Now it is time for the true test: will I like it?
Were the last two days a waste?
Hey everybody it's Qcknd and welcome back to... Qcknd's Kitchen!
I'm just kidding. That isn't a series on my channel. But today I am going to be showing you a recipe for pumpkin
spice
for your coffee or latte or iced coffee or some syrup you might want to make.
So I had the idea to make- to like try a "pumpkin spice"
syrup
kind of thing on my channel - oh, the cats are gonna knock over everything
It's very orange in here, so there's a lot of lighting setup right now
and if one cat nuzzles it I'll just give up. So I had the idea to make this pumpkin spice
latte kind of video because, 1:
there was a lot of rumors going around this year that Starbucks' pumpkin spice latte would be vegan, and in at least the states,
it's not vegan this year. I think it has like
nonfat milk in the syrup- no!!
He's gone. That worked.
So there is no pumpkin spice latte for you guys
vegans or, like, non-dairies
secondly, I am
trying to take it easy today
um, I just got
my lower back tattooed, the outline, and I just wanna lay in bed all day and
the worst part about it is on top of it...
I got a facial and for the next like
week,
I can't really wear makeup and I have to wear sunscreen, which is why I probably have crazy flash back right now
'cause it's like
SPF a million
So because I am not a valuable member of the public
I thought maybe we would make some things in the privacy of my kitchen while I broadcast it to the world.
So the reason I didn't make this in October is, 1: November is more for eating pumpkins; October is about celebrating pumpkinhood
well
there's two- there was two problems, 1: Jon threw out my pumpkin the first time and you have to be careful to buy
pumpkin and not pumpkin spice or not- not pumpkin pie mix. If you follow me on Instagram
I made pumpkin pancakes like two months ago
that pumpkin was for this video.
Secondly, um, I was following a recipe on a website, the website got shut down, or at least the, like, the recipe on the
website got shut down, and I have bought all the supplies for that recipe. I think it's because they may be said, like,
"Starbucks" in the title, and maybe they got like a- a cease and desist from
Starbucks. I should have like obviously screenshotted it, but I just bookmarked it. Also,
no, diss to like the recipe
bakers of the internet, but shut up!
Just shut up! I'm hoping this is like a thick, like,
not like a, like, watery coffee syrup, but like a-
like pancake syrup kind of [mouth click]. Let's start this off.
I feel so vulnerable
Qcknd's Kitchen!
Begins! I know this should be serious, um...
any graphic artists out there? Can you make uh- a swipe for me? One of my lights went out.
this says you need:
1 11 ounce can of sweetened condensed coconut milk. Um...
so my other recipe just said coconut milk, so that's what I got. I got the Goya one.
This is a 13 point 5 ounce can, I don't think you can choose. 1 cup of water, got that, 1 cup of sugar
back there. 2 to 3 cups pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling.
So this is pumpkin. I did not get the organic one. 1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie
mix. You have a hard time finding pumpkin pie spice..
I did. I got this at Whole Foods and I'm pretty sure it was, like, a couple bucks.
um,
I know you only use like a teaspoon of this but I feel like it's probably the main ingredient so you need it.
I don't know.
1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
I-
every time I use my vanilla, I'm like I don't like where I keep this
I'm gonna put it somewhere more convenient and I always forget where that convenient place is.
So I think
It's not in my spice cabinet. I think it's like with my
Ramen. Nope. Got it.
[making noises]
[more noises]
This has been a transition scene.
*softly spoken to cat* Do you want some pumpkin pie?
So the first thing is to get a large saucepan, I don't think this is deep enough
so I'm gonna use my wok, but it's all the way up there, and you can see
this is the extent of my reach
So I've already gone ahead and mixed the water and the cinnamon together
as the least sexy ingredients.
I don't really like following a recipe off of my phone... it's not easy
so I'll add that
1 11 ounce can of sweetened coconut milk
So I have a 13 ounce can, so I'm just gonna eyeball it
Should be fine
That was really hard to open. Let's make sure it's not expired. I love doing that
So this is just dead up coconut milk. This says
It needs sweetened condensed coconut milk... are there sugars in this?
That's pretty chunky, right?
I'm gonna say that was 11 ounces
My sugar won't pour... hi!
a tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice. So, if you're anything like me, I have a hard time
with teaspoon and tablespoon
But don't worry, you don't have to admit that to thousands of people. Just give me a little
just a little bit
That's got a safety seal on it
If you didn't know, in high school
I did a project all about why
there are safety seals on these things
and you can thank a guy who put a bunch of poison in Tylenol bottles at the grocery store
Might not be the same for this though, this is sealed for freshness.
