After trying numerous rice milk recipes, I've finally done it! This is the best recipe out of them all, and though it's not thick like our Pacific Natural Foods Vanilla Rice Milk it's stilll pretty darn good and would make an excellent vegan hot cocoa. After having recipes that suggest using all kinds of interesting (see: weird) ingredients I've finally got something that I only hope my children are willing to drink.
Vanilla Rice Milk
1 c. cooked rice (must be warm, cold doesn't work well)
4 c. hot water (distilled is best)
1-2 cinnamon sticks
2 T. canola Oil
1/4 tsp sea salt
3 T cane sugar (use whatever suits your families budget)
1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Heat water with cinnamon sticks until it's simmering nicely. Add all ingredients, excluding cinnamon sticks to a blender. Because the mixture is hot, you will need to loosen the center cap to allow hot air to expel out while blending. Place hot towel over lid of blender, hold down lid firmly (I didn't use the towel the first time and the whole lid popped off and made a mess, so be sure to allow the hot air to escape), and liquefy until mixture resembles a slurry but no more. You don't want this to be smooth. If your making a huge batch you can sit this aside in a large jar to steep, otherwise leave in blender for about 25-30 minutes. Strain with cheese cloth or a small strainer into a clean glass jar. You want to store this in a glass jar due to the milk keeping pretty hot even after 30 minutes and it might melt some plastic containers.
Feel free to experiment and add nutmeg, allspice, cocoa, powdered cinnamon or anything to create your own yummy concoction. I've seen some recipes suggesting the addition of protein powder, kelp and powdered vitamins/minerals so you can test these on small batches to see if the taste is still as good. We tried using plain vegan rice protein powder and it was horrid stuff but maybe you will be able to "stomach" it.
Enjoy!
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