Homemade Cool Whip

A Healthy Homemade Alternative

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of cold milk
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 3 T of sucanat (or another natural sweetener)
• 1 tsp of Xanthan Gum or Guar Gum

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, pour in the milk and vanilla.  Turn on the mixer to a low to medium speed and slowly add in the dry ingredients.  You want to make sure that they don’t clump, so don’t just drop it all in there at once.

Once everything has mixed well for a minute or two, turn up the mixer to a medium to high speed.  Do this for about 6-8 minutes or until you have a nice whipped and thick consistency. 

Notes:

If you find that your cool whip isn’t sweet enough, don’t be afraid to add in a little more sweetener.

Optional add ons for nice holiday flavors:

• 1/2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 tsp of cacao powder
• 1/2 tsp of cinnamon

Or you can do smaller amounts of all three into your batch.  Want a little kick?  Try  a few pinches of chili powder with your cacao and add a dollop of  the whipped topping onto your homemade hot chocolate.
 

source: The Thrifty Mama