Homemade hazelnut milk recipe (optional vanilla cardamom flavor)

Easy homemade hazelnut milk recipe! Learn how to make dairy free hazelnut milk at home in just a few simple steps. Optional vanilla cardamom flavor too!

Soooooooo…….. Heeeeeey……….. anyone hoppin on this homemade nut milk train like I am? I am super digging it you guys. I’m a total newbie, and I know I’m pretty late in the game to this trend, but IT ROCKS! In this nut milk recipe I switched up the usual plain ole vanilla almond milk, and tried something a little different, HAZELNUT MILK! It actually tastes really similar to almond milk, but a little nuttier. Not as sweet, which I prefer. I jazzed it up with some spice (optional) and ended up with vanilla cardamom hazelnut milk. YUUUUHS!

Also, I spilled this milk all over the freakin place while taking photos. DOH!

I’ve never much of a dairy milk drinker. I’d much rather take a glass of almond or hazelnut milk these days. When I was 5, I suffered from chronic nightmares, and had to drink warm milk every night to help me get to sleep. BLECH! blech. Triple BLECH! I even tried chocolate and strawberry milk powder….. still blech. Who likes warm milk!? Babies, I guess. Babies.

Well…….. milk and I are not BFFs. Except with cereal, which may be the best thing ever.

Enough about dairy….. now the VEGAN MILK! mmmm….. nuts ground into liquid. I’m totally down. It really couldn’t be a whole lot easier to make homemade nut milks. Just soak your nuts overnight, then blend with filtered water until desired consistency and strain out the pulp. Usually about 1 part nuts, 3 parts liquid. Super simple amiright? You can use this method with most nuts, but the sweeter ones like almonds, hazelnuts, and cashews tend to make the best tasting nut milk in my opinion. So far, homemade hazelnut milk is by far my favorite nut milk.

OK, so let’s talk about nut milk pulp. You will have about a cup of pulp leftover from making your hazelnut milk. Don’t throw this away! Use it in baking, in your oatmeal, as a compost, dry it out and make a nut flour. DON’T THROW IT AWAY! It’s delicious. Especially cooked in granola with roasted strawberries.

I added an option to add vanilla and a bit of cardamom to the hazelnut milk for some extra pizzaz. I’m gonna warn you about the cardamom flavor in this one too. Cardamom is pretty strong you guys, and this recipe packs a CARDAMOM PUNCH! BLAM! I like it this way, but you may want to start with just plain hazelnut milk first. Or, skip the cardamom and just add the vanilla.

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Vanilla cardamom hazelnut milk

Prep Time

12 hrs

Total Time

12 hrs

 

Easy homemade hazelnut milk recipe! Learn how to make hazelnut milk at home in just a few simple steps. Vegan, Whole30, Paleo, and Gluten-free.

Servings: 3 cups

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw hazelnuts
• 3 cups filtered water + more for soaking
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional)
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom (optional)

Instructions

1. Soak hazelnuts in water for at least 12 hours.

2. Rinse hazelnuts well and place in a blender.* Add 1 cup of the water and blend until smooth. Add remaining water and blend well.

3. Line a colander with cheesecloth and place over a large bowl, or use a nut milk bag. Pour milk mixture over colander, straining out pulp. Wrap pulp in the cheesecloth and squeeze out the remaining liquid. Reserve pulp for another use.
4. Transfer milk to a sealable container and store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Recipe Notes

*If adding the vanilla and/or cardamom, add it to the blender at this point.

I suppose you should all prepare for a vanilla cardamom hazelnut milk pulp recipe!

Trish