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Brown Sugar Cinnamon Café au Lait

Smooth brewed coffee warmed with cinnamon-infused steamed skim milk and a hint of brown sugar, light and cozy with a soft foamy top.

Brown Sugar Cinnamon Café au Lait

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups (300 ml)300 gBrewed coffeefreshly brewed, hot
  • 1 cup (240 ml)240 gSkim milk
  • 2½ tsp packed12 gBrown sugar
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cinnamonplus a pinch reserved for dusting
  • ½ tsp2 gVanilla extract

Steps

  1. Brew the coffee first and keep it hot while you warm the milk.
  2. In a small pot, whisk the skim milk with the brown sugar and most of the cinnamon, holding back a small pinch of the cinnamon for dusting.
  3. Warm the milk mixture over medium-low heat, whisking often, until steaming with small bubbles at the edge, about 4 minutes; do not let it boil.
  4. Take the pot off the heat, stir in the vanilla, then whisk briskly for 30 seconds until the milk turns foamy.
  5. Divide the hot coffee between two mugs, half in each.
  6. Pour half of the cinnamon milk into each mug, spooning the foam on top.
  7. Dust each mug with half of the reserved pinch of cinnamon and serve hot.

Contains: Milk.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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