We are obsessed with the creamy goodness that is oat milk. Oat milk is a delicious and creamy non-dairy milk option that you can add to all your favorite recipes!
Forget buying the store-bought oat milk with added sugar and additives and make your own oat milk recipe at home!
Best Nondairy Milk = Oat Milk!
If you’re anything like us, you’re oat milk obsessed! We love it in our overnight oats, in our smoothies, and of course in our iced brown sugar oat milk shaken espresso.
Oat milk is a non-dairy milk alternative made from rolled oats and water. It’s slightly sweet and tastes a little nutty, but is rather mild in flavor.
While it can be more expensive at the store (and at coffee shops), it’s extremely affordable to make in your own kitchen!
Oat milk is an excellent alternative to cow’s milk that you can use 1:1 in so many recipes. It has a mild, nutty flavor, and is vegan and gluten-free. If you are looking for a creamy liquid for coffee drinks, oatmeal recipes, smoothie bowls, or in baking!
There are many health benefits to drinking oat milk. It’s vegan, dairy-free, soy-free, and nut-free. It’s high in calcium and vitamin B, and lower in fat. Per 1 cup serving of oat milk:
- 2.5g fat
- 130 calories
- 2g fiber
- 5g protein
What You Need to Get Started
The good news is, you really only need 2 ingredients to make oat milk and then any flavor add-ins you desire. Here’s a list of ingredients and kitchen tools you need to get started:
- Old Fashioned Rolled Oats – quick-cooking oats will work too.
- Water – we recommend filtered water, if possible.
- Salt – this balances out the slight sweetness from the oatmeal.
- Medjool dates – if you’re looking to sweeten your oat milk, we love Medjool dates because they’re naturally sweet without additives.
- High-powered blender – we use a Vitamix, but any high-powered blender works.
- Use a tea towel or cheesecloth – this is used to separate the oats from the liquid after blending.
- Mason jar or jug – this is used for storage. A 32 oz. Mason Jar with a spout is ideal!
Instead of Medjool dates, try one of the following sweeteners:
- honey
- maple syrup
PS: not a sweet oat milk fan? Leave out the sweetener altogether!
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Tips and Tricks on How to Make Oat Milk
How to Use Oat Milk
Looking for ways to use your oat milk? Here are some of our favorites!
- banana bread muffins
- zucchini muffins
- blueberry oatmeal muffins
Homemade
Almond Milk
All you need for homemade almond milk is raw almonds, water, and your favorite sweeteners.
Get Recipe
If you buy oat milk from the store, follow the expiration date on the oat milk container. For homemade oat milk, after making the oat milk, transfer it into a mason jar or airtight container and seal it tightly.
Label the oat milk with the date it was made and place it in the refrigerator for up to 7 days!
More of our Favorite…
Ways to Use Oat Milk
- Oatmeal
- Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
- Post-Workout Cold Brew Protein Drink
- Banana Pancakes
- 4 cups water
- 2 Medjool dates pitted
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- First, place dates, water, and salt into a high-speed blender and blend until dates are completely pulverized and blended into the water.
- Next, place rolled oats into the blender and blend for about 1 minute on high until oats are broken up, but not pulverized. If you pulverize the oats too much you will end up with a filmy and slimy consistency (believe me, this has happened to us!).
- Next, place a tea towel or nut milk bag (or any other very thin towel) over the top of a tall mason jar or pitcher.
- Slowly pour oat milk mixture into the tea towel to strain out oat fragments. You may have to squeeze the towel a bit to push the oat milk through the towel. Repeat until all oat milk has strained through the towel (be patient, sometimes this takes a while).
- Place a cover on the mason jar and store oat milk in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
- Sweetener: feel free to leave out the Medjool dates if you don’t like sweet oat milk. You can also sub in maple syrup or honey to taste.
- Do not soak the rolled oats before blending: We found that soaking the oats before blending left a slimy film on the oats.
- Do not blend until the oats have dissolved: this will cause your oat milk to have a strange slimy and pulpy consistency.
Photography: photos taken in this post are by Erin from The Wooden Skillet.
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