I am about to blow your mind. Homemade almond milk is incredibly easy, very affordable, and much better for you than the processed stuff at the store. Not only do you get about 3 cups of delicious almond milk per one cup of almonds, but you also get almond meal out of the deal!
I encourage you to make homemade almond milk...at least once. :-)
you will need-
1 cup organic raw almonds
3 cups filtered water (you can play with the consistency of the water- add more if you want thinner milk, less if you want thicker milk)
strainer
cheese cloth
mason jar w/ lid (any container with a seal tight lid works just fine)
measuring cup
food processor or blender
parchment paper
cookie sheet
how to-
- Soak the almonds anywhere from 8 - 48 hours. The choice is yours. Just remember to keep an eye out on the water your almonds are soaking in - if you soak them for 24+ hours you will probably need to add more water for your almonds to soak in. The longer the almonds soak the easier it is to blend them up.
- After your almonds have soaked, drain and thoroughly rinse the plump almonds in a strainer.
- Blend Almonds with 3 cups water at high speed for at least 2 minutes in blender/food processor. This is where you can play with the consistency of the water. Add more water if you want thinner milk; add less water if you want thicker milk.
- Place your cheese cloth over the top of the container you want to hold the almond milk in.
- Pour almond milk into container that is lined with the cheese cloth.
- Now, gather the edges of your cheese cloth and squeeze all liquid from the remaining ground almond meal
- & Voila! You have almond milk! EASY PEASY! :-) Store in refrigerator - your fresh almond milk will last about 5-7 days
Now for the almond meal/flour -
- Set the temperature on your over to the lowest setting possible
- Place parchment paper on cookie sheet
- Spread a thin layer of the left over ground almond meal from your almond milk over the parchment paper
- Place in oven and bake for about 2.5 to 3 hours - you want to make sure your meal is completely dry before you take it out of the oven to cool
- Store almond meal in refrigerator
- If you'd like a thinner almond flour texture- put your almond meal in the blender and pulse a few times
- You can use this meal/flour in any gluten free baking recipe or simply sprinkle some into your yogurt, smoothies, cereal, or anything else you want to add some extra vitamins and nutrients to.
I hope you enjoy your almond milk & flour as much as I enjoy mine!
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