Homemade Almond Milk

Ingredients:
1 cup raw almonds
water
1 t vanilla
6 medjool dates, pits removed

Directions:
Put almonds in a bowl and cover with water. Let soak for 8-12 hours. 
Drain almonds. Put almonds in a blender with 4 cups water and blend until milky and nuts are all chopped.   (I use a Blendtec and select "Whole Juice")

Strain milk through nut milk bag or cheesecloth to remove almond skins and pulp. Rinse blender jar, place strained almond milk back in jar with remaining ingredients and secure lid. Blend again until dates are liquified. (In Blendtec, press pulse until dates are liquified. 

*You can also use 2T agave nectar instead of dates to sweeten.