Homemade Oat Milk Recipe

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Oat Milk is a great vegan alternative to traditional milk. It's inexpensive, simple and quick. Thank you to my Friend Krista for inspiring this post and to Sapana over at realandvibrant.com!

Ingredients you’ll need

You’ll need the following two ingredients to get started:

• Old-fashioned rolled oats: Be sure to use old-fashioned rolled oats, not quick-cooking oats. These are found in the bulk or packaged section of most grocery stores these days.
• Salt: Just a pinch.
• Vanilla Extract 
• Water: For both soaking and blending

How to make oat milk

1. Soak the oats: This will make it easier for the oats to blend, especially if you don’t have a high-speed blender. Once they’ve soaked, the oats will plump up. Drain.

2. Blend the oats: Combine 1 cups of oats with 3-4 cups of water in your blender. Blend for no more than 1 minute if using a standard blender. However, if you’re using a high-speed blender, you only need to process them for 30 seconds.

3. Strain: With a fine sieve, a double layer of cheesecloth, or a nut milk bag, strain the milk. 

4. Add 1-2 teaspoons of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt to taste. 

Note it will separate so be sure to give it a swirl. If you’d like to add more sweetener, feel free to add a sweetener of your choice.

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