Vegan sweetened condensed milk has been impossible for me to find locally so I finally made my own. Turns out, it's super easy to make. Just use soy milk and sugar and boil it down.

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A NOTE ABOUT SUGAR: Hey guys, a few of you have been asking so here's the low down. Some white sugar is filtered through bone char during the purifying process. This is true of most white cane sugar and often brown/golden sugar as well. Other white sugars aren't typically filtered this way, such as beet sugar. Many organic brands will be labelled vegan. The ONLY way to determine for sure if any brand of sugar is vegan-friendly or not is to contact the manufacturer directly to ask specifically about bone char (if not labelled as vegan). Fun fact: Sugar made in Australia is all bone-char free!

For those in Western Canada, Roger's sugar coming out of Taber, AB doesn't use bone-char either. The product number will start with "22" if it's from Taber. If it starts with "10," it's from Vancouver,BC where it is NOT vegan-friendly.

VEGAN SWEETENED CONDENSED SOY MILK
Makes 1 cup

INGREDIENTS (US)
2 cups soy milk (regular, NOT low-fat)
1 cup granulated sugar

INGREDIENTS (Metric)
473 ml soy milk (regular, NOT low-fat)
200 g granulated sugar

DIRECTIONS

Combine the soy milk and sugar in a medium sized sauce pan. Make sure the sauce pan is large enough to accommodate a fair bit of bubbling.

Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat. Keep watch so that you can stir down or remove it from the heat when it starts to bubble up. Be careful as this can bubble over quickly and create a sticky mess.

Turn the heat down to medium (or a bit lower) so that the mixture can simmer and continue to evaporate.

Keep cooking until the liquid has been reduced to one cup's worth. Stir occasionally. As with cooking caramel or syrup, it's important to keep an eye on the mixture so that it doesn't bubble over. If you find the mixture bubbling up, stir it vigorously to keep the bubbles down or turn the heat down a bit.

When the mixture has been reduced to your preference, remove it from heat and pour it into a clean heat-proof container. Let cool before using.

Store for up to a week in the fridge. Enjoy!

NOTES

Thanks to viewer sweeteuthiedoll on YouTube for sharing this time-saving suggestion! She "used a bigger pot and because of the extra surface area, [hers] was done in minutes. Like 5-10. Definitely less than 15 though."

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