1. 1 Cup rolled oats (not quick oats) and organic gf oats are best
2. 4 cups cold water (colder is better)
3. 1-3 tbs maple or 1-2 soaked dates
4. 1 tsp vanilla (or a little more)
5. pinch of salt
In 3 easy steps, you’ll have delicious oat milk in no time :)
Blend all the ingredients. Add the oats, water, and any additional sweeteners to a high powered blender. Then blend for 20-30 seconds (make sure not to over blend).
Strain the mixture. Pour it through a nut milk bag or thin towel or t-shirt!! over a large mixing bowl or pitcher. You’ll want to double strain the mixture to make sure all the sediment is removed.
Store the oat milk. Transfer the oat milk to a sealed (glass) container and store it in the fridge.
The number one complaint of homemade oat milk is that it’s slimy. So are a few tips!
Use ice cold water: heat can make the oats more starchy and gummy (just think what happens when you make oatmeal), so use ice cold water or swap a cup of water for ice cubes when blending.
Don’t overblend: if you blend the ingredients too long they’ll start to warm, and you’ll run into the same problem I just mentioned above. Don’t blend for more than 30 seconds.
Strain well: strain through a high-quality nut milk bag with a very tight weave. OR a towel or tshirt even. I hardly have any sediment in mine when I use a nut milk bag (see link below for which one) but you could use the dish towels as well. Just don’t use a strainer or cheesecloth as it’s not tightly woven enough.
Don’t over squeeze: as you’re straining and squeezing the oat milk in the nut milk bag, be gentle. You don’t want to squeeze firmly like you do with almond milk as you’ll squeeze out more of the starchy compounds.
How to make oat-milk the least slimy:
If you’d like to go a step further and make your oatmilk the least slimy possible, there’s one more trick: enzymes.
That’s what Oatly uses to make theirs!! SO: digestive enzymes. Do you have some?
Added oats to a bowl and covered with an inch of water.
Opened two capsules of digestive enzymes and stirred those in the bowl with oats and water, then let it sit for 15 minutes.
Strained the mixture over the sink and rinsed it well with water from the faucet.
Transferred the washed oats to the blender along with 4 cups of cold water.
Blended the oats for 20-30 seconds.
Strained the oat milk through a nut milk bag.
Stored the oat milk in a sealed glass container in the fridge.
What to do with leftover oat-pulp:
You can add the leftover oat pulp to cookies, granola or your smoothie for a nutrient boost! You can also pamper your skin with the oat pulp and create a face mask or add it to a bath.!!
