate vanilla with comfort. So when I was contacted by McCormick to participate in their “Flavor of Together” program and asked to make a recipe for Mother’s Day using their vanilla, sharing How to Make Homemade Coffee Creamer was a natural choice to honour my mom. While she’s phased out drinking creamer in her coffee, she drank it in every one of her multiple daily cups when I was growing up. It just plain reminds me of her.
While vanilla coffee creamer is nice, I opted to make Snickerdoodle Coffee Creamer because my mom’s mom -my beloved Grandma- is forever indelibly linked to snickerdoodles in my mind. Cinnamon, vanilla, and sugar all together like my grandma, my mom, and I: Not that I’m sweet as sugar, but the connection between the three of us IS. McCormick’s Pure Vanilla Extract has been one of America’s essential baking ingredients for more than a century, and for generations, vanilla extract has been a key ingredient in recipes passed down from moms, grandmas, aunts and more, whether it’s for perfume or for cookies or a blog post on How to Make Homemade Coffee Creamer.
Cook’s Notes:
- You can make this as indulgent or as lean as you’d like by choosing regular, fat-free, or vegan sweetened condensed milk and whole, 2%, 1%, skim, almond, soy, coconut, hemp, or WHICHEVER milk you like best. Just keep in mind that the expiration date will follow the expiration date of whichever milk you choose so label accordingly.
- Only use PURE vanilla extract in this recipe, folks. Imitation vanilla has no place here.
How to Make Homemade Coffee Creamer {Snickerdoodle Coffee Creamer}
Rate RecipeIngredients
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk 14 ounces, regular, non-fat, or vegan
- 1 1/2 cups milk whole, 2%, 1%, skim, or non-dairy of any variety
- 1 tablespoon McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon McCormick Ground Cinnamon
Instructions
- Whisk all ingredients together for 1 minute or until everything is evenly combined and the cinnamon is clump-free and flecked throughout the mixture. Pour into a jar with a tight fitting lid and store in the refrigerated marked with the expiration date (the expiration date of the milk that went into the mixture.) Add to coffee, tea, or hot milk.
Nutrition
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Reader's Thoughts...
Heather K says
This sounds fantastic. I hate buying all that plastic that is associated with ready made creamer. I’m going to try this as is and with substituting peppermint extract for the vanilla.
Gabriella says
What do I use if I want Carmel creamer? What do I use for Carmel taste ? Love your recipe I love French vanilla and Carmel creamers in my coffee or iced coffee.🥰👍🏼😁!!
Shannon DeVries says
I accidentally bought evaporated milk would that work what are your recommendations?
Rebecca says
Hi Shannon- This recipe is designed to be made with the sweetened condensed milk. Evaporated milk lacks some of the richness and all of the sweetener. 🙂 I’d recommend playing with it to suit your tastes.
Jennifer says
Made this today and it is SO good!!!
Rebecca says
Hi Jennifer! Thanks for taking the time to rate the recipe and let me know you love it. xoxo
Angie says
I made this today and I’m wondering what the serving size is?
Rebecca says
Hi Angie- The recipe yields about 48 servings of 1 tablespoon each. 🙂
JoAnn V says
Have you tried freezing this? How does it turn out when defrosted?
Rebecca says
Hi JoAnn- I am sorry to say I have not tried freezing it. Theoretically speaking, it should be possible! Please let me know it turns out if you try it.
Gail says
We’re excited to try the Homemade Snickerdoodle Coffee Creamer. We love Snickerdoodle cookies. We just finished a boughton Snickerdoodle Coffee Creamer.
Rebecca says
Thanks so much, Gail! I hope you enjoy it!
Sarah says
Has anyone else had an issue with the condensed milk tasting a little metallic? I don’t know if I just got a bad can or if it just doesn’t really bother others. But my creamer has a metallic taste and leaves behind a metal taste in my mouth for awhile as well! 🙁
Rebecca says
Hey Sarah- I know some folks are a little sensitive to sweetened condensed milk (including one of my best friends), but I am not sure if that’s what is going on for you. If you grab a brand new can of condensed milk and try a sample of it and it still tastes metallic, then you’ll be able to isolate it. If, on the other hand, it tastes fine, maybe it was that one batch!
Kenani Y. Genre says
This is fairly good, but you love real vanilla extract, great your rich, I’m not I use artificial vanilla, it’s at least 50 % cheaper. Thank you.
Roxi says
If you know someone visiting Mexico ask them to pick you up some. Mexican vanilla is the best and fairly inexpensive in Mexico. Cost me $14 CDN for a jug that lasted me almost 4 yrs.
This is a good creamer, but I think I’ll use less cinnamon next time. I mixed it thoroughly and even shook the jug, but I still had a big mouthful of cinnamon when I went to sip my coffee.
June says
Put the cinnamon in your coffee grounds before you brew. Your coffee will be cinnamon flavored and no floaties. Start with a small amount until you find what you like. I just sprinkle some on the grounds, haven’t measured.
Colleen says
Why do people have to be nasty? Just keep scrolling. It’s okay, you’re allowed. And maybe spend your new free time going to Aldi and picking up a 1 oz bottle of pure vanilla for $2.
Sherri says
Look up the ingredients for artificial vanilla 😬