Have you ever tried to make your own oat milk? It's easy and does not take long with only 2 required ingredients. You can also include vanilla extract, sea salt, and a sweetener of choice if you want to further customize it. Enjoy it alone, with cereal, in a recipe, or coffee. (vegetarian and vegan options)

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How to Make Oat Milk

Hi Everyone, have you ever tried to make oat milk at home? It's easier than you think!

The great thing is that you can control what ingredients are in it, if you want it sweet or not. There are no additives or preservatives like store-bought oat milk.

Ingredients

• 4 cups water
• 1 cup whole oats, organic preferred

Optional Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 pinch of sea salt
• wildflower honey, amount to taste

Kitchen Tools

• blender
• nut milk bag
• 4-cup wet measure
• measuring spoons and cups
• long spoon, for stirring
• vessel for storing the oat milk in the fridge with a lid

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Does homemade oat milk froth?

The one thing to remember about homemade oat milk is that it doesn't froth like store-bought oat milk.

This recipe, as is, with or without the optional ingredients, does not froth. It can get a little bubbly but it doesn't froth like traditional dairy milk, if you want, for example, to make a latte recipe.

To make frothy homemade oat milk, you would need to blend in other types of non-dairy milk(s) that do froth.

How long does homemade oat milk last?

It lasts up to 5 days in the refrigerator, stored properly, in an air-tight container. (It gets used up much quicker in our household though, lol!)

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How to Make Oat Milk

Yield: 4 cups

Prep Time: 6 minutes

Cook Time: 1 minute

Total Time: 7 minutes

Have you ever tried to make your own oat milk? It’s easy and does not take long with only 2 required ingredients. You can also include vanilla extract, sea salt, and a sweetener of choice if you want to further customize it. Enjoy it alone, with cereal, in a recipe, or coffee. (vegetarian and vegan options)

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Ingredients

• 4 cups water
• 1 cup whole oats, organic preferred

Optional Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 pinch of sea salt
• wildflower honey, amount to taste

Instructions

1. Add the water to a blender, add the oats and blend until fully blended. Pour through a nut milk bag and squeeze out the oat milk liquid.
2. Pour into a vessel that can be capped.

Notes

• Storage: This oat milk can be stored for up to 5 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
• Home chef tip: You can use the leftover oat pulp in a smoothie.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 96Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 44mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 2gSugar: 5gProtein: 3g

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(This recipe post was first published on 3/1/2022)

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