Homemade Almond Milk

Ingredients
1 cup raw, unsalted almonds
4 c water + water to soak almonds
1 tsp vanilla
pinch salt
2-3 medjool dates or good quality sweetener (optional)
1/4 t cinnamon (optional)

Directions
Soak almonds (ideally overnight) in a bowl of water large enough to generously cover the almonds.

In the morning, discard the soak water and rinse the almonds well.

In a blender, combine 4 cups of water, almonds, vanilla, salt, pitted dates (or sweetener), and cinnamon. Blend on high for one minute.

Strain mixture through cheesecloth, an old cotton pillowcase, or a nut bag.

Presto: almond milk! Seal in a mason jar and store in the fridge. Leftover in the cheesecloth, you now have almond meal as well. This can be dried gently in a super-low oven and then further ground into flour or added to granola!

Inspired by the Oh, She Glows cookbook.

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