What Is Malt extract and How Can I Use It?

Wondering what to do with malt extract? This guide covers how to pick it, cook it, store it, and swap it — with 6 recipes to put it to work.

Recipes using malt extract

There are 6 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Oatmeal raisin cookies with rolled oats, plump raisins, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Chewy in the middle, lightly crisp at the edges, gone in minutes.

Double Stout

Rich, full-bodied homebrew stout made with dark malt extract, roasted barley, and black patent malt for deep chocolate and coffee notes.

Potted Five Grain Bread

Five-grain bread baked in terra cotta flower pots with cracked wheat, rye, whole wheat, oatmeal, and rice. Honey and malt extract add natural sweetness to this rustic multigrain loaf.

Taillaule (Neuchatel)

Taillaule is a rich Swiss celebration bread from Neuchâtel, studded with raisins and lemon zest, brushed with apricot glaze, and finished with water icing and toasted almonds.

Banana Fig Bran Bread - ABM

Filled with fruits and fibers this flavorful two-and-a-half pound loaf provides the RDA for potassium in two half-round slices.

Basic Bread Machine Recipe

Whole wheat bread machine loaf with malt extract and vital wheat gluten for a sturdy, well-risen crumb. A flexible base recipe with endless variations from rye to banana bread.

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