5-Minute Creamy Nut Milk (perfect for frothing)

This creamy homemade nut milk is mellow, silky smooth, and perfect for coffee! My preferred nut combo froths like a dream for lattes. It’s also the ideal addition to smoothies, cereal, dairy-free cooking, and baking.

Prep time: PT5M

Rating

5 stars (13 reviews)

Keywords

Almonds, blender, coffee, fall, hemp seeds, herbal coffee, latte, macadamia nuts, nut milk bag, sliced almonds, smoothie, spring, summer, tea, vanilla, winter

Ingredients

⅓ cup sliced almonds
⅓ cup raw cashews
⅓ cup raw macadamia nuts
5 cups water, plus extra for soaking
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon/other spices
¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
1 tablespoon coconut butter

Steps

The night before: place your nuts in a large bowl and cover them with water. Let them sit for 8 hours maximum.
Drain the nuts and give them a good rinse. Set a large bowl (that you can pour from) and a nut milk bag out on the counter nearby.
Add the drained nuts to a high speed blender and cover with 5 cups of water. Blend this mixture on high for 1 full minute, until you have a creamy milk consistency. Avoid going over 1 minute as this heats the milk.
Run the nut milk through your nut milk bag over the large bowl. Squeeze out as much liquid as you can. See notes for pulp uses.
If you’re adding vanilla or any other add-ins, rinse the blender before pouring the strained milk back into it. Toss your add-ins into the blender and give it a quick 15 second blend to combine.
Store your nut milk in a sealed glass bottle/jar. This should keep in the fridge for 1 week.
For frothing: I use a steam wand on my espresso machine. Plug-in frothers are great too! I don't recommend taking this milk over 145°F as the higher temperatures impact the texture and flavour.

Reviews

Marial Shea on 2024-11-27 (5 stars):
I have a long history of whipping up truly disgusting, undrinkable plant-milk recipes. Happy to say, this is not one of them! I replaced the macadamias with hemp, as suggested, and added a pinch of salt, cinnamon, vanilla, and two small deglet noor dates. Delicious made into a simple hot chocolate. So grateful for this recipe, especially because it has no added oil. Thank you for your plant-milk wizardry.
Chantelle on 2024-10-25 (5 stars):
I made this today, thankfully I read the reviews and purchased sunflower lecithin powder before I went ahead! Tastes delish and made the best froth!! If I could give this 10 stars I would! The only thing I would say is it would be helpful to add the sunflower lecithin tip to the original recipe.
a on 2024-09-13 (5 stars):
great
Sara on 2023-11-25 (5 stars):
Hi Laura Love the taste and the texture when steamed However I think I will use a little less milk next time to make it creamier. I am finding that the milk splits in my coffee but I can’t source any liquid sunflower lecithin. Could I use powdered sunflower lecithin instead?
Sara on 2023-11-25 (5 stars):
Hi Laura Love the taste and the texture when steamed However I think I will use a little less milk next time to make it creamier. I am finding that the milk splits in my coffee but I can’t source any liquid sunflower lecithin. Could I use powdered sunflower lecithin instead?
Alina on 2023-08-27 (5 stars):
Love this! I think I remember you mentioning on instagram that you add sunflower lecithin to your milk to help keep it from breaking when used as a creamer. Am I remembering that right? If so, how much do you use?