What is a substitution for condensed milk?

Question

I am making pumpkin pie and cannot find condensed milk. Is there another ingredient I can use?

Answer 1

You can make it at home :

Sweetened Condensed Milk

INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup water
1 1/8 cups powdered milk

DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan, combine all the ingredients. Heat ot boiling. Reduce heat and cook until thick about 15 to 20 minutes.

Answer 2

If you have dry milk powder, you can make your own.
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup water
1 1/8 cups powdered milk
DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan, combine all the ingredients. Heat ot boiling. Reduce heat and cook until thick about 15 to 20 minutes.

Answer 3

If you have a can of evaporated milk on hand, you can make a very good approximation of condensed milk. In a saucepan, combine a cup of evaporated milk with 1-1/4 cups of sugar. Heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Let cool. You can refrigerate the mixture for several days.
If you don't have evaporated milk on hand either, you can make your own by slowly simmering any quantity of milk in a pan until it reduced by 60%.

Answer 4

I don't know that there is a "substitute" per se, but there are other ways to make a pumpkin pie without it. Go onto www.epicurious.com for recipes that don't use it. What is your concern? That you don't have it or that you don't want to use it? More info would help as to why you are asking this question.