Make this rich, creamy and delicious Apple shake with just 3 ingredients under 5 mins. To make it protein rich, add nuts or nut meal. In the instructions I also share a easy way to make zero waste nut milk & coconut milk if you want to make this recipe vegan.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1
  • Category: Beverage
  • Cuisine: world

Ingredients

  • 1 apple
  • 1 cup milk (chilled (dairy or vegan milk or water if using nuts))
  • 1 to 2 teaspoon organic sugar (or 2 soft dates, maple syrup, honey or date syrup)
  • 10 cashews (or 12 almonds or 1 tbsp. nut butter (refer notes))
  • 2 pinches cinnamon powder ((optional, ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon))
  • 2 ice cubes (or milk ice cubes (optional))
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract ((or a few drops essence))

Method

How to make Apple Milkshake

  1. Wash, peel and core apples. Chop them and add to the blender.
  2. Add milk, sweetener, cinnamon, ice cubes and nuts (optional). Blend until smooth & frothy. (If you don't have a powerful blender, add only half the milk initially and blend until smooth. Later add the rest of the milk and ice cubes if using. Blend until frothy.)
  3. Pour apple milkshake to serving glass and sprinkle cinnamon if you want.

Optional Tip to Make Vegan Milk

  1. Nut milk: You may make your own zero waste vegan milk by grinding 3 tablespoons almond flour/meal or 12 soaked & peeled almonds with ¼ cup water until smooth. Use a small nut grinder or a chutney jar for this. Later add ½ to ¾ cup water and grind again. No straining required. You can also do the same with cashew nuts.
  2. Coconut milk: To make your own, grind ¼ to ⅓ cup fresh/frozen coconut (at room temp) with ¼ cup water until smooth and thick. Add more water and grind again to make smooth coconut milk. Strain the milk and use.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.