It's the stuff of old-school soda fountains and malt ball confections. Perhaps it reminds you of childhood, perhaps it reminds you of a cookie you had just the other day from your corner bakery because, let's fact it, malted milk powder has crept back into our cultural consciousness. Folks are adding it to everything from cakes to cookies to ice cream batters. Thankfully so.
What is malted milk powder exactly? It's essentially an evaporated powder made from malted barley, wheat flour, and whole milk. Originally developed as an infant nutritional supplement, today bakers and ice cream makers love it for the rich, almost toasty flavor it imparts. It should be readily available at most grocery stores (I like Carnation or King Arthur brands), and is wonderful to experiment with in the sweet and savory kitchen. Here are a few ideas:
• Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies - The Pioneer Woman
• Burnt Banana Chocolate Malted Milkshake - Joy the Baker
• Malted Milk Ice Cream - Tracey's Culinary Adventures
• Chocolate Malted Cupcakes - Taste and Tell
• Vanilla Malt Pudding - Hungry Girl Por Vida
What's your favorite way to use malted milk powder?
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I actually just added some malted milk to my chocolate protein shake this morning. I've always kept it in the house ever since I was a kid.
Hubby and I were JUST talking about this last night (after we had eaten some of daughter's malt ball robin's egg easter candy). Does anyone know if I can just add the malt powder to any recipe or do I need to adjust some of the other components?
I adore malted milk powder. I use it in a fabulous chocolate malt cake. Yum!
Normally I don't feel compelled to share links, but I've been using a pancake recipe with malted milk powder and they are so unbelievably delicious that I have to. I didn't even like pancakes until I tried these, and they always turn out perfect, every time. This is not my recipe, I found it on TastyKitchen.
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/breakfastbrunch/pancakeswaffles/perfect-diner-pancakes/
Ok. I have to try the pancakes. Those sound ridiculous.
Kristenwi - I've used that recipe! Although, I stopped using the malted milk powder from Nestle until I can find something non-GMO and organic. So, I tweaked the recipe to use coconut flour as an alternative, adding some more liquids, and it works beautifully :D
You don't even know!!! I should mention though- I add more milk than the recipe states. If the batter feels too thick, you can add more milk and it won't affect how awesome they are. The recipe says 3/4 c., but I usually end up adding an additional 1/2 c. approximately.
Stupid question that is unrelated to the topic. Does anyone know the brand and set name of the spoon from the picture?
Yes! Pancakes but WAFFLES, even more. No sense in making a waffle batter without malted milk in it!
My dad used to add malted milk powder to his milkshakes, they were soooo good.
Megan: What are some examples of malted milk powder in savory cooking? I've never thought of using it for anything except sweet stuff.
I LOVE malted milk powder, but unfortunately I just twist-tied the top of my plastic bag of it and forgot about it for several months. When I went to use it again, it was infested with Indian meal moths!!!
Moral of the story - store every kind of grain and nut in air-tight, preferably glass containers.
Hi OpElena, I'm very interested in your initiative to replace malted milk powder with coconut flour. Does it really work? No change in texture and taste whatsoever? And what liquid did you add to it? :)