When you switch from extract to all grain brewing, you will likely find yourself wondering what to do with all of that spent grain leftover from your brew day. Sure, you could throw it away, but it seems like such a waste! There are a lot of great things you can do with spent grain (like our FAVORITE spent grain pizza dough or these amazing spent grain beer crackers!), but if you’re looking for something sweet, try these delicious spent grain pudding cookies! Check out the video and recipe below to see how to make your own!
Spent Grain Pudding Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 box Instant Pudding Mix
- 1 stick Unsalted Butter
- 3/4 cup Spent Grain (wet, but squeezed slightly)
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
Process:
- Soften butter and begin to mix in stand mixer at low speed.
- Slowly add brown sugar, vanilla extract, egg, spent grain, baking soda, salt, pudding mix, and flour, leaving the mixer on.
- Mix until smooth.
- Scoop about 1.5 Tbsp of dough per cookie onto parchment paper or lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Bake 9-10 minutes at 350°F.
- Cool on cooling rack for 10 minutes.
- Enjoy! These delicious cookies pair well with a Breakfast Brown Ale!
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