Recipes with Milk (Powdered, Evaporated & Condensed)

Harvest Potato Soup

1 cup onion, diced
1 cup celery, diced
4 cups potato, diced
½ lb bacon, cooked and drained
2 cups instant potatoes
½ cups dehydrated carrots
8 chicken bouillon cubes
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk

Simmer all vegetables, bouillon cubes and cream of chicken soup in 8 cups of water until vegetables are fully cooked. Add instant potatoes and evaporated milk to achieve desired consistency. Garnish with grated cheese and bacon bits.

Frosting with Evaporated Milk

6 tablespoons butter, softened
5 1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Beat butter and powdered sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add evaporated milk and vanilla extract; mix until smooth. Makes 3 cups.

Orange Julius

2 cups orange juice (NOT concentrated)
½ cups powdered milk (dry powder, do not mix with water)
½ cup crushed ice
2 TBSP sugar
½ tsp vanilla

Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until ice is totally crushed.

Magic Bars

1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 (14 ounce) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
(or use 1 cup chocolate chips and 1 cup butterscotch chips)
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
1 cup chopped nuts

Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees for glass dish). Coat 13x9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray. Combine graham cracker crumbs and butter. Press into bottom of prepared pan. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture. Layer evenly with chocolate chips, coconut and nuts. Press down firmly with a fork.
Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Cut into bars or diamonds. Store covered at room temperature.

Ultimate Hot Chocolate
from Our Best Bites

2 1-oz squares of unsweetened baking chocolate
1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
4 cups water
1 tsp vanilla

In your microwave or in a small saucepan over medium heat, heat the chocolate and the sweetened condensed milk until the chocolate is completely melted (about 2-2 1/2 minutes in the microwave). Whisk in vanilla, combine completely, and set aside. In a larger saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Remove from heat and whisk in chocolate mixture. Serve in mugs with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon if desired. Serves about 6.

Variations:

Mexican Hot Chocolate: Add 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 1/8-1/4 tsp cayenne pepper in with the vanilla.

Mint Hot Chocolate: Replace vanilla with 1 tsp mint (NOT spearmint) extract

Peppermint Hot Chocolate: Replace vanilla with 1 tsp peppermint extract. Serve with a candy cane instead of a spoon to stir.

Almond or Hazelnut Hot Chocolate: Replace vanilla with 1 tsp almond or hazelnut extract.

Whipped Topping

1 cup ice cold water
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup powdered milk

Whip at high speed until desired consistency is achieved. Store in refrigerator.

Substitutions with Powdered Milk

Whole Milk

1 cup water

1/3 cup powdered milk

Buttermilk

1 cup water

1/3 cup powdered milk

1 TBSP vinegar or lemon juice

Mix together and let stand for 5 minutes

Condensed Milk

1/2 cup hot water

1 cup sugar

1 cup powdered milk

Blend thoroughly in blender. Can be stored in refrigerator or frozen.

Sweetened Condensed Milk (Eagle Brand)

3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 cup plus 2 TBSP powdered milk

Combine all ingredients. Heat to boiling. Cook until thick, this will take 15 to 20
minutes. **(Becky made this and said it only took hers 7-8 minutes to cook!!) This equals one can.

Evaporated Milk (or try this one using whole milk!)

1 cup water

2/3 cup powdered milk

Blend ingredients well.

or if you have butter on hand...

Evaporated Milk

by food.com

1 1/2 cups warm water

1 cup powdered milk
2 tablespoons butter

Mix powdered milk and warm water together. Add butter. In a small pan, heat mixture together. Beat well, cool, and store in the refrigerator.

Here's a great page all about Powdered Milk!

Recipes with Powdered Milk

Morning Moo'd

½ cup water
¾ cup non instant powdered milk
2 cups ice cubes
1/3 cup nesquik
half or whole banana
2 TBSP peanut butter

In a blender combine the ingredients until smooth. Makes approximately 2 servings

Potato Soup (this was the one sampled on Thursday)

2 TBSP oil
2 TBSP flour
¾ cup powdered milk
2 TBSP butter or margarine powder
3 ¼ cups water
½ tsp salt
1 ¼ cups diced cooked potatoes
1 TBSP minced onion

Add flour to the oil and blend. Add the butter or margarine powder. Stir in all remaining ingredients and cook on low heat until thickened. Season with salt and pepper. Serves 4

Note: To rehydrate dried potatoes, add enough water to cover. Let stand until all the water is absorbed. Then you can us as you would fresh vegetables

Potato Soup Mix
by Heart for Home

1 ¾ cups instant mashed potatoes
1 ½ cups dry milk
2 TBSP instant chicken bullion
2 tsp dried minced onion
1 tsp dried parsley
¼ tsp ground white pepper
¼ tsp dried thyme
1/8 tsp turmeric
1 ½ tsp seasoning salt

Combine all ingredients. in a bowl and mix. Makes 6 servings. Place in 1 quart canning jars to store.

Instructions to attach to jar:

To serve:
Place ½ cup mix in soup bowl and add 1 cup boiling water. Stir until smooth.

Healthy Peanut Butter Balls

1/3 cup crunchy or creamy peanut butter
½ cup nonfat dry milk powder
2 TBSP wheat germ
1 TBSP honey

Mix together and shape into little bite size balls. Refrigerate any uneaten ones :)

Powdered Milk Class

Here's a great website all about... Powdered Milk!!!

Our powdered milk class was a great success. We had wonderful samples made from powdered milk as well as vendors Shannon and Dan Pointer from All Secure Storage & Preparedness come and speak with us.

All Secure Sorage & Preparedness
Dan and Shannon Pointer
372 W. 200 N
Cedar City, UT 84720
1-435-865-6434
1-877-865-6434 (toll free)
pointer@mstar2.net

Here are the recipes, all made from powdered milk:

Yogurt by Sis. Riggs
Pudding by Sis. Vail
Peanut Butter Balls by Sis. Casey

Page 11 & 12 from your Emergency Preparedness book (in the Food Storage tab) has more powdered milk recipes! Check them out!

Later I made the Macaroni & Cheese Recipe on page 12.

Here is my "Magic Mix" (needed to make the Macaroni & Cheese)

And my finished Macaroni & Cheese!!

Here are some more great things we tried...

Holly's Famous Bread (baked in a Solar Oven)
We also talked about Dried Eggs...