Make homemade Oat Milk in minutes with just 2 ingredients. This easy oat milk is super quick, and very budget-friendly, and after years of perfecting my method, it is not slimy!
1 cup (90 grams) rolled or old fashioned oats (, certified gluten-free if necessary.)
4 cups (960 ml) cold water
1 to 2 tablespoons maple syrup
¼ teaspoon sea salt (, optional. I don't recommend using table salt. )
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (, (optional))
Categories
Beverage
Cuisine
vegan
Steps
Add the oats to blender.
Cover with around 3 cups / 720 mls of the cold water then blend for a maximum of 30 seconds. It's important that the contents of the blender don't warm up, so try not to blend any longer than that. If you feel it get even slightly warm add a couple of ice cubes to cool it down.
Check the thickness. It will likely be quite thick like cream consistency. Add enough extra water to get it to the thickness that you like and give it a very quick pulse in between additions. If you are using it as a coffee creamer then it's nice left pretty thick. Otherwise it's better a little thinner.
Strain the milk through a sieve/fine mesh strainer into a bowl. Do not press or squeeze it while straining. Just let gravity do the work.
Pour the milk back into the blender jar, give the strainer a quick rinse out, then strain again.
Once strained twice pour into bottles or jars. At this point if you notice it is still a little too thick, you can fill the bottles to about ¾ full, then add a little water to the bottle and shake to thin it further.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 cup
Calories: 76 kcal
Carbohydrates: 14 g
Protein: 2.6 g
Fat: 1 g
Sodium: 7 mg
Sugar: 3 g
Reviews
Jane on 2025-04-09 (5 stars): This oatmilk tasted great! So fresh and creamy. I made sure to keep the ingredients and blender cold and that made a huge difference over my previous attempts. Now I'll need to check out the oat pulp cookies recipe to use the remaining pulp, or just add them to some other baked goods.
Thank you for your always-wonderful recipes!
Teresa on 2024-07-18 (5 stars): Such a simple and delicious recipe, I'm never buying oatmilk again! This tastes like one of the more expensive barista brands! 😋
Kelsey on 2023-02-26 (5 stars): I have made slimy oat milk before and it had discouraged me from trying to make it again, but after seeing it on a virtual vegan's instagram, I had to give it another go. It worked super well! Delicious oaty flavour, simple, customizable and budget friendly! No more slimy oat milk in our household!
Alexandria Phillips on 2022-07-06 (5 stars): I finally succeeded in making drinkable oat milk with this recipe!! Thank you. Mine kept coming out slimy and none of the kids would use it. Now I can stop buying it and spending an arm and a leg on milk every week!!
C. Nixon on 2022-02-20 (5 stars): I have made this recipe a couple of times now. I love the simplicity of the recipe. When I first started making, I was using just a mesh strainer, but found that even after straining 2-3 times, I still had a grainy consistency. Once I started using a cheese cloth, it was much better. I make a this recipe weekly for my babies who have dairy aversions. Thank you so much for this! Looking forward to using this to make French vanilla creamer! #YUM 😋
Trish on 2021-01-28 (5 stars): Just made this and its fab! Thankyou
MJ on 2020-09-23 (5 stars): Thank you so much for the recipe! I have been trying ro find a good recipe to replicate a dairy free version of Starbucks's Vanilla Sweet Cream coffee creamer. I haven't made this recipe yet but if I make it exactly as tour directions say will the consistency be creamy enough to be a coffee creamer?
