While homemade, non-slimy oat milk is still eluding me, hemp milk is thankfully 100% within reach. I also always have my standby, no-soak, instant almond milk recipe in my cookbook. While I do really love plant-based nut milk recipes, I’m just really on a hemp thing this week! There’s more of its creamy goodness in the brussels sprout salad that I posted last week. Click here if you missed it. This maple cinnamon hemp milk is just a continuation of that love.
Flavoring your hemp milk! I used maple syrup and cinnamon here because I love those flavors with the nutty hemp seeds. You could also use cocoa powder and dates for a chocolate vibe. Simple vanilla and a splash of maple syrup makes for a great blank canvas. Whatever flavor you go with, this easy nut-free milk still comes together in 5 minutes (or less!).
Maple Cinnamon Hemp Milk
Ingredients
- ½ cup hulled hemp seeds
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil OR butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 ½ cups water
Equipment
Notes
- I don’t think this milk requires straining personally! Of course, if you’re a texture-sensitive person, you can run it through a nut milk bag before bottling if you like.
- When the temperatures start cooling, I like to enrich my nut/seed milks with a bit of coconut oil. I find that this also helps with the froth-ability of the milk for coffees. Feel free to leave it out if you like.
Instructions
- In an upright high speed blender, combine the hemp seeds, maple syrup, coconut oil, vanilla, cinnamon, sea salt, and water. Blend the maple cinnamon hemp milk until it’s completely creamy and smooth, about 1 full minute.
- Pour the maple cinnamon hemp milk into a sealable jar and keep it stored in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Hello. I am excited to make this for frothing for my morning coffee! I was wondering about the addition of coconut oil, should it be solid or melted/softened? Thanks
Hi Lily! Softened or melted is ideal here :)
-L
This was great. It reminded me of the milk at the bottom of my childhood cinnamon toast crunch cereal bowl.
So good! Easy and refreshing — great in an iced latte. I used Manitoba Harvest Hemp Seeds and no overwhelming grassy taste!
I love to hear this! Thanks so much for this comment and review, Amanda.
-L
This looks great. Shane (Shaneandsimple) believes the key to non-slimy oat milk is rolled oats (not quick or steel cut) and ice cold water though I have not tried his method yet.
LOVE your work, recipes, website, and blog!
The water is not listed in the instructions??
Fixed it! Thanks for catching that ;)-L
How heavenly this simple little recipe sounds.
Thank you for the time and effort that goes into making these posts – I really look forward to them! This hemp milk sounds amazing and I love the look of the easy apple butter you linked to as well.
Love this idea for a Saturday series, Laura! And what a treat to see my pumpkin alfredo linked here :) Thank you!