Homemade Walnut Milk – Conscious Eaters

Nutritious walnuts are transformed into creamy, non-dairy milk in this homemade walnut milk recipe that anyone can make!

I love making almond milk at home. But for some reason, I have never made walnut milk at home before! We love walnuts in my family, yet converting walnuts into homemade walnut milk has never occurred to me. I’ve been making homemade almond milk and homemade oat milk for ages, but now I’m officially obsessed with homemade walnut milk. I love to pour it over a bowl of fruit cereal or use it to bake our favorite vegan muffins. I hope you give this walnut milk recipe a try.

Why you’ll love this recipe!

• you will be Feel like a magician When you turn plain, old walnuts into creamy, non-dairy milk. Seriously, it’s so fun to watch the water and walnuts transform into milk right before your eyes!
• This is the recipe A minimum of 2 ingredients is requiredBut you can always add some more ingredients to add sweetness and flavor.
• Once you master how to make this homemade walnut milk, you’ll be able to Make any kind of nut or seed milk you want!
• Depending on the price of non-dairy milk where you live, and whether you can make walnut milk at home and buy walnuts in bulk. May save you some money.

material

• walnut – I love buying my walnuts in bulk to make this homemade walnut milk really affordable. If you don’t have a high-speed blender, you’ll need to soak your walnuts before blending them in the milk. If you have a high speed blender, such as a Vitamix, it is possible to skip the soaking process.
• the water – Cold, filtered water is the water I like to use when making homemade walnut milk.
• salt – Salt is optional, but I always like to add a pinch of salt to my homemade almond milk.

Substitutions and Alterations

• Sweetened walnut milk – To sweeten your walnut milk, mix in some maple syrup or Medjool dates. You can make your homemade walnut milk as sweet as you like.
• Vanilla Walnut Milk – For vanilla walnut milk, add 1-3 teaspoons of vanilla extract (and some sweetener, if desired!) while mixing in your walnuts. This will make delicious, vanilla walnut milk!
• Chocolate walnut milk – Add 1-2 tablespoons of cocoa powder and 2-4 tablespoons of maple syrup to the walnuts and water in your blender and blend until smooth. Once you strain the milk, you get creamy, chocolatey walnut milk!
• Other nut milks – Obviously, if you substitute walnuts for other types of nuts or seeds, you won’t have walnut milk. But you can use 1 cup of any nut or seed you like to make a variety of non-dairy milks at home, like homemade almond milk and cashew milk!

Equipment

Making homemade almond milk is very easy, but you need to have a few small kitchen tools and items on hand.

• the bowl – You will need a regular bowl to soak your walnuts before mixing.
• blender – Whenever I make homemade almond milk I like to use my Vitamix or another brand of high speed blender. But you can also make almond milk with a regular blender. You must soak your nuts thoroughly before mixing them.
• Nut milk bag – I have used a few almond milk bags over the years and I love the rounded edge bags as I find they are easier to clean. You can also use a double layer of cheesecloth, but if you can get an almond milk bag, it’s a great, reusable tool to have on hand!
• Jars – You will need either a 1 liter jar or several smaller jars to store your homemade walnut milk. Swing top 1 liter jars are my favorite way to store homemade almond milk, but you can use any other type of sealable jar you have on hand.

How to Make Homemade Walnut Milk

Step 1: Soak walnuts in water overnight or for about 8 hours. After soaking the walnuts, drain the soaking water, rinse and place in a blender. Add filtered water, a pinch of salt and any flavorings/sweeteners you like.

Step 2: Blend the walnuts, water and flavoring for about a minute or until white and smooth.

Step 3: Pour the milk through an almond milk bag or two layers of cheesecloth and use your hands to squeeze out as much milk as possible. Save the pulp for another use or discard it.

Step 4: Pour the strained milk into a sealable bottle and store in the fridge for 3-4 days.

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Homemade walnut milk

Faith Vandermolen

This homemade walnut milk is thick and creamy and so easy to make!

Q. Time 8 hours

total time 8 hours

course almond milk

cuisine vegan

serving 4 serving

calories 322 kcal

material

American traditionalMetric

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• 1 the cup walnut to soak
• 3-4 the cup the cold Purified water

instructions

• Soak walnuts in water overnight or for about 8 hours.

• After soaking the walnuts, rinse them and place them in a high speed blender. Add 3-4 cups of water and mix on high for about 1 minute or until foamy, white and smooth.

• Pour the milk through an almond milk bag or two layers of cheesecloth and use your hands to squeeze out as much milk as possible.
• If you are using the optional ingredients, pour the strained milk back into your rinsed blender and add vanilla extract and liquid sweetener to taste. Blend until combined.*

• Pour the strained milk into an air tight container and store in the fridge for 3-4 days.

Comment

– The less water you use, the thicker and creamier your milk will be. I like to use 4 cups of water because I find the milk tastes too creamy and I get a little more milk per cup of walnuts.
– If you want to sweeten your milk with dates, add crushed dates while mixing walnuts and water. Strain the milk through an almond milk bag to remove the walnut pulp and date pieces.

nutrition

Worship: 1the cupCalories: 322kcalSugars: 36gProtein: 8gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fats: 14gMonounsaturated fats: 3gSodium: 217mgPotassium: 342mgFiber: 9gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 1006IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 46mgIron: 12mg