Codename : Spent Grain Flour

Previously I had baked with the spent grain, going to mix it up by taking that wet spent grain, dry it out, and grind it into flour. This method utilises a dehydrator.

Ingredients

• At least 4 cups of spent grain (4 cups should get you about 1 cup of finished product)

Instructions

• Line the trays with paper towel or baking paper, else the grain will fall though.
• Scoop the grain onto the paper, approximately 1/4″ or 1 cm thick.
• Stack the trays, following your manufacturers recommendations.
• Set the dehydrator at 105F for 12 hours, overnight worked well.
• Allow the dried grain to cool to room temperature.
• You will know it is done, from the golden colour, and crispy texture.
• (You can skip this step, I did not find it as useful as I thought), grind the dried grain through your grain mill. What came out was more in the consistency of wheat bran, not quite flour.
• Put the grain in your food processor and pulse it until you have a flour consistency.

This batch of flour was made from my recent best bitter beer.