Horchata (no sugar added recipe)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup uncooked long grain white rice
• tap water
• 1 cup water
• 4 cups skim milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 8 packets artificial sweetener (or less)
• cheesecloth

1. Soak the rice in tap water overnight.
2. Drain the soaked rice through a strainer.
3. In a blender add rice, ½ cup water, 2 cups milk, vanilla, artificial sweetener, and cinnamon.  Blend on high speed until rice is all ground up (approximately 1.5 minutes).
4. Add the remaining ½ cup water and 2 cups milk. Blend on high for approximately 1 min.
5. Strain the mixture through the cheesecloth until no more liquid seeps out. Do not squeeze the cheesecloth. Discard cheesecloth and remains.
6. Chill and serve.

From Flavors of Fiesta by University of Illinois Extension