Homebrew Spent Grain Beer Bread

My hubby has been dabbling with making his own beer at home for about a year now. He likes to get his money's worth out of the ingredients he buys. Most beer recipes consist of 4 or 5 cups of a variety of mixed whole grains.

Following on from an idea of another friend of ours who brews, he's been looking for a quality Spent Grain Bread recipe.

He found this one, and it turns our a really good loaf and is quite healthy at the same time.

Ingredients:

1 bottle (12oz) beer (any style or brand, hubby insists on using his own beer)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon yeast
3/4 cup dry milk
1 1/2 cups spent grain
2 eggs
1 tablespoon salt
5 cups flour


Directions:

Make a sponge by combining the beer, sugar, yeast, dry milk and spent grain. Cover this and let it sit for a couple of hours.

Add the eggs and salt, and enough flour to make a workable dough. Knead it (working in only as much flour as you need), then let it rise again.

Shape it into loaves, and bake by placing it in a cold oven. Set the oven temp to 400 for 15 minutes, then down to 350 for an additional 20 to 30 minutes.