Easiest Homemade Almond Milk Recipe

This Homemade Almond Milk Recipe is going to rock your world, because it's literally the easiest recipe out there. No fuss and no mess, just easy almond milk. You'll see what I mean!

Making processed food substitutes can help you save a ton of money on your whole foods budget. And it doesn't have to take a bunch of time either.

I'm all about easy.

I make my own Homemade Chocolate Chips, Cream of Rice Cereal, Pumpkin Spice Creamer, and Homemade Ketchup.

All of those taste great, and are very simple to make.

But today I'm sharing with you the Easiest Almond Milk Recipe Ever. Seriously.

Why Is Almond Milk Popular?

• Dairy allergies are on the increase.
• Lactose intolerance is on the increase.
• People living a vegan lifestyle want alternatives to dairy for cooking, baking and drinking.

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Why Make Your Own Homemade Almond Milk?

• The obvious – save money.
• Save time and money by not running out the store because you've run out of milk (or a dairy-free alternative). Every trip you don't make is money saved on gas, time saved, and less wear and tear on your car.
• Life a more sustainable lifestyle with less packaging and less waste. Even if they ever figure out a way to recycle those aseptic cartons, you can bet that it will be a super labor intensive.

Ever since my oldest was diagnosed with a life-threatening allergy to dairy (at 3 months of age), I've had to find ways to make allergy-free substitutes for drinking and for baking. But this method makes it super easy.

To be fair, this method won't match the super-creamy store-bought, aseptic packed almond milk you are used to. But it gets the job done lickety split. And it's pretty good.

Just yesterday both of my sons asked for some. They said it's not quite as good as my Homemade Coconut Milk, but good nonetheless.

How Much Can You Save?

Just so you can feel super good about yourself and your new frugal tip to help with your budget, here are the real numbers: Of course, this all depends upon where you buy it and your cost for almonds.

Almond Milk bought in bulk, buying 4 32 oz containers at Amazon, costs $2.43 for 4 cups.

Homemade Almond Milk (using a price of $4 per pound for almonds) costs $1.27 for 4 cups (plus your water cost, of course.) Savings: 48% That's not as amazing of a savings amount compared to my Homemade Coconut Milk, or Homemade Rice Milk, but saving almost 50% is nothing to sneeze at.

So there you have it – motivated to save time and money (and be environmentally conscious at the same time)? I hope so!

How to Store

Store this homemade almond milk in the fridge. It should keep for up to 3 or 4 days.

You could alternatively freeze it in cubes to use in your beverages or for making frozen treats in a high speed blender.

What to Do With Leftover Pulp

If you do choose to strain your almond milk, why waste all of that solid almond pulp goodess?

Good thing is, you don't have to!

You can dehydrate it in a dehydrator or an oven on low. Then pulse in food processor (or blender) to make into a finer powder.

The resulting almond meal can be tossed on cereals, put in smoothies or shakes, or used in most any recipe that calls for almond flour.

Recipes for Leftover Almond Pulp Turned to Almond Meal

Here are some great recipes to use your leftover pulp/meal in.

• Edible Cookie Dough – called “dangerously addictive” by a taste tester
• Healthy Green Bean Casserole – so much better than typical recipes
• Sugar-free Twix Bars – your childhood favorite made healthier
• Grain-free Meatballs – no bread or breadcrumbs needed!
• Eggnog Cookies – so tasty, they're absolutely not just for the Holidays

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Recipe Notes

• Appearance: This recipe uses whole almonds. If you want your almond milk to be more uniform in appearance, you can use blanched almonds. Otherwise, you will have specks of the almond skins in the resulting milk.
• Stir and Serve: If you don't strain the milk (the way I typically don't), you can either stir the solids into the mix as you wish or use the solids for another purpose.
• Soak First: Some people make almond milk from soaked almonds, but I don't do that. I know it might sound counter-intuitive to dry the almonds before making milk, but I soak and dry a lot of nuts at a time.  Then I store them and keep them on hand for snacking, making almond butter, or making this almond milk, or almond meal…you get the picture.  This way I always have soaked nuts at the ready for making milk instead of having to time my soaking and milk making together.
• If you are doing a food plan like Trim Healthy Mama, a more acceptable proportion is 1/2 cup almonds per 4 cups of water. You can thicken the resultant milk with glucomannan if desired. This recipe is an “S” for THM.
• Notes about stevia: Stevia is very very sweet. You can read here for more information on how to use it. You can omit the sweetener or use another one as desired.
• Other milks: You can use this method for making other nut-based milk as well – I personally haven't made these (mainly since my son is allergic to all nuts except almond and macadamia, and macadamias are super pricey), but you could definitely try walnut, pecan, hazelnuts, or cashew milk.
• Sweetener options: You can substitute any other healthy sweetener for stevia. If using stevia, see How to Use Stevia.
• Flavoring options: For flavorings, chocolate or carob, as well as cinnamon, are great options, but the sky's the limit!

More Quick and Easy Pantry Staples

If you like saving money and easy recipes, you will love these other options.

• Powdered Sugar – works with any type of sweetener
• Powdered Egg Replacer – works in almost any recipe
• Homemade Vegetable Broth – doubles as an amazing all-purpose seasoning
• Homemade Coconut Butter – great for so many recipes and saves tons of money

What's your favorite way to use almond milk?