Homemade Oat Milk

I have been drinking plant-based milk for about years now and it is amazing how my sense of smell and taste buds have changed so much that cow’s milk absolutely stinks to me now. Plus, it tastes horrible, so I don’t think I will ever go back. 

However – and please correct me if I’m wrong – I can only find 1L plant-based substitute milk in the supermarket, and they are generally £1 or over, so they’re expensive to buy in bulk. Our house used to go through 12 pints of milk a week which cost us about £3 in total. To get the same volume in plant-based milk we would have to pay twice that – if not more. 

Apart from the boys, myself and my husband now only drink either soya, oat or almond milk at home. So, one day we tried to make our own oat milk and find out whether we could save money in the long run, attempting to make our milk from scratch every week.

So we made oat milk! And it looked like this!

And, you only need this!

You will not believe how easy it is to make oat milk. You only need a food processor, a sieve, a sterilised jar, some oats and some water. That’s it! If you want to jazz up your oat milk then you can add sweetener, or chocolate powder as well – I have made some delicious chocolate oat milk in the past for the boys – watch this space for the recipe soon.

Fancy more recipes with oats? Check out my Oat Pulp Peanut Butter Cookies, Sweet Potato and Banana Cookies and my Ultimate 5-ingredient protein bars!

To make oat milk at home, you just need to follow the ratio of 1 part oats to 3 parts water. If you want your milk to be creamier, then just make the ratio 1:2, but you’ll need more oats and it’ll make less milk. 

And, don’t throw the pulp away after you’re done because then you can make these delicious Oat Pulp Peanut Butter Cookies!

So, onto the recipe, so you can see how super amazingly simple this recipe is!

Homemade Oat Milk

Recipe by Five for a Fiver

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

20

minutes

Total time

20

minutes

Here is my recipe for 100% homemade oat milk, which is so simple and cheap to make that you no longer need to buy from the shops! Only requires two ingredients!

Ingredients

• 2 cups rolled oats

• 6 Cups of sterilised water (water that is boiled and then cooled)

• A sterilised jar to store the oat milk

Directions

• Grab your food processor. The first thing you will do is to grind the oats down to a fine powder.
• Add the water and blitz until the liquid turns white and creamy
• Find a large bowl and using a dishcloth, muslin cloth or a sieve (we used a metal sieve), pour the combination into the bowl. You will be left with oat mush in the cloth or sieve. Don’t throw this bit away because you can make Oat Pulp Peanut Butter Cookies here with this pulp!
• Once you have your oat milk, pour into your sterilised jar and cool in the fridge.

Notes

• Use the excess oats to make biscuits or cakes. But, don’t leave it too long as it goes off quickly.
• Sterilise jars by pouring boiling hot water into them and leaving them to cool slightly. You then pour out the water and let the jar air dry.
• The concept works the same for sterilising water. Just boil the kettle and leave to cool before you use it.
• The oat milk is 100% natural, and it doesn’t contain ingredients like xanthan gum to bind and strengthen the liquid. So you will start to notice the oats and the water separating in the fridge. Don’t worry about this (the brand Oatly is the same because it contains 100% oats). Just shake the jar slightly and it will turn back to milk.
• You can’t really heat this oat milk up, but it does make a great addition to hot-ish beverages, like teas and coffees (as long as they are not too hot). This milk is absolutely delicious in cereals!

It’s 100% natural and it looks and tastes like milk!

All, you need to make oat milk is oats and water, so you can bet your bottom dollar that you are way under £5 with this recipe. So, grab yourself a big bag of oats from any supermarket and try making oat milk for yourself.

When you are ready to create the recipe, don’t forget to tag me on @fiveforafiver via Facebook/Twitter (@fiveforafiver1 on Instagram) and use the hashtags #FiverFoodies and/or #FiveforaFiver, so I can check out your homemade oat milk. If you make coconut milk, soya or other plant-based milk, please tag me too!