Easiest Homemade Almond Milk Recipe

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Easiest Homemade Almond Milk Recipe

Course: Beverage

Cuisine: Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Keto, Low-Carb, Paleo, THM:S, Vegan, whole30

Keyword: homemade almond milk

Prep Time: 4

Total Time: 4

Servings: cups

Calories: 207kcal

Wondering how to make almond milk? This is the easiest recipe ever - no nut milk bags, no waste, just fast, easy and frugal.

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Ingredients

1 cup almonds
4 cups water
1/32 - 1/16 teaspoon stevia optional: see Recipe Notes for sweetener info.
1/2 teaspoon vanilla optional; to taste
dash salt
other flavorings optional

Instructions

Place all ingredients in a blender.
Blend until smooth. In my Vitamix, I blend for approximately 2-3 minutes.
Strain milk through cheesecloth or a natural unbleached coffee filter, if desired.
Pour and enjoy.

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 (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. 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.
Sweeteners. Stevia is very very sweet but you can omit the sweetener or use another one as desired.
Other Milks: You can use this method for making walnut, pecan, hazelnut, 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!
To Strain or Not to Strain: I typically don't bother and just deal with the milk not being perfect. But it is a lot smoother that way so do whatever you like!

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