Easy Homemade Cashew Almond Milk
What's in it?
Almond butter (raw or roasted, store bought or homemade), raw cashews, medjool dates, water, vanilla extract, salt
Want the recipe? CLICK HERE
Where did I find it?
Food 52, A Smarter Way to Make Almond Milk (recipe from Laura Wright, The First Mess)
Why do I like it?
Not only is the best tasting almond milk, it is the easiest recipe I have tried. Because you use almond butter (click here for recipe or use store bought - it works well with either) there is no straining or soaking. No need to spend lots of time squeezing a nut milk bag or waiting for almonds to soak overnight or remove peels.
The flavor is so pure, you can really taste the almonds and other ingredients. After having this, I don't think I can go back to store bought almond milk with all the fillers, stabilizers and other unwanted ingredients.
I have been using it to make a maca/dandelion tea latte (picture above) and chia pudding and both are so tasty it's amazing how much better it is than boxed milk!
Any recipe notes or tweaks?
I used medjool dates instead of maple syrup because it is not as sweet and has fiber and other health benefits.
I doubled the recipe because I am using it daily and need a big batch to have on hand!
Note - I made it with raw almond butter (Trader Joe's) and also with organic, roasted almond butter (Costco) both worked out well and tasted great.
After I had been making this for a while, I saw that there were some packaged Cashew Almond milks being sold in the store. I decided to add cashews to this recipe and really loved the result!