Creamy and delicious oat milk! This homemade oat milk recipe is 5 easy ingredients, ready in minutes, and delicious in tea or coffee or poured over cereal.
It’s so easy to make your own homemade oat milk!
All you need is some rolled oats in your cupboard and you’re good to go.
Add some maple syrup, or other syrup of your choice, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt for some optional extra flavoring, blend it all up and strain it through a nut milk bag!
It has a lovely neutral oaty taste that is delicious to drink as is or to use in smoothies or over cereal or in your coffee and tea.
To soak or not to soak?
A lot of recipes for how to make oat milk recommend soaking the rolled oats first and then rinsing them very well to remove any sliminess before blending. Yes, oats get slimy. It’s weird.
But I actually found in experimenting that the best results came about from not soaking the oats at all. It’s also quicker this way.
When I soaked them first and then rinsed them, the result was really slimy. But when I just blended them without soaking, there was minimal slime. Okay I know that still sounds gross, minimal slime? So there’s still slime? Haha yes, a little, not in the end result, but when you’re straining them through that nut milk bag, it’s going to feel a little slimy.
I have heard that over-blending can cause sliminess as well, though I did not experience this at all, but just beware of this as a possibility. Blend only as much as needed, which tends to be around a minute to get everything nicely blended in.
Straining your oat milk
If you’re straining through a nut milk bag, (often also called a nut mylk bag), then it’s super quick and easy to do. If you don’t have a nut milk bag you can strain it through cheesecloth placed over a strainer.
However, if homemade milks are something you plan to make regularly, then investing in a nut mylk bag is very worthwhile.
This is the nut mylk bag I have and am very happy with.
Delicious in tea, coffee or over cereal
This homemade oat milk is great in tea or coffee or over cereal. However, it’s not great heated as it tends to get quite thick and clumpy when you heat it.
So you can add it to hot drinks and that’s fine, but don’t heat it up before adding it to hot drinks. 
What do you do with the leftover oat pulp?
A reader commented that they add it to pancake batter to create a nuttier tasting version (awesome idea, thanks Susan!).
You can also use the pulp to make cookies. I found a great recipe for Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Pulp Cookies that does exactly this.
This recipe doesn’t result in a huge amount of leftover pulp so you’re also fine to just throw it away unless that is something that goes against the grain for you. If that’s the case then bake some cookies or throw it into some pancakes!
You will love this oat milk recipe, it is:
- Creamy
- Delicious
- Great in coffee or tea or over cereal
- So easy to make
Keep it in the fridge where it will stay fresh for up to 5 days. Shake it up before use as it tends to separate in the fridge, don’t worry this is normal, give it a good shake and enjoy.
More vegan recipes
What do you think of this homemade oat milk recipe? Let us know in the comments and rate the recipe too please. Thanks so much!
Sign up to our email list for a gorgeous 10-recipe ebook (entirely free!) and you’ll also be the first to know whenever new recipes are posted to the blog!
Homemade Oat Milk
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 cups
Description
Creamy and delicious oat milk! This homemade oat milk recipe is 5 easy ingredients, ready in minutes, and delicious in tea or coffee or poured over cereal.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (90g) Rolled Oats
- 4 cups (960ml) Water
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 2 Tbsp Maple Syrup
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to your blender and blend until well blended. About a minute.*
- Strain through a nut mylk bag or place cheesecloth over a strainer and strain it through that.
- Store the milk in the fridge where it will stay fresh for up to 5 days. Shake it well before use.
- Use in your tea or coffee or pour over cereal.
Notes
*Don’t soak your oats first, I found this caused sliminess, no matter how much they were rinsed.
*Don’t overblend as apparently it can also cause the oats to become slimy though I have not personally experienced this. About a minute of blending is usually sufficient.
*Don’t heat the milk as it causes it to get very thick. It can be added to hot drinks like tea and coffee though.
*This recipe is gluten-free as long as you use gluten-free rolled oats.
- Category: Beverage
- Method: Blend
- Cuisine: Vegan
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 114
- Sugar: 6.3g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 1.4g
- Saturated Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 21.9g
- Fiber: 2.2g
- Protein: 2.9g
Keywords: oat milk
I’m excited to try this as I’ve never made nut milk before. Hoping it’s creamy enough to replace the actual cream in my coffee. Where do you buy your glass containers?
Hope you enjoy the recipe! I’m not sure where I got the glass containers.
If you increase the ratio of oats to water, would you end up with a slightly thicker, creamier milk?
Yes, that’s certainly how it works with nut milks so I assume the same here.
I’ve got very good results from your recipe which equates well with the ‘ordinary’ for sale commercial oat milk. However it does not froth like the Oatly Barista oat milk.
Can you kindly let me know what additive should be added to make it froth like the Oatly Barista oatmilk?
I look forward to your kind reply.
Many thanks,
Sean Franklin
★★★★★
Love this recipe. straight forward and easy. stoked with the result. thank you x
Awesome Karina, so glad you enjoyed it!
It’s certainly a lot cheaper than oat milk from the supermarket. I am very happy with the end result. Will sure make more. Thank you!
★★★★★
So glad it turned out well! Thanks for the great review Heather!
I’ve made this with and without the syrup and vanilla and it’s yummy either way over cereal etc, but it always sinks to the bottom of my coffee 🙁 I’ve tried putting the milk in first and last and I’ve tried adding it reeeaaaally slowly, I’ve tried soaking and not soaking but it still does it, any ideas for how to fix it? Thanks 🙂 I use instant coffee by the way and I use a nut milk bag to strain.
★★★★★
Hi Katie, you can also try letting your coffee cool a little before adding the milk. This can be a common issue with plant milks, as the acid in the coffee can interact with them causing them to separate from the coffee. Letting it cool a little before adding the milk can help.
I often add a small pinch of salt to my coffee to help cut the acid. (Table salt is generally considered neutral, not basic, but still helps cut the acid because it is *less* acidic than coffee.) I have never tried it with oatmilk specifically, but it may help prevent separation? Maybe try adding a small pinch to your cup before adding the oat milk.
Any hints on how I’ve ended up with a bitter after taste? Is that normal for oat milk or something I may have done? Many thanks!
Hi Virginia, sorry no I have no idea why that would be. Did you soak your oats first? I’m just taking a guess at a possible cause, we don’t soak the oats first as it’s our preference for taste and texture.
Can you use honey instead of maple syrup?
Sure!