Easy and Creamy Iced Coffee...

I love coffee, sweet creamy coffee, but in the summer when it's so hot I love a good iced coffee or mocha.  I was using a recipe I found on Pioneer Woman last summer, but I came across this one when someone pinned it on Pinterest.  SO many good things on Pinterest!

This one uses less ingredients and since you make everything ahead of time it's super easy to mix up when you want one.  Also, since everything is pre-mixed you can make as little or as much as you want.

Here is what you need:

• a bag or can of your favorite coffee grounds (I used a bag), the darker the roast the better
• a gallon of water, I used a gallon of drinking water
• a big container to "brew" the coffee in, I just used a gallon pitcher, but bigger would have been better
• a can of Sweetened Condensed Milk
• a can of Evaporated Milk
• wire mesh strainer and cheesecloth

What you need to do:

1. Take your coffee grounds and dump them into whatever container you are using and pour the water over them.  Stir it so that all the grounds are mixed into the water.  Cover and let sit overnight.  I just left it out, but you can put in the fridge as well.
2. Mix together you 2 cans of milk and store in the fridge.  I put mine in a bottle that I can shake before I add it to the coffee.  I also used the fat free of each mixed in with a can of each of the regular to make a double batch and it tastes just as good!
3. In the morning or 12-14 hours later, take your strained and line it with a couple layers of cheese cloth and strain your coffee to remove all the grounds.  This can be a little time consuming since there are so many grounds.  I have a very fine mesh skimmer ladle thing that I used to get most of the grounds out before hand and that helped a lot.
4. Pour your brewed coffee into an airtight container and it will keep in the fridge for up to 4 weeks, but I am betting it won't last that long!  I just used the bottle that my water was in.  Since I used a gallon jug to brew my coffee I didn't have enough room for the whole gallon of water, so when I got done putting my strained coffee back into the jug it wasn't a full gallon.  I just added cold water to finish filling the gallon.
5. Now you can mix your iced coffee!
6. Fill your glass with ice, use as little or as much as you like, but since the coffee is so strong it doesn't really ever water down. 
7. Fill your glass a little more than 1/2 full of the coffee (I do about 3/4 though).
8. Finish filling it with the cream mixture and stir to mix.
9. Enjoy!   You can also add a squirt of chocolate syrup to make it mocha!