How Do You Heat Milk Without Scalding?
Warm milk is useful in recipes, to coax yourself to sleep, and as food for an infant. Don’t let impatience ruin a whole pot of milk, heat it properly and carefully. • To heat milk for a recipe or for child/adult consumption, use a small stove top pot. There are proper milk saucepans which you can purchase if you wish. • Heat low. If milk gets too hot, it bubbles over before you even know it has happened. Use a low heat and keep your eye on it. • Heat slow. Exercise patience. Ignore the temptation to raise the heat to cook it faster. Stir it continuously to avoid solids sticking to the bottom and burning. • Test the temperature. Make sure it’s warm, but not so hot it will burn your mouth. Use a teaspoon to collect some milk from the pot, hold your wrist over the spoon to check the temperature, and if it isn’t ridiculously hot, give it a taste. To heat milk for infant consumption, put the milk in a sterile bottle. Heat the bottle in a pot of water, the microwave (if the bottle is microwa
