Evaporated milk and whipping cream?

[Alix]

Does anyone know if I can sub whipping cream for evaporated milk in a recipe straight across? My daughter is making pumpkin pie and I need to know if I can sub something for the evaporated milk.

[Andy M.]

Light cream is the standard sub for evap milk. Whipping cream should work. The result will be richer. Can that be bad?

[Alix]

I don't think it could be bad.

What % is light cream? Is it 1/2 and 1/2 or coffee cream?

[Andy M.]

Heavy or whipping cream = 36%

Light Cream = 18%-20%

Half and Half = 12%

Milk = 4 %

So half heavy cream and half milk will = light cream

All percentages approximate.

[Alix]

Smooch! Thanks Andy! We use 1% milk so half whipping cream half milk would be almost exactly right I think. I might be a bit heavier with the cream though.

[Andy M.]

Close enough for government work, Alix.

All this discussion to determine the right mix to approximate light cream. Let us know how the approximate light cream works as a sub for evap. milk.

[bakechef]

You can sub, milk, cream or half and half for the evap milk. I have used regular milk and it came out just fine. My mom uses half and half or whipping cream in her standard recipe which I assume is the Libby's recipe.

[babetoo]

whipping cream sounds good to me.

[Alix]

My recipe is Mom's extra special pumpkin pie. Requested by family members all the time. Blech. I just cannot like it. Still...its a staple so Bugs is going to attempt it. I'll let you know what I tried and how it came out. Thanks for all the help guys.

[chopper]

Now I want pie. May have to make one this weekend. I love kitchen experiments. Let me know how yours turns out. :)