Making cashew milk at home is super easy and delicious! This cashew milk recipe is the perfect way to enjoy deliciously creamy and luxurious milk at home using whole food ingredients. Ready in just 5 minutes!
⚡ Quick Look: Cashew Milk
- 🎨 Flavor Profile: Smooth, velvety, subtly sweet with classic cashew nuttiness and a hint of vanilla & cinnamon
- 🔥 Blend Method: Soak raw cashews, then blend with water and optional flavorings; strain if needed
- ⏱️ Prep Time: 5 minutes (plus 2-hour pre-soak)
- 🥛 Yield: ~32 oz (4 cups)
- 🌿 Skill Level: Easy
- 🔢 Calories: ~195 cal per cup
- 🍯 Main Ingredients: Raw cashews (soaked), filtered water, maple syrup (optional), vanilla extract (optional), Ceylon cinnamon (optional)
- 🌞 Best Time to Enjoy: Use in your morning smoothie, coffee, cereal, or as a dairy-free stand-in any time
- 🎯 Main Benefit: Cost-effective, additive-free, creamy homemade nut milk you control
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Why You'll Love It
This homemade cashew milk recipe is rich and creamy with just the right amount of natural sweeteners and soaking times. All you need is a blender and a milk bag or mesh strainer.
The store-bought nut milk options have nothing on this recipe. It's cheaper and yields much more.
Plus, you know exactly what you are getting- no chemical processing, added sugars, or unnecessary ingredients like most brands you see on the store shelves. You may be surprised at how easy it actually is and how much better it tastes to make nut milk at home.
Cashew milk is incredibly versatile. You can use it in place of dairy milk for cereals, smoothies, soups, or sauces! Use your homemade nut milk in our Nekter Health Nut Smoothie, Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Love, or Low-Carb Salmon Alfredo.
Before getting started, I recommend taking a moment to set healthy intentions. If you are interested in learning more, check out my article: How to Manifest Using Intentions and Affirmations.
Ingredients
Cashew Nuts: It is important to use raw, unsalted cashew nuts. Soak them for 1-2 hours to soften.
Ceylon Cinnamon: Ceylon cinnamon is also known as "true cinnamon". It contains the most beneficial compounds compared to commercial cinnamon which is typically Cassia. Check out our article: Benefits of Using Cinnamon in Coffee!
Pure Vanilla Extract: Real vanilla is best. Artificial vanilla flavoring or vanillin is made from petrochemicals, and its processing is not natural. Vanilla extract is optional!
Maple Syrup: Maple is our natural sweetener. It contains antioxidants and natural sweetness. Use as little or as much as you'd like! Or none at all if you are looking for unsweetened cashew milk.
See the recipe card for the full list of ingredients and quantities.
Substitutions and Variations
Flavors are fully customizable. Add cacao powder for chocolate milk. Omit vanilla, cinnamon, or sweetener for plain unsweetened milk.
Use this nut milk recipe for any nut milk that you'd like to make. Simply swap out the nuts and adjust the soaking times! Check out our article Cashew Milk vs Almond Milk for more info on the benefits of different nuts and a chart for the adjusted soaking times!
How to Make Cashew Milk
Step 1: Soak raw cashews in filtered water for 2 hours. Rinse and drain the soaked cashews using a fine mesh sieve or strainer.
Step 2: Add the rinsed nuts and half of the water to a high-speed blender. Blend until smooth.
Step 3: Blend the other half of the water and if you desire to add flavors or sweeteners, (maple syrup, cinnamon, or pure vanilla extract) include them now. Blend until smooth. Taste and adjust flavors.
Step 4: If there are still chunks, pour the mixture through a nut milk bag over a large bowl. Squeeze the nut milk bag as best you can to get every last drop of creamy goodness.
Hint: Some high-quality blenders will not require straining! Try a Blendtech or Vitamix. If there is a lot of pulp, you can run the pulp back through the blender with more water.
Cashew Milk Recipe FAQ's
Cashew milk should be stored in an airtight container like a mason jar in the refrigerator. It can last 4-5 days.
Yes, it can be cheaper to make your own nut milk at home, especially if you have the ingredients at home in the pantry. A pound of raw cashews should be able to make 3 to 4 32-ounce batches of milk, depending on how thick and creamy you desire your milk to be. You could even make more than this by adding water to thin it out a bit.
Because of its creaminess, this cashew milk recipe works wonderfully as a coffee creamer!
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Recipe
Cashew Milk Recipe
Equipment
- Bowl for soaking
- Nut Milk Bag or cheese cloth or fine mesh sieve
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw cashews soaked
- 4 cups filtered water
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup optional
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
- ¼ teaspoon ceylon cinnamon optional
- 1 pinch sea salt
Instructions
- Rinse and drain your soaked cashews.
- Add the rinsed cashews, half of the water, and a pinch of salt to a blender. Blend until creamy and smooth.
- Add 2 additional cups of water. Add your sweeteners and flavorings, if desired. (Cinnamon, vanilla, maple) Blend again. Taste and adjust flavors to your preferences.
- Pour the milk into a milk bag or cheesecloth over a large bowl to filter out any potential chunks.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Natalie says
My family loves making this!