"Alice Faber" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Evelyn" > wrote:
>
>> "Alice Faber" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > In article >,
>> > "W. Baker" > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I was watching I was watching America's Test Ktchen-Cooks Country
>> >> today
>> >> and they had a recipe for a key lime pie. It uses a large(14 oz) can
>> >> of
>> >> sweetened condensed milk in the filling. Much of the rest of the
>> >> filling
>> >> ingredients are easily made or are low carb friendly(lime juice, cream
>> >> cheese, a little gelatin,a little vanilla pudding and some sugar).
>> >> Have
>> >> any of you ay idea how to make swweetened evaporated mlk to
>> >> substitute.
>> >> How much artificial sweetener would be needed and could you just mix
>> >> it
>> >> in
>> >> a 14oz can or would you hae to reduce the amount of milk as you do
>> >> bitter
>> >> chocolate if you are making it a replacement for a sweetened
>> >> chocolate?
>> >>
>> >> It might be fun to try this wit a nut, rather than a grahm cracker
>> >> crust
>> >> for a different treat.
>> >>
>> >> They also had a mile high lemon meringue pie with a custard I might
>> >> use
>> >> with regular meringue make with an artifcial sweetener-not the Italian
>> >> meringue with sugar syrup that they used. It would not be mile high,
>> >> just
>> >> a few feet:-)
>> >>
>> >
>> > I use heavy cream and Splenda. I think what I did was look at the sugar
>> > content on a can of condensed milk at the supermarket, and see what the
>> > carb content was, and then worked backward, assuming that some of the
>> > carbs were lactose in the milk.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> If you have a low carb version of Key Lime pie, I would love to try it.
>> It
>> is a great favorite of my husband's.
>
> Sorry, no. I do low carb pumpkin pie with the cream and Splenda, with a
> straight substitution in the recipe on the pumpkin can (well,
> added Splenda, to account for the sweetness in the condensed milk).
>



That's OK. Some suggestions were offered by other readers. :-)

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Evelyn

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