Do you have a gallon of milk that maybe not “as fresh” anymore?
The “Best Buy Date” on many foods is more a suggestion than a “rule”, and to be honest, groceries aren’t cheap plus it’s super wasteful!
When it comes to our milk, often times there are many days and many delicious recipes still left on that gallon of milk that didn’t pass the “sniff test” and might be a bit sour to the usual tastes. You are using that out-of-date milk just like buttermilk!
Below you’ll find a few delicious and easy ideas for using up that ‘spoiled’ milk.
Use it like buttermilk!!
Soured milk becomes the perfect ingredient for easy homemade biscuits, pancakes, waffles, crepes and scones- giving an extra rise in the cooking process.
The easiest recipe in the world for
Buttermilk Pancakes:
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoons salt
2 ½ cups buttermilk (or soured milk!)
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons butter, melted
Vegetable, canola or coconut oil for pan
DIRECTIONS:
Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt together in a bowl. Using the whisk, make a well in the center.
Pour the buttermilk into the well and crack eggs into buttermilk.
Pour the melted butter into the mixture. Starting in the center, whisk everything together, moving towards the outside of the bowl, until all ingredients are incorporated. Do not overbeat (lumps are fine). The batter can be refrigerated for up to one hour.
Then warm pan with oil, and prepare pancakes as usual. Tip: wait to flip the pancake until the bubbles in the batter stop rising on the cake.
Homemade Chai Latte!!
Bring a cup of that ‘spoiled’ milk to a simmer in a small sauce pan and then add a tablespoon of sugar, a tablespoon of strong black tea leaves, and a few of our favorite whole spices like cloves, cardamom pods, and cinnamon sticks. Boil for five minutes, then enjoy your homemade chai beverage hot or iced in your now wonderful smelling kitchen.
Try something new!! Soured milk is also perfect to make homemade ricotta cheese, the simple Italian dessert panna cotta or old fashioned rice pudding. Just remember when a recipe calls for buttermilk, use your soured/spoiled milk instead. All easy and fun treats to try!
Click the links to some of our favorite delish recipe sites we provided or do a simple google search and you’re on your way to whipping up something easy and delicious with that “spoiled” milk and saving a few bucks too!
