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From time to time I stick with several plant milk recipes, depending on the season and the ingredients that are available and of course on my appetite. So lately, after about two months of using almost exclusively pumpkin seed milk (during winter we consume a lot of pumpkins and I didn’t want to waste the pumpkin seeds), I’ve become almost obsessed with homemade oat milk. This obsession started one morning that I was about to enjoy my usual morning vegan latte when I realized that there was no milk in the fridge, I had not soaked almonds to make almond milk and the time (6.30 in the morning) was totally inappropriate to visit the nearest organic food store and buy something. What I needed that time was a quick and easy recipe for a plant-based milk that could also work for my coffee.
Luckily, homemade oat milk, along with homemade coconut milk, are cheap and easy to make – it only takes few minutes and minimal effort- and they both have an amazing flavor. Rolled oats is something I always keep in my cupboards, so in less than ten minutes I blended a cup of rolled oats with water, I strained the oat milk and I prepared an espresso, in order to make my precious vegan latte.
One of the things that I really like with oat milk is that it has a neutral flavor, slightly sweet taste, much better than the commercial oat milk varieties and a relatively dense consistency with makes it very satisfying. Moreover, when I simmer it a little bit to make my latte, it becomes thicker, giving to my coffee a nice creaminess without the additional fat and the calories found in the coffee-creamers or the coconut milk.
The remaining pulp in the strainer can be added in our breakfast bowl or it can be incorporated into the dough for a homemade bread, as it is rich in vitamins and minerals, just as oat milk is.
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats (opt for gluten-free if you prefer)
- 3 cups water at room temperature
optionally
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp brown sugar or the sweetener of your choice
Method
1. Put the oats in the blender together with the water and blend at medium speed for 2-3 minutes, depending on your blender.
2. Lay a sieve with cheesecloth and strain. Squeeze the cloth to drain most of the liquid.
3. If you want you can add sweetener of your choice and flavor with natural vanilla extract. Store in sterile glass bottle in the refrigerator. You can keep it for up to three days.