I think that's everything. In a large saucepan over medium heat whisk the sauce until ingredients are smooth
Continue heating until the sugar has dissolved
Remove from heat and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for two weeks
two weeks is a little bit longer than my food safety training has allowed me to believe that this will be
good for. That's right, I'm food safety certified
That's why Qcknd's Kitchen is a legit operation- is the camera on? Okay
I have a hard time knowing which burner it is, but it's this one. We have a gas stove
so be careful children, here we go
So I'm just whisking all the ingredients together
I don't have it on medium heat, let me do that, okay. So that coconut was pretty weird, right?
Let's get this dangerous weapon out of here
*singing* ♫ We're only liars, but we're the best ♫
You ever do anything and just kinda decide, like, I could just abandon this idea right now and that would be fine?
It doesn't even, like, smell very good.
I saw "Mid90s" last night... whatever.
I was worried about seeing "Mid90s" 'cause I thought it would upset me in the same way that, like,
some indie movies just like crawl under your skin and stay with you for, like, a month. So I didn't even want to see it.
I just, like, kept telling Jon like, yeah I'll go see it, you look up the movie times
you look it up, but then he did
I went back and read the entry and it said be careful not to make it too hot because then it will turn into caramel
I kind of want to see if it could almost turn into it. So I'm just letting it cook right now
It also says to store in an airtight- um
Mason jar? I don't have that
i have some CorningWare that has a lid, we could do that. If I burn my taste buds...
I really did not expect that to be kind of good
That is very good. What!?
Yes, bitch. Tissue break. Yo, that's good
Just rinse off my pumpkin spoon in here
'til the sugar melted? Better be...
Okay, this could serve like a whole fucking Starbucks so uh
I would say that the recipe amount was a little uh...
I don't know...
ambitious?
Maybe I should let this cool
or else it'll change temperature of my fridge, ServSafe hours
Okay, so it's been about an hour and I just, like, let this cool
the consistency of it
is almost like
a really wet cake batter
It does smell pretty good though I do...
think it's good
Um, it is later in the evening at this point though
So I am going to put a lid on this and then put it in my coffee in the morning and let you guys know
If it works
Okay, everyone it is
two days later, and I'm going to make... um
My pumpkin spice latte
um, this is Jon's mug
So I
thought about maybe going to a coffee shop and giving them the syrup and them making me a latte so it was real
like a real latte, and then I thought
I could just steam some milk here and make a latte. Um
But I am a coffee drinker; I prefer coffee
to latte anyway
so I am going to- I just woke up and I'm wearing a jacket because we turn the heat down at night and
It snowed last night, so I don't know. So I have a coat on. So I'm just gonna make some pour over
with my dripper and
kettle. So I'm just going to using I think some Ethiopian coffee, which is like
pretty nice and light. So I'm actually not generally a sweet coffee person
But I do- I do put milk in my coffee. I am that- a milky coffee person
So here's what my syrup looks like after spending two days in the fridge
Um, it's still pretty liquidy almost like a cake batter. When I make pour-over it's pretty easy, um
I have like a forty minute tutorial on it on my Youtube channel that you don't need to watch
It's a two scoop kind of day. So I'm just gonna take this syrup I guess and...
catch my sleeve on fire. The thing about this is it has, like, bits in it.
I think maybe if I would have whisked it or blended it... it's just like little milky bits
That's like four scoops that's pre- that's kind of a lot, right? Starbucks uses like a pump system...?
So before this goes off, I'm gonna microwave this just because it's really cold
that smells so good, smells like pie
It's definitely mixing together a lot smoother heated up
Okay, so it's all finished but you can see it like
Has a little bit of bits in it. See the bits? That's not like, um, creamer
That's bits, baby
No, it's still... bit city in there. Now it is time for the true test: will I like it?
Or were the last two days a waste?
Also, did I use enough? Did I use too little?
[Computer start-up sound]
Excuse me. Um, this is good
It's mild, it's not like really super sweet. I guess I could add more?
It smells- so it smells really really good
I did not expect any of this to turn out
well, especially because I bought ingredients for a different recipe and just found another recipe that was similar, but not the same, so...
But it smells really really good. I don't know if it's like the pumpkin spice mix
that we put in there
But it's actually not super sweet, um, like if- if you were to make this
[Computer start-up sound]
My computer's on fire. If you were to make this and you don't like sweet coffee I think it would be okay. I like this!
I like this a lot. Um, I mean I have so much of it. I would say that it does serve...
a lot of people. It serves enough people for you to, like, host it at your coffee shop
I feel like, but this could be cool for, like, Thanksgiving. Um
What is the day?
Okay, it's good for two weeks. I can actually bring this to Thanksgiving. Yes
Yes
Damn that's pretty good. It's not super overpowering. It's very chill.
I don't know in a latte if it would be, like, more or less apparent because
It's mostly milk, so it might be- it might not have to fight so many flavors, but
that is really good.
So guys
this has been me at home this week
attempting...
what did we-? Vegan pumpkin spice syrup for latte.
My face is red from that facial, so... I'm a crazy person
That's fuckin' good. He wants the café con leche!
This is what he wants. Alright guys, thank you so much for watching.
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uh...
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