Brewer’s Bread
Here's another way to reuse spent grain. Bread! Whether there is much flavor or nutrients in left in the grain or not, there is certainly fiber in the husks. If nothing else it can act as a filler, and the more complex mashes will get roast character from the malt. We made this one with grain from our brown ale on Christmas eve. It turned out to be quite delicious. I'm not very patient so I didn't let the bread rise enough in the pan (step 7) so it came out a bit flat but that was fine. We sliced it at an angle to get "thicker" slices and made French-toast for Christmas morning and my wife was picking at the bread the next few days until we used it in a breakfast casserole. Would have been good as sandwich bread or toast as well. Let us know what you think!
Barley Barkers Dog Treats
We got this recipe from here and our dog Gypsy really seems to like them. We just rescued Gypsy from an animal shelter for Christmas and have been going through treats like crazy in our efforts to train her. Also, since we are using a lot we had been cutting up the treats to make them into pea sized bites as recommended by our training book. We found this recipe and saw an answer to both of our new problems; the need for lots of treats and the need for treats sized as we wanted them. Obviously you can cut them to whatever size is appropriate for your dog but we have been cutting them into about 1/2 inch squares. Try these out and let us know what you think. Also if you have your own recipe we are always looking for new ideas to keep Gypsy from getting bored. 
Ingredients:
- 4 cups spent grain
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 eggs
Directions:
- Mix ingredients well and roll out on baking sheet.
- Cut most of the way through.
- Bake at 350 F for 30 min.
- Break pieces apart
- Dry in oven at 250 for 3 hours or until completely dry
Notes:
Mash-Out Chocolate Chip Cookies
Looking for ways to reuse spent grain? These chocolate chip cookies were an adaptation of the normal chocolate chip recipe my wife and I like to make. We try to use whole wheat, flaked grains, etc anyway when we bake and spent grains seemed like the perfect addition. If you don't want to use, or don't have, whole wheat flour, these will come out a bit more like "normal" chocolate chip cookies if you use all-purpose. Here's what we did.
