oatmeal chocolate chip beer cookies

oatmeal + chocolate + beer

2 cups      wheat flour
2 1/2 cups      oats
1/2 teaspoon      baking powder
1 teaspoon      baking soda
1 teaspoon      salt
1/2 cup      butter
2/3 cup      sugar
2/3 cup      brown sugar
2      eggs
1 teaspoon      vanilla
12 ounces      milk chocolate chips
12 ounces      dark beer

Reduce your favorite dark beer. [ I used an oatmeal stout from Iron Spike Brewing Co ] Pour beer into a saucepan and stir occasionally on high. Cook beer until it is reduced by half. Reduction of beer takes about 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
 

Combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add in eggs, vanilla, and beer. Mix ingredients together. Stir in chocolate chips.

 

Drop cookie dough by spoon onto a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Move cookies to a cooling rack.

midnight express oatmeal stout

Midnight Express is an oatmeal stout by Iron Spike Brewing Co 
from Galesburg, Illinois!

beer brownies

[ today is my BiRtHdAy! i am 4.0! ]

To celebrate, I made beer brownies! They smell so good! And, they taste absolutely delicious! These beer brownies are perfect for my birthday. The beer I used for this recipe was ZiegenBock Texas Amber. I picked it up on a trip to TX to visit my friend, Keri!

beer brownie:
12 ounces      dark beer
1/2 cup      butter
1 cup      cocoa
2 cups      sugar
6 ounces      milk chocolate
2      eggs
2 teaspoons      vanilla
1/2 teaspoon      salt
1 cup      wheat flour

beer frosting:
6 tablespoons      butter
2 cups      powdered sugar
6 tablespoons      beer concentrate

Add the beer to a saucepan and bring to a boil. The beer reduces to about 2/3 of a cup. The process takes around 30 minutes. Set aside to cool. Reserve 4 tablespoons for the beer frosting.

Melt the butter and chocolate. Add in cocoa powder and sugar. Stir in the reduced beer, egg, and vanilla. Combine flour and salt. Add to the mixture and stir well.

Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray. Pour the batter into the pan evenly. Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes. Let the brownies cool.

To make the frosting, mix together the butter and powdered sugar. Stir in the 6 tablespoons of beer. Frost the brownies and enjoy!

 

I am looking forward to adventures in 2018!

Cheers to 4.0!