How To Make Almond Milk

While I love the convenience of store-bought almond milk, sometimes it’s fun to make it yourself! This recipe allows you to control the amount of sweetness and infuse flavors as well as play around with the thickness. It’s my go-to when I’m craving homemade dairy-free milk. Simple homemade almond milk that's creamy, delicious, and entirely customizable! Perfect for cereal, baking, and drinking straight alongside baked goods. Add your soaked almonds, water, salt, and any additional add-ins (optional) to a high-speed blenderand blend until creamy and smooth. Keep it running for at least 1-2 minutes so you get the most out of your almonds. Strain using a nut milk bag or my favorite trick - a thin dish towel. Simply lay a clean dish towel over a mixing bowl, pour over the almond milk, carefully gather the corners, and lift up. Then squeeze until all of the liquid is extracted. Discard pulp, or save for adding to baked goods (especially crackers).

Transfer milk to a jar or covered bottle and refrigerate. Will keep for up to a few days, though best when fresh. Shake well before drinking, as it tends to separate. Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1/2 cup of 10 total servings calculated with 5 cups of water, no additional add-ins and the remaining almond pulp nutritional content subtracted. This is not my original recipe but my take on many almond milk recipes I've found and tested. Found this recipe helpful, Check out our Guide to Dairy-Free Milk! I made almond milk for the first time last week. It is so good and so worth making. Glad you enjoyed it! Awesome, I’m going to make mine too! What do you store yours in, First off, I absolutely adore your blog- it is a wonderful resource that I can use to find healthier ways of eating. I was wondering abound your instruction saying that you can flavor your milk to be strawberry or banana- how do you do that,

For banana, add half a ripe banana, blend and strain per usual. Add more for a more intense flavor. For strawberry, add 1 cup ripe strawberries, blend and strain per usual. Sweeten as needed with dates. Hi Dana, I just made the almond milk and am so glad I did. It feels so good to know that I made it all my myself and by doing so it feels much more real! I love all your recipes and I am a vegan so your website has definitely saved me more then a few times in the cooking department, xo a big fan. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing, Charlotte! Do you have any tips about frothing homemade almond milk, It doesn’t really work, so I was thinking… what if I add a pinch of soya lecitin or another natural thickener, Have you ever tried experimenting for cappuccino, Hmm, that might work!

You could also try making your almond milk a little thicker so it will have more body (more almonds, less water. So jealous you live in Italy! I want to visit! Great Question… Ciao Italia ! I am almost sure that the fat in regular milk and cream is what allows it to froth. So I think your idea is a good one- Please post back and let us all know what you discovered. I make my own almond milk almost every other day but as well as the almonds I also add 1/4 C hemp hearts and 1/4 C unsweetened coconut. After I’ve strained my milk I put it back in the vitamix and blend for a few seconds for a super frothy drink. Hi I just read a question on your blog page about how to best froth the almond milk… In the UK we have a shop called IKEA. They sell hand held wee battery operated whisks that are specially designed for frothing up milk. They are cheap and work amazingly well. The end of the whisk head is no larger than your index finger nail… Hope this helps.



I love the simplicity of your recipes! I usually have everything I need in my pantry already! I absolutely love this recipe in a cup of hot tea. I made some today and I am already almost out of milk! Taking a few extra minutes to slip the skins off of the almonds after they have been soaked makes for a clean, neutral almond milk. Thanks for the tip! This is such a great suggestion, it made for such an amazing milk! And the pulp was so smooth, I just threw it in the Dahl I was making for dinner, it was so good! Just discovered your blog and already love it! Made this almond milk for the first time today and was so surprised by how easy it was and how good i tasted. I was just wondering how you use the pulp in other recipes as you mentiond crackers, You can use the left over pulp in muffins, quick breads or add it to smoothies.