Spent Grain? Make Your Best Friend Cookies!

[Scruffy1207]

Just don't give chocolate to the dogs

 

[drathbone]

Just don't give chocolate to the dogs

Right that's why I said I modified my batch. And besides, it's not enough to hurt them anyway.

 

[Thefirebuilds]

My stupid oven is busted. It only goes down to 400. Forging ahead anyway.

 

[Thefirebuilds]

if I don't slow him down, my lab can plow through 10 lbs of spent grain in a single sitting. In talking with a few vet friends, no real worries as long as this isn't a frequent thing. He is basically a furry garbage disposal......who fortunately lives outdoors.

Last weekend my dogs ate 5lbs in a sitting from a hole I buried it in for composting. They laid and stank for three days. Too much is too much.

 

[stblindtiger]

My kids love making these with me for our Lab Finn. He absolutely loves them! I think he even knows that we make them for him, and that makes him like them even more!

Thanks for the recipe!

 

[bendavanza]

I made 8 batches of these between brewing thursday and today. Kolsch and Black IIPA. House smells great. They make great gifts and I barter for dog food at the local pet shop.
They take forever to dry but pretty quick to make.

 

[Hatchbrew]

St. Bernard loves them, he usually doesn't like dog biscuits

 

[Thefirebuilds]

My doggers love em, a boxer and a labber. I made a batch for dads boxer for his birthday and she couldn't hold them down. Very strange.

 

[Lgaddy44]

I put some spent grain aside after my last mash, with the intent to make some dog treats. I just haven't had the time until today and I'm wondering if there is any hazard with it sitting in pyrex in my fridge for two weeks.

Im guessing it should be fine but I'd like some more input considering I'll be gifting these treats.

 

[wiescins]

Are there any concerns with using rice hulls? I'm brewing this weekend and my grain bill will be 15lbs + 0.5lb rice hulls.

 

[Scruffy1207]

As far as I know, as long as it's not beer, hops, raisins, onions, chocolate, mushrooms, then it's probably ok. I don't see any problem with rice hulls especially because of the dog food companies that put out flavors like "lamb and rice"

 

[malweth]

As far as I know, as long as it's not beer, hops, raisins, onions, chocolate, mushrooms, then it's probably ok. I don't see any problem with rice hulls especially because of the dog food companies that put out flavors like "lamb and rice"

Some of the things my dog eats . . . I can't imagine rice hulls would be a problem! (I mean... for someone who can practically devour an entire tree branch . . .)

I believe hops are only dangerous to certain dogs?

And even items from the list above won't hurt a big dog in small quantities. I know that, with chocolate, the purer it is the less the dog needs to be toxic. A standard Hershey's bar wouldn't do much (aside from making clean-up more difficult).

Heck... my dog even comes in chocolate.

Loves Dad's Shoes by malweth, on Flickr

 

[bmeyer46]

I made these for my two house dogs...now I'm the favorite one again!!! LOL

 

[wiescins]

made a batch recently, dog loves them.

4cups spent grains
6 mini carrots
1 banana
(all blended in vitamixer)
2cups flour
2 eggs
1 cup peanutbutter
Baked for 30min @ 350F
Broke into final pieces and baked @ 225F for 2hrs

 

[Stevo2569]

Make sure to cook them a really long time so they dry out. My started molding at 2-weeks.

 

[louie0202]

I made a double batch of these put them on the smoker overnight for 8 hours

 

[Stevo2569]

I made a double batch of these put them on the smoker overnight for 8 hours

That gives me an idea. Put them in my dehydrator next time.

 

[TromboneGuy]

My dogs go completely primate-poo for these treats. Especially if I sub in bacon grease for some of the peanut butter.

 

[bmeyer46]

you can also try subbing baby food for the peanut butter. I have another treat recipe that calls for peanut butter, but I subbed beef/vegetable baby food instead...worked great!

 

[drawdy10]

made these today with my .5 lb spent caramel pils from a tripel extract kit and the dogs love them!

 

[jiggs_casey]

Two things get my dogs excited when I'm in the kitchen. When I'm prepping something, anything, for the grill and when I'm making them 'treats' on brew day. They absolutely know it's for them. I stick to the original recipe and usually toss in a half cup of sugar.

 

[woodenbuick]

Just finished making them and darn 4 lbs of grain makes a heck of a lot of treats.

Took me longer to make the treats then it did to brew beer. Thank goodness I ran out of flour.

 

[passedpawn]

My daughter makes these and puts them in bags with tags. Local humane society sells them at festivals etc., money goes back to the pups.

 

[Vuarra]

Passedpawn, what does it say on the back? Can't read it at this resolution.

Anyway, I'll have to make a much smaller cookie. I gave one to my pug, and apparently, he made two messy cookies of his own. Next time, smaller items and less each serving to the puppy.

 

[passedpawn]

Passedpawn, what does it say on the back? Can't read it at this resolution.

You can now click that pic above for much better resolution.

BTW, you can buy a million bags for nothing at www.uline.com. Labels were folded and stapled, printed on a color laser onto cardstock.

 

[Vuarra]

You can now click that pic above for much better resolution.

*swearword* *swearword* *swearword*

I tried that the first time I saw that and nothing happened... but I did down a few bottles of wine yesterday, so that might not have helped matters much.

 

[passedpawn]

*swearword* *swearword* *swearword*

I tried that the first time I saw that and nothing happened... but I did down a few bottles of wine yesterday, so that might not have helped matters much.

I just edited it to add the link to the higher res pic... it wasn't the wine

 

[shroomzofdoom]

My daughter makes these and puts them in bags with tags. Local humane society sells them at festivals etc., money goes back to the pups.

Good for you and your daughter, and good for the dogs! You're good people.

 

[dregus]

Dogs, like humans, are carnivors by nature but that doesnt meant that won't like a good spent grain dog biscuit.

I hate to break to all us meat lovers but those flat teeth we all have in the back of our mouths called molars are ment for mashing grains and veggies, the canine teeth are meant for tearing meat so that makes us omnivores. Even if like me you hardly ever eat veggies.

 

[Ogri]

This'll probably the determining factor that has motivated me enough to get into giving, at least partial mash/steeping specialty grains or maybe even, all grain a bash.

Muttley will be stoked