If you love walnuts, you will love this homemade walnut milk. It's healthy, dairy free, vegan, and gluten free. It uses only 2 ingredients - walnuts and water! It's all natural and couldn't be simpler to make. Your blender does all the work. It's great for milkshakes, smoothies, cereal, and is delicious on its own as well! Tasty and simple!

Walnut milk in two small milk bottles with red and white straws

There are many fine uses for walnuts – toasted and added to a homemade granola, chopped and added to a quick bread, muffins, sandwich wrap, or sprinkled on top of a yogurt parfait or smoothie bowl, but I think my favorite use right now is this walnut milk right here. Oh yeah! We had an abundance of walnuts leftover after making this tasty walnut butter, so I thought, “Hey, why not make walnut milk?” I’m so glad I did! It’s super delicious. I love drinking a cold glass of it by itself, but it’s also great in smoothies, milkshakes, and cereal, like this breakfast couscous or cherry vanilla granola. Bonus: it’s naturally dairy free, gluten free, all natural, and vegan, so you can feel good about putting it in your body.

Ingredients

This easy recipe literally consists of just walnuts and water. It doesn’t get any simpler than that! Give yourself plenty of time to allow the walnuts to soak in water. The longer you allow them to soak, the creamier your end product will be.

I have found that it tastes great without any added sweeteners, but you can try stirring in a bit of agave syrup to sweeten it up if it tastes a little bland or bitter to you.

2 cups raw walnuts. Chopped. I have found that this milk has a wonderful walnut flavor that isn’t bitter. For even more flavor, you can try lightly toasting the walnuts before soaking them. I have not tried this. If you do, please let us know in the comments below 👇 how it turned out!
4 cups water. For the healthiest homemade nut milk, I recommend using filtered water.

Instructions

This recipe couldn’t be easier! It takes just a few simple steps.

Overhead view of chopped walnuts in water in a white bowl — **Step 1.** Place walnuts in a medium bowl and add enough water to cover them. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow to soak for at least 24 hours.

Plumped chopped walnuts in a white bowl — The walnuts will plump up after soaking. The more time you give them in the water, the more they will plump up and the creamier your end result will be.

Step 2. Drain and rinse the nuts.

Overhead view of chopped walnuts and water in a blender — **Step 3.** Add 1 cup of walnuts and 2 cups of water to a blender.

Overhead view of blended walnut milk — **Step 4.** Blend on high speed for 3-4 minutes until the mixture turns white and frothy.

Nut milk being poured into a cheese cloth and mesh strainer into a glass bowl — **Step 5.** Line a fine mesh strainer with cheesecloth and place it over a large bowl.

Nut milk being squeezed through a cheese cloth through a mesh strainer into a glass bowl — **Step 6.** Pour the nut mixture through the strainer and firmly gather and squeeze the cheesecloth to extract all milk.

Repeat steps 3-5 for remaining nuts and water.

Strained milk in a glass bowl — All done and ready to be poured. Look at that beautiful creamy color!

Walnut milk being poured into a small milk bottle — Pour into a bottle or jar and enjoy!

Handy tip: Plan Ahead!

The longer the walnuts soak in water, the creamier the milk will be. They should soak for at least 24 hours. However, if you want a creamy end product, allow them to soak for 2 or more days in the fridge before you process them.

Chopped walnuts in a small white bowl — Walnuts are good for us. Check out this article from Healthline on the 13 Proven Health Benefits of Walnuts

FAQs

Keep it! You can stir it into oatmeal, or add it to quick bread, muffin, waffle or pancake batter for added nutrition.

Place the milk in a sterilized mason jar with a lid and store in the refrigerator. It should keep for a few days. Tina Dawson at Love is in My Tummy has some great tips for storing homemade almond milk that lasts longer. Her tips are applicable here as well.

I’m glad you asked! You can use it in any recipe that calls for milk. This includes pancakes, waffles, French toast, quick bread, muffins, and breakfast bakes. It tastes great with homemade granola too!

Walnut milk being poured over granola in a bowl — This easy walnut milk tastes great with homemade granola!

Related Recipes

More recipes featuring walnuts and smoothies that can use walnut milk!

Made this recipe? We would love it if you could leave a rating. Tap the rate button in the recipe card or leave a comment below. Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter to receive a free e-cookbook of quick and easy breakfast recipes. Thanks!

Prep Time:10

Resting Time:1

Total Time:1 10

Equipment

Ingredients

2 cups raw walnuts Chopped.
4 cups water

Instructions

Place walnuts in a medium bowl and add enough water to cover them. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow to soak for at least 24 hours.
Drain and rinse the nuts.
Add 1 cup of walnuts and 2 cups of water to a blender.
Blend on high speed for 3-4 minutes until the mixture turns white and frothy.
Line a fine mesh strainer with cheesecloth and place it over a large bowl.
Pour the nut mixture through the strainer and firmly gather and squeeze the cheesecloth to extract all milk.
Repeat steps 3-5 for remaining nuts and water.

Notes

Plan ahead! The walnuts need to soak in water for at least 24 hours.

Store the milk in an airtight container in your fridge. A mason jar with a lid would work well. It will keep for several days in your fridge.

Nutrition

Servings: cups

Calories: 115kcal

Author: Heavenly Home Cooking

Get our free breakfast ebook

When you join our newsletter

5 from 3 votes (2 ratings without comment)

2 Comments

Jacqueline says:
February 12, 2023 at 10:11 am

PERFECTION! I use this in my Smoothie 🥤 every morning now. So 😋 Yummy!
1. Sandra says:
  March 18, 2023 at 11:42 am
  I’m glad you enjoyed the walnut milk, Jacqueline! It is great in smoothies. 🙂