Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix
This recipe for Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix saves tons of money for when a recipe calls for Instant Pudding mix!
Kerry gave me a starter for Amish Friendship Bread a while back. After making it a couple times, I had a crisis one day.
I had mixed together all of my ingredients up to the point where it called for vanilla instant pudding. I opened the cupboard and... there was no vanilla instant pudding. Ugh.
Little Man was napping, so running to the store was out of the question and I knew the bread would probably turn out terribly if I waited until he woke up, ran to the store, and then tried to bake it.
So I did what any modern girl would do 😉 I went to the internet.
I found an awesome recipe for vanilla instant pudding, and I've actually been more impressed with how my bread has turned out since I've been using this mix in place of packaged instant pudding. Not to mention it doesn't have all the preservatives, PLUS it's much cheaper.
More recipes that use vanilla instant pudding mix are:
📖 Recipe
Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
Ingredients
- 2 cups cornstarch
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 ½ cups dry milk
- 3 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients together, then stir in the vanilla extract. (This turned out a bit clumpy, so I think if I made it again I would put it in the food processor to combine. But even though it's lumpy, it works fine in the bread recipe.)
- Store in an air tight container. (Needs to be big enough to fit a bit more than 10 cups of the mix.)
- Use ½ cup of mix in place of a large box (5 oz) of instant pudding in recipes, or ¼ cup of mix in place of a small box (3-4 oz).
Notes
Makes 10 large boxes of vanilla instant pudding.
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Should I store in the fridge?
No need to store it in the fridge. Just put it in an airtight container, and it will be great!
I have powdered french vanilla could that be used instead of liquid vanilla and could coco powdered be put in to make chocolate pudding i knoe it has to be cooked .
I believe both of those would work, though I haven't tried them. If you do, we'd love to hear how it turns out!
I've made the mix Do I use milk or water to make pudding how much
I haven't used the mix to make pudding, I've just used it in place of pudding mixes for Amish friendship bread, and a few other recipes that call for instant pudding. I imagine if you wanted to make pudding with it, you would make it in the same way as a box of pudding, but I haven't ever tried it. If you do try it, I'd love to hear about your experience. Wish I could be of more help!
How long is the shelf life for this mix?
BLS, I'm not exactly sure. I've used my mix for more than 9 months and thought it still tasted fine- not stale or anything.
Please tell me if you use this as actual pudding? I made it, using xylitol to replace most of the sugar, but it would never thicken. I wasn't sure if it was because of the sugar substitute, or if this was meant just for baking/cooking. I hope to share the recipe soon, linking it back to this page. Thanks so much.
Marsha, I haven't used it as an actual pudding- just in baking. I would bet that in order to use it to actually eat as pudding, you would need to cook it, since cornstarch is activated as a thickener by heat- which wouldn't be a problem in baked goods. As far as using a sugar substitute, I haven't ever used any sugar substitutes, so I'm not sure if that would affect the outcome at all.
We would love to hear how this works out for you, and I hope this helps!
Thanks so much Jamie for your quick and informative reply!
I had my doubts, but had to try making it into 'instant pudding'. When it didn't work, I cooked it in the microwave and it turned out perfectly. Just not yellow like most folks are use to, but tasted good. My husband is diabetic and I find using mostly xylitol when I can make these homemade 'concotions' work, so I am glad to know it wasn't that that kept it from setting up while cold.
I will be adding it to smoothies and oatmeal dishes. I think it's GRRREAT!
Thanks so much for your help. I'll be sure to link back to you when I post it.
Til next time...
Marsha - The Better Baker
Marsha, thanks so much for letting us know that microwaving it worked! I wouldn't have thought of that- great idea!
How much milk/water did you use to make pudding with this mix?
Never thought of making pudding mix homemade- great idea!
Sarah, it hadn't crossed my mind until I was in need of the mix for my bread. Thank goodness I was able to find a recipe online!
Very Cool! I was just thinking about how I wanted a recipe for this. Just in case I needed it! Just Pinned it! 🙂
Ciara, thanks for pinning! This recipe is great, since it has a long shelf-life. I mix up a batch and use it whenever I need it.
Yay what an awesome idea...now I can make more pudding cookies. Like the new layout!
It's so funny that you commented on this- I used this vanilla instant pudding mix to make your Snickerdoodle pudding cookies a few weeks ago, and they turned out great! I'm so glad you stopped by!
Glad you liked them!
SO COOL! I love DIY mixes! It's always better to make things from scratch 🙂
that's a great idea. I wonder if I could use Splenda in it.
I'm sure you could, though I would bet you'd want to use less of it, since Splenda is much sweeter than sugar. However, I don't really know for sure, as I don't use Splenda. If you try it, please let us know how it turned out, and how much you used! Thanks!
I am so glad to see a homemade pudding recipe. I, too, do not want my children to have all of those artificial ingredients. Thanks for linking up with "Try a New Recipe Tuesday." I hope you will be able to join us again this week. http://our4kiddos.blogspot.com/2013/09/try-new-recipe-tuesday-september-17.html
Lisa, the more that I learn about all the ingredients added to basically everything we eat, the more convicted I feel that I need to be cooking more from scratch. Thanks for hosting the party.
Oh goodness, this is so perfect! I always go right past any recipes I see that use instant mixes, but it's great to see I have a homemade alternative. Pinned!
We love pins! Thank you so much for pinning, and I hope this will open up more recipe opportunities for you!