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January 31, 2019 · 11 Comments

Vegan Warm Horchata with Whole Grains and Almonds

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This weekend we needed a hot drink to warm us up after playing in the snow. I wasn’t in the mood for chocolate, so cocoa was out. But I had all the ingredients for a Vegan Warm Horchata.

Table of Contents show
1 What is Horchata?
2 But Isn’t Horchata a Cold Drink?
3 What Do I Need to Know About Making Warm Horchata?
4 More Recipes to Try
5 Vegan Warm Cinnamon Horchata with Whole Grains and Almonds
5.1 Ingredients 1x2x3x
5.1.1 Overnight Soak Ingredients:
5.1.2 Heating Ingredients:
5.2 Instructions

What is Horchata?

All horchata is spiced up with cinnamon and has a base of homemade rice and almond milk. I add in some oats to the mixture to make it thicker.

Typically you soak the grains with cinnamon sticks overnight. You can either use or discard the soaking liquid. Discard the cinnamon sticks and blend well in a high-speed blender.

But Isn’t Horchata a Cold Drink?

I have an oatchata recipe that I make in the summer, and this Warm Horchata is made very similarly. It’s refreshing cold, but it’s so amazing warm too. 

What Do I Need to Know About Making Warm Horchata?

Because I use oats in this recipe in addition to brown rice and almonds, you need to be mindful when you’re heating the mixture up on the stove.

The oats will begin to thicken, so you will need to stir constantly while cooking.

If you get distracted, a few lumps may form in the heated mixture. Just blend it up in your blender before you serve it to fix that. It makes it thick and creamy!

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Vegan Warm Cinnamon Horchata with Whole Grains and Almonds

Vegan Warm Cinnamon Horchata with Whole Grains and Almonds

Kathy Hester
Wow your friends with this unusual hot drink. You make a plant-based milk with oats, rice, and almonds and flavor it with cinnamon and vanilla. Then heat it up and warm yourself up!
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Servings 3 servings

Ingredients
  

Overnight Soak Ingredients:

  • 3 cups water
  • 1/4 cup raw almonds
  • 1/4 cup long grain brown rice
  • 1/4 cup steel cut oats or an additional 1/4 cup brown rice
  • 3 cinnamon sticks

Heating Ingredients:

  • sweetener of choice to taste (I used 1/4 cup raw sugar)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • pinch of salt optional

Instructions
 

  • Add the water, almonds, brown rice, oats, and cinnamon sticks to your blender and soak overnight or up to 12 hours.
  • Transfer the cinnamon sticks to a medium saucepan, then blend the rest of the ingredients until smooth. Strain through a fine mesh strainer or nut milk bag into the saucepan.
  • Add the sweetener, vanilla, and pinch of salt, if using, then heat over low heat, stirring constantly to keep the oat milk from forming small lumps until it’s just hot.
  • If there are some lumps, just pop it back into the blender and it will come out creamy.
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  1. Bethery says

    September 23, 2017 at 12:22 am

    Recipe sounds really good, but oh my, Max is adorable!

    Reply
    • Kathy Hester says

      September 23, 2017 at 9:59 am

      Thank you on both accounts!

      Reply
  2. Aibreàn says

    February 2, 2018 at 1:58 pm

    Hi Kathy,

    First and foremost thank you so very much for adopting instead of shopping. Max will eventually get used to the snow, just be careful on taking him for walks where they have thrown salt or other chemicals on the sidewalls as the pads of his feet will burn, split and bleed which is extremely painful. Use cat litter after shoveling, it is biodegradable as it is clay and will not hurt any animal.

    Now to the recipe. Is it possible to use another type of oat instead of steel cut oats? Thank you.

    Reply
    • Kathy Hester says

      February 2, 2018 at 2:02 pm

      You can use rolled or Scottish oats too. They do not need to be soaked as long.

      Max stays nice and warm in front of the fireplace most of the winter and only goes on the deck or in out backyard when it snows. It doesn’t know that much here so it usually is only a day or two. He thanks you for thinking of him though!

      Reply
  3. Nancy Potvin says

    February 2, 2018 at 2:22 pm

    I’m allergic to almonds. Can I sub it?

    Reply
  4. Linda says

    February 2, 2018 at 2:24 pm

    Can this sit in a slow cooker all day instead?

    Reply
    • Kathy Hester says

      February 11, 2018 at 7:44 pm

      It should work.

      Reply
  5. JoAnn M Lakes says

    January 31, 2019 at 1:31 pm

    Max needs ski pants!!! He looks like he could really enjoy the snow if he was warm. I understand that completely. I hate being cold!!!!

    Reply
    • Kathy Hester says

      January 31, 2019 at 2:49 pm

      Lol! He has heavier sweaters and more hair this year too!

      Reply
  6. Kelly D Patton says

    January 31, 2019 at 10:16 pm

    Is the rice cooked before soaking it or raw? Thanks.

    Reply
    • Kathy Hester says

      February 1, 2019 at 12:08 am

      The rice is raw.

      Reply

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