The oat milk and almond milk they sell in the stores are so incredibly full of unpronounceable ingredients that I just can’t bring myself to use them. Fortunately, it is pretty easy to make at home.
I like to mix this recipe up at times, even though we do dairy because it’s tasty and I prefer it in smoothies over milk. It goes over really well with the kids. In our house, we like to heat a couple of cups of this up before bedtime, froth it up a bit, and then add sugar and nutmeg to taste in place of our steamed milk.
You can save the used oats and almonds to add to muffin recipes. You can also add some unsweetened coconut to this recipe in place of some of the almonds, or if you don’t like to use foods that are not very sustainable you can just use oats which is what I do when I am making it for atholl brose.
Ingredients
1/2 cup slow-roasted almonds ground
1 cup oats ground
1/2 cup sunflower oil
10 cups of water
Directions
- Add the almonds and the oats to five cups of water in a pitcher.
- Give it a good whir with the immersion blender.
- Let this sit on the counter overnight.
- In the morning blend in five more cups of water with the sunflower oil.
- Strain and refrigerate.
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