Easiest Way to Make Perfect Spent Grain Granola

Spent Grain Granola. Granola is one of those recipes that we are constantly changing based on what combination of dried fruit, nuts and seeds are on hand. This spiced oven-baked granola uses spent grain, rolled oats, nuts, seeds and coconut flakes (along with some maple syrup and brown sugar for sweetness). A friend of mine was a brewer from New Zealand, and we spent most of American Thanksgiving homebrewing a dry-hopped pale ale with elderflower in an Irish cottage surrounded by cows.

But when we do, we are left with an immense amount of spent grain. I've tried making a few things with spent grain but granola comes out the best. by far. Once I attempted to make bread, it was an epic fail!. You can cook Spent Grain Granola using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Spent Grain Granola

1. Prepare 4 cups of spent grain.
2. It's 4 cups of oats rolled.
3. It's 3 of pumpkin spice tbl.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of honey.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of flaxseed ground.
6. You need 1/4 cup of lemon juice.
7. You need 1/2 cup of coconut shredded (non sweetened).
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of oil plus more to greese baking pans.
9. It's 2 cups of dried fruit.
10. Prepare 2 cups of almonds sliced.

Place your spent grains in a large roasting pan and in the oven at the lowest possible temperature until all the moisture is gone. We like to leave ours in the oven over-night as this is an easy way to have them well dried. Spent grain, in the Netherlands called 'bierbostel', is the leftover grain after brewing a tasteful beer. Spent grain is very nutritious, full of high protein and fiber concentration.

Spent Grain Granola instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix all the above ingredients except the dried fruit until well incorporated..
3. Spread mixture thinly on a well greased baking sheet. This amount will necessitate at least 2 very large baking sheets..
4. Place baking sheets into oven and sift mixture every 10 mins until the granola is mostly dry.
5. Add dried fruit and sliced almonds to granola in the oven and bake for 10 more minutes..
6. Final granola should be completely dry and golden brown.

It's often used as cattle feed, but is also perfect for baking. Beside bread you can also make a granola from spent grain. And with plans to make other edibles such as pretzels from spent grain flour, that number is likely to climb even higher. Spent Grain Pecan Raisin Granola Bars. It hasn't been very long since Nick brewed a batch of beer and I made dog treats from the spent grain.