Oat Milk
A super quick, homemade oat milk recipe - so much tastier and healthier than shop bought!
Oat is a fantastic ingredient.
It is one of the most nutrient dense grains you can get, and though you should be aware that it is high in carbs, it is also high in protein, healthy fat and fibre! It makes for super tasty non-dairy milk. Even if you do drink dairy milk, it can be great to know that you have a quick way of making your own, creamy, lovely milk at home if you’ve run out of other kinds! All you need is some oats and cold water. Also, definitely keep the pulp and use it for porridge, in your bread, to make cookies or in a smoothie later!
Oat milk
Makes 1 large bottle
Ingredients
1 cup rolled oats (avoid quick oats if you can!)
3-4 cups of cold water
1 tsp of sweetener: maple syrup, honey or 1 medjool date (or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract) (ps: you can omit the sweetener, is totally fine without too!)
Optional: a pinch of salt to elevate the taste even more (I usually skip this)
You also need:
A nut milk bag (fine mesh strainer, like this one for example)
Instructions
You will notice the method is not far from last week’s hazelnut milk.
No need to soak the oats, in fact, it can possibly make the milk a bit “slimy” sometimes, so I just mix the oats with the cold water, sweetener of choice (I usually skip the pinch of salt, but chuck that in to for extra tastiness!), in a blender for about 30 seconds, and that’s all!
Then transfer the mix into your fine mesh strainer that you have placed in a mug that will be easy to pour from, and gently strain the milk through. Don’t squeeze too hard as some of the oats will make their way through the strainer bag. It’s okay if the leftover pulp is pretty wet and gooey!
Then transfer the milk in the jug to a bottle, and store it in the fridge! There - you made oat milk!
Be aware that the milk will separate after a while. All you need to do is give it a good shake before you use it.
Now for the leftover oat pulp!
As I said above, the pulp can be stored and used for a porridge tomorrow morning or a smoothie later in the day, or you can put it in your dough when you make bread, or use it as a base for some chewy cookies!
I’d love to see how your oat milk turned out and what you used the pulp for! Share your result with me on Instagram and tag @TheFromScratchBody and hashtag #TheFromScratchBody so I don’t miss it!
