Homemade Almond Milk in just 5 minutes! This is a delicious Vegan & Gluten-Free plant-based milk and a great dairy-free alternative.
Homemade Almond Milk must be our top find of the year so far! It’s delicious, easy to make and with a bit of pre-soaking, ready in just about 10 minutes.
Why make your own almond milk? Sure, store-bought is convenient, but it is also expensive and you have no control over the taste and ingredients. But just 1 cup of raw almonds, will give you 4 cups (or a whole liter!) of delicious, fresh almond milk, no additives!
Plus, if you’re smart about it, you’ll also have about a cup of leftover almond pulp to use up in snacks or dry out for almond flour.
But, the real reason I started making my own homemade almond milk is portion control.
I am mostly only able to get 1 liter (4 cups) containers of almond milk in stores, which I can rarely finish by myself in a couple of days. Plenty of times, I’d have half a container left over of spoiled almond milk, so that’s money right down the drain.
When you make your own almond milk, you can control the quantity, and only make what you will end up using in about 3 days’ time. Plus you can also control your ingredients, make it more or less sweet, or add any other flavors to it, like chocolate, vanilla, or cinnamon!
One more thing. Since I started making my own almond milk, I take more care in actually using it up to avoid waste. I’ll use it to make overnight oats or chia pudding for breakfast, pancakes or just make myself a cup of cocoa!
Ready to give it a try?
Homemade Almond Milk
Ingredients
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Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 229 Total Fat: 18g Saturated Fat: 1g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 16g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 215mg Carbohydrates: 12g Fiber: 4g Sugar: 6g Protein: 7g
We recommend drying it out and grinding it into almond flour or making these cute No-Bake Almond Pulp Energy Bites:
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I love almond milk and drink it daily – but I haven’t tried making it myself! Looks super easy 🙂
We also avoided making our own for a long time. If we knew how easy it was to make and how delicious it was we would have started making it sooner. Let us know if you try it out! ❤
I once made almond milk. I should really try and do it more often. It is really easy!
I also find it quite creamy so you don’t need a lot, its soo filling.
It would be perfect for rice pudding! (which I haven’t tried doing yet)
How much cocoa would you use to make a chocolate flavoured and would vanilla bean work instead of essence?
Hi Izzy, thanks for stopping by! I haven’t tried using a vanilla bean yet, but I think it would work just as well. Vanilla bean is stronger than extract, so you may need to use just a part of your bean, depending on your taste. If you are not sure, start with less and you can always add more (same goes for cocoa to have it chocolate flavored!).
Hi! Do you think this would work with Blanched Almonds?
We haven’t tried that yet, but I would say it should work just fine. If you do give it a try let us know 🙂
I always wanted to make homemade almond milk but it’s just one of those things I keep avoiding (I don’t even know why!). Yours looks amazing and I think I’ll give your recipe a try. Thanks for sharing:-)
Hi Myra! I was also almost scared of making it the first time. Like, it should be complicated, right? It can’t possibly be this easy? But I am so glad I gave it a try, as now I make it ALL THE TIME! And to me, it’s the best plant-based milk out there, no questions! Let us know if you do try it 🙂
Love this! I’m always looking for ideas of what to do with the leftover pulp. I usually put it on bread and use it as a spread.
Hi Jenny, glad you like it! I never thought of turning it into a spread, what a great idea!
Hi, I 2qnted to ask how you cam across funding the calories for this 1 cup almonds 4 cups water recipe? Is it accurate? I’m sure it is. I only ask as I try to watch my calories on a diet but prefer to make my own almond milk with the same ratio
Hi Jon, thanks for your question. Actually, the calorie count is not correct and the calories are way off. This is because the calories are automatically calculated by the ingredients, but what happens is, with almond milk you ditch most of the calories with the almond pulp that is filtered when you squeeze the almond milk. It is therefore difficult to calculate the exact calories, but unsweetened almond milk usually has only about 60 calories per cup.
We will correct the nutrition data as soon as possible, thank you for bringing this issue to our attention!