Tag Archives: dessert
Milk Stout Chocolate and Coconut Cookies
This recipe was definitely an experiment. Thankfully it was one that ended with nice results, but not without some trail and error. The process to get to the end product is a bit unusual. It felt wrong at times and I was unsure about the final product at first, but …
Chocolate Stout Truffles
If you are looking to impress a crowd or need a thoughtful gift to bring a friend with minimal effort, these truffles are your answer. They are a super rich chocolate treat that look luxurious, but only require a few ingredients and minimal active time in the kitchen. I can …
Stout Vanilla Sugar
Over Christmas I spent a lot of time looking through foodie magazines and came across a recipe for bourbon sugar in Bon Appetit. It seemed like the perfect easy recipe to ease myself back into the beer kitchen world after a jam-packed holiday season. Of course, the bourbon would have …
Hefeweizen Glazed Banana Bread
When I was growing up my mom made the best banana bread. It was always super moist and delicious. When I got old enough to start baking myself, I started to make the banana bread and was surprised to discover that, a) the recipe was from a very random early …
Chocolate & Porter Topped Malt Peanut Butter Krispy Bars
I am a lucky lady for many reasons, one of which is that I have a lot of really smart and talented people in my life. Last week I found myself wanting to make celebratory treats for some of the awesome things a group of these folks accomplished. I am …
Chocolate Banana Beer Cake w/Banana Beer Cream & Peanut Butter Frosting
Toast with peanut butter and banana is my staple breakfast. I love it. I eat it almost every day, so it was about time that this go-to breakfast of mine provided some inspiration for my next beer confection. When enjoying my first meal of the day recently, I decided that …
Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin Cupakes with Raspberry Lambic Filling & Frosting
Last week one of my good friends announced to me that she was planning on celebrating her birthday that weekend in a low key fashion at a local dive bar by her house. Nothing special, just whoever is around that wants to stop by for a beer is welcome. That …
Put all that Pumpkin Beer to Good Use, Part 3: Pumpkin Beer Pudding Parfaits
Despite going into this cooking project ready for a failure, I think it’s safe to say this is the best beer/food creation I have concocted yet. I was pretty terrified about the idea of making pudding from scratch and with adding beer into the mix, I was well prepared for …