Cooking Experts !! HELP!

[swanmom]

I need a substitute for heavy cream in a mac and cheese recipe. I have 1% milk, EVAPORATED milk in a can and fat-free 1/2 and 1/2 in the house. Can I use any of these or some combination of them? Please help!

 

[java]

I would use the regular 1% milk. (it'll be less creamy so use less of it imho)

Ok now I see it's evaporated milk- you can use that one- maybe with a little regular milk added in too- like a 50/50 ratio? The evaporated will give you the creamy factor the heavy cream would.

 

[Magic Mom]

DOn't use the condensed milk, it's sweetened. Is it baked mac and cheese, or a stovetop version?

 

[swanmom]

Oops! It is not condensed milk. It is evaporated milk. Can I use that? It calls for baking in a casserole in the oven.

 

[Green Tea]

You can use the evaporated or the regular 1%. I have a cake recipe that calls for a small can of evaporated along with enough milk to make one cup. I usuallly just sub a cup of half and half. I have made it with cream before and it usually takes a bit more real cream to get the right consistancy. So you may need slightly less milk to reach that point.

Given the choices in mac and cheese, I would use an aprox equal amount of the 1%. It will just save some calories.

 

[ilovejack02]

U can use evaporated milk.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I have used the evap. milk and it makes it too sweet for my tastes. I would use the 1%.