Sweet Stout recipe help

[Logger]

As a Christmas present, I am brewing beer for a few of my relatives. They choose the style and they get a case of whatever the result is. My cousin wants a 'sweet stout.' sweet, easy. the only issue is, a lot of the recipes i find call for the addition of lactose. i happen to be lactose intolerant. i know its a present for her, but i'm keeping half the batch for myself and i want to be able to partake. so, i'm looking into adding carapils, or something similar to add body and maybe a bit of sweet. any ideas, how much? no oatmeal, she wants to cook with it. how about blackstrap molasses? "designing great beers" says its only 50-60% fermentable, so i thought that might be good.

i am an extract + steeping or mini mash brewer, so i can't muck around with mashing temps. thanks in advance for your help!

[Lufah]

Here is a recipe that I brewed a couple time.


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 2.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.080 SG
Estimated Color: 55.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 17.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Time: 45 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
7.00 lb Dark Dry Extract (17.5 SRM) Dry Extract 63.6 %
2.00 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 18.2 %
1.00 lb Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 9.1 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 9.1 %
2.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.50%] (60 min) Hops 15.3 IBU
1.00 oz Fuggles [4.50%] (15 min) Hops 2.0 IBU
1.00 oz Fuggles [4.50%] (5 min) (Aroma Hop-SteepHops -
1 Pkgs Irish Ale (White Labs #WLP004) Yeast-Ale

[BrotherhoodBrew]

Here is a sweet stout I brewed. It turned out great. I did add the milk sugar but I removed it as I've done this recipe without it before and I like it either way. This last time I also split the batch and added cherries to half of it and it was awesome... though I'm biased but my wife loved it and most people at the brew club liked it too.

You could swap extract for the pale and it should be ok.

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 6.50 Wort Size (Gal): 6.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 15.40
Anticipated OG: 1.060 Plato: 14.69
Anticipated SRM: 47.0
Anticipated IBU: 30.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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68.2 10.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
8.1 1.25 lbs. Chocolate Malt ( Pale ) America 1.034 200
8.1 1.25 lbs. Flaked Oats America 1.033 2
6.5 1.00 lbs. Crystal 105L Great Britain 1.033 105
4.2 0.65 lbs. Black Patent Malt Great Britain 1.027 525
4.9 0.75 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 1.029 350

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.75 oz. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 4.75 30.0 60 min.