Sweetened condensed milk
Milk with much of its water removed and sugar added, cooked into a thick, very sweet, creamy syrup.
- Baking ingredients and additives
Also called: condensed milk
Sweetened condensed milk contains about 40 to 45% sugar, which preserves it in the can. It is the base of key lime pie, fudge shortcuts, magic bars, no-churn ice cream and Vietnamese iced coffee.
It is not interchangeable with evaporated milk, which is unsweetened. Cooked slowly, sweetened condensed milk turns into dulce de leche.
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- Sweetened condensed milk (Q57271749), Wikidata