This is the first recipe that I’ve ever posted online! Almond milk is a big fave of mine and is absolutely delicious homemade. Just a few notes for ya about the ingredients: The dates (besides nutritional value) provide a nice flavour. The cinnamon is optional, but it provides a great smell and taste! The store bought Almond Milks are good, but LOADED with sugar. Making your own is easy, cheaper and healthier.
What you’ll need:
- Blender: I LOVE my Vitamix Blender. I use it for all my milk making and for perfect smoothies. I can assure you, it’s WORTH it.
- Strainer Bag: This is the one that I have and it works great. If you don’t have one on hand cheesecloth will work, too.
Directions
0/0 steps made- Rinse and soak the almonds. You’ll want to soak them for 6-8 hours. After about 3 hours give them a rinse and continue the soaking process.
- Simply throw all your ingredients into the blender and blend on high. Watch as this delicious white liquid comes together!
- After all is mixed, grab your strainer bag. You’ll want to get it ready and wrap it over a bowl big enough to handle everything in the blender. Slowly pour.
- Once all the contents are poured in, keep squeezing the bag until ALLLLL the milk is out. This will take you a few minutes and some hard squeezes. The leftover ‘pulp’ in the bag should be almost dry.
- Hang on to this almond meal – more on this below!
- You’re almost done! All you need is to pour the final contents into a bottle and store it.
- Label it and you’re all done! Easy right? After tasting this you’ll never buy almond milk again! This usually lasts in the fridge for about a week.
Extras With This Recipe:
- Hang on to the leftover almond meal (as mentioned above) because I’ve got some great recipes to make with this! The meal also has a hint of cinnamon and vanilla so it will make these recipes more flavourful.
- Also, it’s more moist (and fresh!) than store bought almond meal. Keep it around for some amazing baking!
- Put a twist on your almond milk, add some cocoa! The store bought Almond Milks are good, but LOADED with sugar. Making your own is easy, cheaper and healthier.
