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Brown Sugar Vanilla Soy Café au Lait

Equal parts strong brewed coffee and steamed soy milk simmered with brown sugar, vanilla and a whisper of orange-bright clove, giving a mellow, caramel-toned, gently creamy mug.

Brown Sugar Vanilla Soy Café au Lait

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (240 ml)240 gBrewed coffeefreshly brewed strong and hot
  • 1 cup (240 ml)240 gSoy milk, original
  • 1 tbsp packed16 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gGround clovesa small pinch
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gGround cinnamonfor dusting

Steps

  1. Brew the coffee strong and keep it hot while you warm the milk.
  2. In a small pot over medium-low heat, whisk the soy milk with the brown sugar and the cloves until the sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes.
  3. Keep heating the soy milk mixture, whisking briskly, until steaming and lightly frothy, about 2 minutes more; do not let it boil.
  4. Take the pot off the heat and stir in the vanilla.
  5. Pour the hot coffee into the pot, whisk once to combine, then divide between two mugs, half in each.
  6. Dust the top of each mug with half the cinnamon and serve hot.

Contains: Soy.

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

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