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Homemade Dog Treats for Christmas
12/13/09
Ready for another budget Christmas?
Since the resources only run so deep, we made dog treats for our four-footed friends this year. Peanut Butter Cookies, Garlic Biscuits, and Sweet Potato and Oatmeal were chosen because they are Vegas tested and approved. Sometimes I will give Vegas, our grehound, a store bought treat and a homemade treat at the same time and she always eats the home made treat first. I bagged the cookies as they cooled in clear and red cellophane bags that I had left over from last year, but you can find them at the Container Store.
After cooling and being wrapped, I placed them in the freezer (box and all) until a day before to maintain freshness.
The boxes are recycled from work. You can also use gift bags, baskets, or tins. Line the box with some pretty tissue paper, place your cookie selection in the box, fold the tissue paper in ( pic below,) and close your box. Place the whole thing in your freezer if you have room. Take them out Christmas Eve or the day before and decorate the box. If you have limited space in your freezer (I have two) just freeze the cookies and assemble in the boxes just before giving.
Write the cookie selection on the inside of the box, or if you prefer, make a great tag for each of the bags to identify the cookie types.
Here are the recipes.......
Peanut Butter Cookies
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup Canola oil
2 eggs
3 tablespoons peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla (you can leave this out and the dogs won't notice)
2 cups whole wheat flour or spelt four
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup oats
Mix your dry and wet ingredients seperately. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix to form a ball of dough. Roll the dough into one inch balls and place on your cookie sheet. Using a fork squash each ball to 1/4 inch thick making criss cross marks on the top of the cookie. Bake at 400 F for 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Sweet Potato and Oatmeal
8 cups oatmeal
2 cups whole wheat flour
4 eggs
1/4 cup oil
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses
1 cup soy or rice milk
1 can sweet potato puree
1 mashed banana
Preheat oven to 325 F. Spray two cookies sheets with oil.
Mix all ingredients in one large bowl. Drop mixture by spoonful on your cookie sheets. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and store in the refridgerator or freezer. I seperate the cookies into small containers and freeze all but one. Then I can take them out as needed, and they stay fresh.
Garlic Biscuits
2 teaspoons dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
2 tablespoons dry parsley
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
3 tablesppons honey
1 egg
5-6 cups whole wheat flour
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in the warm water. Stir in parsley, garlic, broth, honey, and egg. Gradually blend in flour, adding enough to form a stiff dough. Transfer the dough to a foured surface and knead until smooth, a few minutes.
If you have a great cookie cutter, like one shaped like a dog bone, roll out your dough to i/4 inch thick and cut out your cookies just as you would any cut out cookie. Place biscuits on an ungreased cookie sheet about 1/4 inch apart.
If you do not have a cookie cutter, divide the dough into four sections. Form each section into a long tube shape between one to two inches thick. place these in the freezer for about 30 minutes. Take out and slice into disc shaped cookies about 1/4 inch think. Bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven and flip. Bake another 15 minutes or until lightly brown on both sides. Allow to cool and store in an airtight container.
I made just one batch of each recipe and had enough for six gifts plus extra fot Vegas. That liucky dog!
Living a life of personal balance, moderation, education, and connection.
Since the resources only run so deep, we made dog treats for our four-footed friends this year. Peanut Butter Cookies, Garlic Biscuits, and Sweet Potato and Oatmeal were chosen because they are Vegas tested and approved. Sometimes I will give Vegas, our grehound, a store bought treat and a homemade treat at the same time and she always eats the home made treat first. I bagged the cookies as they cooled in clear and red cellophane bags that I had left over from last year, but you can find them at the Container Store.
After cooling and being wrapped, I placed them in the freezer (box and all) until a day before to maintain freshness.
The boxes are recycled from work. You can also use gift bags, baskets, or tins. Line the box with some pretty tissue paper, place your cookie selection in the box, fold the tissue paper in ( pic below,) and close your box. Place the whole thing in your freezer if you have room. Take them out Christmas Eve or the day before and decorate the box. If you have limited space in your freezer (I have two) just freeze the cookies and assemble in the boxes just before giving.
Write the cookie selection on the inside of the box, or if you prefer, make a great tag for each of the bags to identify the cookie types.
Here are the recipes.......
Peanut Butter Cookies
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup Canola oil
2 eggs
3 tablespoons peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla (you can leave this out and the dogs won't notice)
2 cups whole wheat flour or spelt four
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup oats
Mix your dry and wet ingredients seperately. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix to form a ball of dough. Roll the dough into one inch balls and place on your cookie sheet. Using a fork squash each ball to 1/4 inch thick making criss cross marks on the top of the cookie. Bake at 400 F for 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Sweet Potato and Oatmeal
8 cups oatmeal
2 cups whole wheat flour
4 eggs
1/4 cup oil
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses
1 cup soy or rice milk
1 can sweet potato puree
1 mashed banana
Preheat oven to 325 F. Spray two cookies sheets with oil.
Mix all ingredients in one large bowl. Drop mixture by spoonful on your cookie sheets. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and store in the refridgerator or freezer. I seperate the cookies into small containers and freeze all but one. Then I can take them out as needed, and they stay fresh.
Garlic Biscuits
2 teaspoons dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
2 tablespoons dry parsley
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
3 tablesppons honey
1 egg
5-6 cups whole wheat flour
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in the warm water. Stir in parsley, garlic, broth, honey, and egg. Gradually blend in flour, adding enough to form a stiff dough. Transfer the dough to a foured surface and knead until smooth, a few minutes.
If you have a great cookie cutter, like one shaped like a dog bone, roll out your dough to i/4 inch thick and cut out your cookies just as you would any cut out cookie. Place biscuits on an ungreased cookie sheet about 1/4 inch apart.
If you do not have a cookie cutter, divide the dough into four sections. Form each section into a long tube shape between one to two inches thick. place these in the freezer for about 30 minutes. Take out and slice into disc shaped cookies about 1/4 inch think. Bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven and flip. Bake another 15 minutes or until lightly brown on both sides. Allow to cool and store in an airtight container.
I made just one batch of each recipe and had enough for six gifts plus extra fot Vegas. That liucky dog!
Living a life of personal balance, moderation, education, and connection.
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