If you've just brewed a new batch of your favorite beer, don't throw out the spent grains or add them to your garden. Make a special treat for man's best friend! This is really easy to do, and your dog will love you for it (more than he/she already does).

This recipe is easily reduced or expanded depending upon how much spent grains you have. Since I seem to average about 4 cups of grains per batch, I'll base the recipe around that, and you can adjust for your needs.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups Spent Grains
• 4 cups Flour
• 1 cup Peanut Butter
• 1 Egg

Preparation:

Mix equal parts of spent grains and flour in a large mixing bowl. It's not necessary to dry the grains first, and the type of flour you use is up to you. Add in the peanut butter, and egg (it's good to beat the egg before adding). Work the mixture together until all of the dry ingredients are damp. You don't want it any wetter than necessary to make the flour damp, so if it's too wet, add some more flour. If it's too dry, add a little water.

Press or roll the mixture into a lightly greased cookie pan. Ideally, it should be about 1/2" thick. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 15 minutes into the baking, pull the cookie sheet out of the oven. and score the dough to the size and shape you want to make the treats. If you want to get fancy, you could also make shapes using a cooking cutter. When the 30 minutes baking time is up, turn off the oven, but leave the treats in the oven with the door closed.

Allow the treats to sit in the oven for 8-10 hours, or overnight. You want to make sure the treats have completely dried out. Other wise, they might mold. Once they've dried completely, break the treats along the scoring you made, and let Fido try one. You can store the treats in a zip lock bag in the pantry. There's no need to refrigerate them.