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Dairy-Free Vanilla Pudding Recipe (Gluten-Free)

August 11, 2021
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A small dessert bowl with homemade dairy-free vanilla pudding with a gluten-free vanilla wafer.

Make your own homemade dairy-free vanilla pudding with this easy recipe. It’s so creamy and delicious. And it’s so satisfying to be able to make your own gluten-free and dairy-free pudding. With just a few common ingredients that you likely have on hand, it makes it easy to whip up anytime.

Three small bowls with dairy-free vanilla pudding and several gluten-free vanilla wafers scattered around.

Ingredients to for Dairy-Free Vanilla Pudding:

Ingredients to make homemade dairy-free vanilla pudding.

Simple and easy ingredients to have on hand:

  • almond milk
  • sugar
  • eggs
  • cornstarch
  • vanilla
  • salt

How to Make Dairy-Free Vanilla Pudding:

Step by step pictures on how to make homemade pudding

Before you make the pudding, get out a heat-safe glass bowl or single-serving dishes ready to pour the hot pudding into after cooking. This recipe will make around 2 1/2 cups of pudding. And have plastic wrap on hand to place on top of the pudding. 

Place sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan and whisk together.

In a medium-sized bowl whisk the eggs into the almond milk and whisk until the eggs are completely emulsified into the almond milk.

Add the almond milk mixture to the saucepan with the sugar mixture and heat over medium heat and whisking almost constantly for 9 minutes.

How to cover homemade pudding with plastic wrap

Then stir constantly for approximately 2 more minutes as it thickens. This is the most important time to really keep whisking.

Once it comes to a boil and has thickened remove the pudding from the heat and whisk in the vanilla. Next, pour the pudding into the heat-safe glass bowl or smaller serving size bowls.

Cover the pudding with plastic wrap by placing it directly on the pudding so a skin or film doesn’t form.

Chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. It can be served warm or cold.

Cute little dessert bowls with homemade dairy-free vanilla pudding.

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A bowl of dairy-free vanilla pudding with a vanilla wafer sticking up out of the top.

Dairy-Free Vanilla Pudding (Gluten-Free)

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  • Author: MamaShire
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 11 minutes
  • Total Time: 16 minutes
  • Yield: 2 1/2 cups 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Stove Top
  • Diet: Gluten Free
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Description

Creamy and delicious dairy-free vanilla pudding that’s so easy to make. 


Ingredients

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1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups almond milk
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla


Instructions

Before you make the pudding, get out a heat-safe glass bowl or single-serving dishes ready to pour the hot pudding into after cooking. This recipe will make around 2 1/2 cups of pudding. And have some plastic wrap handy to place on top of the pudding. 

Place sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan and whisk together.

In a medium-sized bowl whisk the eggs into the almond milk and whisk until the eggs are completely emulsified into the almond milk.

Add the almond milk mixture to the saucepan with the sugar mixture and heat over medium heat and whisking almost constantly for 9 minutes.

Then stir constantly for approximately 2 more minutes as it thickens. This is the most important time to really keep whisking.

Once it comes to a boil and has thickened remove the pudding from the heat and whisk in the vanilla. Next, pour the pudding into the heat-safe glass bowl or smaller serving size bowls.

Cover the pudding with plastic wrap by placing it directly on the pudding so a skin or film doesn’t form.

Chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. It can be served warm or cold.


Notes

If you accidentally end up with clumps in the pudding you can pour the mixture through a wire mesh strainer before setting it up in the refrigerator. 

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  1. Janille

    August 11, 2021 at 12:04 pm

    I’m appreciating all of your dairy free recipes as I’m currently off dairy while nursing. Thank you!!

    Reply
    • MamaShire

      August 11, 2021 at 8:19 pm

      I’m so glad I can help! ❤️

      Reply
  2. Laura

    September 18, 2021 at 9:52 pm

    I’m so glad I found this recipe, it’s so yummy.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • MamaShire

      September 18, 2021 at 9:55 pm

      I’m so glad you like it!

      Reply
      • Nathalie

        December 04, 2022 at 6:53 pm

        Can I use coconut sugar and coconut milk?

      • MamaShire

        December 07, 2022 at 11:54 am

        I haven’t tried it with those substitutions so I can’t say for sure. I imagine it will work just might have a slightly different texture and flavor.

  3. Sandra

    February 20, 2022 at 2:24 pm

    Can you use coconut milk rather than almond?

    Reply
    • MamaShire

      February 21, 2022 at 12:21 pm

      I haven’t made it that way, but I think it should work. The flavor of the coconut milk may change the flavor some though.

      Reply

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