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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Does this work the same as a box of instant vanilla pudding if you heat it for pudding dessert? Thanks!
@Dee, I don't use this recipe to make pudding dessert, I use it in place of a box of instant pudding in recipes that call for that.
I'm so happy to have found this recipe! When you use it in recipes that call for 1 box, do you just weigh out 3.4oz?
Please disregard this question. I've been up since 3am and hadn't read the recipe instructions 🙃 I found the answer
@Amanda, I'm glad you found the answer, Amanda!
@Amanda, Guilty of not reading you entire post - I always want to save my time, so I generally just jump to recipe when I have the chance!! My sincere aplogies 🙁
Hello! Do you have a chocolate version or have a suggestion on how much cocoa powder to add to make a chocolate version?
If you're looking for a chocolate instant pudding instead of the vanilla, I would recommend this recipe from Friendship Bread Kitchen: https://www.friendshipbreadkitchen.com/chocolate-instant-pudding/
If you're wanting to make a chocolate Amish friendship bread, we've got a delicious recipe for that here: https://www.coffeewithus3.com/chocolate-amish-friendship-bread/
Great day to you, Jamie!
After reading your comments, I’m convinced the majority of those viewing this recipe did NOT read your introduction or take the time to take note of your suggested use after the recipe. Crazy…
I made this recipe specifically to be used as an addition to my cakes - and it works perfectly! I did, however, omit the vanilla. I used vanilla bakers sugar instead and store two vanilla beans in the mix.
Thanks for the recipe!
Ginger
I think you're right about people not reading it, Ginger! I hope you enjoy it!
Does the nutmeg make a big difference in taste? Just seems like a strange ingredient for a vanilla mix, was wondering if it would make a difference if omitted.
It can be left out if you don't want it. It adds a little depth to the flavor, but isn't completely necessary.
Could you please set this to where you have a way to print the recipe. If that feature is here & I've overlooked my apologies. I have to have print out my recipes to have them in the kitchen with me. At 81 I've learned to somewhat use my computer but find it a bit tiring to have to go from the kitchen to the computer to read & follow my recipes. Many thanks for the recipes and hopefully me learning how to print them.
For those that want to use these for pudding I would use the same cooking instructions that are found on the store bought packages to start and adjust until the results meet your satisfaction.
Have a Jesus blessed day all.
@E. L., If you look on the right side of the recipe card, under the picture, there's a print button. Just click that, and it will pull up an ad-free version of the recipe card for you to print.
Have a wonderful week!
If I don’t have dry milk is it possible to use the normal wet milk? I'm going to cook my bread instantly so I don't think I need to save it for later.
@Anjii, unfortunately, this recipe won't work with regular milk. It's a replacement for the vanilla pudding used in many recipes. If it has liquid in it instead of powdered milk, it will mess up the final outcome of the bread.
found an instant pudding mix that uses instant clearjel
I would appreciate the recipe with the instant clear gel. Thank you, God Bless, Stay Well.🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏
How do you use the mix if you want to make pudding?
This mix is really more for using in place of instant pudding in a recipe, rather than making pudding. If you do want to make pudding with it, you'd need to cook it until it thickens.
@Jamie H, if you have to cook it, it is not instant pudding. Instant pudding is just missing, let set, and eat, no cooking required.
Please change the name of your recipe so that those of us that are searching for true “instant” pudding don’t keep finding these cooked pudding versions. I tried it and it was delicious but not what I needed. Instant pudding you don’t cook. Thanks!
Deana, I'm sorry you're unhappy with the name of this post, but I tried to make it really clear throughout the post that this is intended for use in baking recipes where instant pudding is called for. And in the case of baking, it acts exactly as the instant pudding would, making it the appropriate substitute. So I feel that the name is appropriate, especially given that the very first sentence says, "This recipe for Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix saves tons of money for when a recipe calls for Instant Pudding mix!"
Thanks for your feedback!
Agree
The word instant is deceiving