Most of my family & friends are animal people and I love those 'bake your own' pet treats. I'd like to mix the dry ingredients like the sand art cookies and give them as gifts. but I need recipes. Since I'm not about to buy an expensive pet treat book can someone email some suggestions to me? BTW, I saw 'sand art' bake-your-own horse treats at a local tack shop for $10.00 for a quart jar. There's alotta jars in a 50lb sack of oats or sweet feed! ;-) Elle

-- elle (hotging@aol.com), November 28, 2000

Answers

Here is a recipe for Doggie and Kitty Biscuits

1 lb liver , organ or other meat to make 2 cups of cooked meat 2 cups bran 2 cups oatmeal (old fashion kind) 1/4 c cooking oil 1 tbsp garlic powder (may decrease bran by 1/2 c and add 1/2 brewers yeast--this is suppose to ward off fleas and parasites (????))

Preheat oven to 250'

Cover meat with cold water and bring to a boil---immediately lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes Remove from heat and retain water--Cool

When meat is completely cooled chop or process until finely ground. Mix meat with all other ingredients. Add the cooled liquid only to make a dough that is course and just wet enough to work with. Shape doug into flattened balls or little bone shapes . (If really creative use cookie cutters of assorted shapes.) Bake for 3 hours --turn off the oven and let the biscuits cool IN THE OVEN-- to make sure they are hard and crunchie. Let the biscuits air dry for 24 hours and store in a closed container. Will store for 4 weeks in pantry. Freeze for longer storage. Yield 3 pounds.

I would love a horse treat recipe.

-- Faith (foureverfaith@hotmail.com), November 28, 2000.

DISCLAIMER: I HAVE NOT TRIED ANY OF THESE RECIPES!!!

DOG RECIPES http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1011/dog.htm

http://soar.berkeley.edu/recipes/dog/indexall.htm

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

HORSE RECIPES

  Horse Muffins 3/4 cup flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup bran 1 egg 1/2 cup milk 1/3 cup molasses 1/4 cup oil Sift together first four ingredients into a bowl.  Measure milk and beat in egg.  Add oil and molasses to egg/milk.  Mix liquid into dry ingredients stirring until just mixed.  Fill paper lined or greased cupcake or muffin tins 2/3 full and bake at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes. Makes 12.  We make these for New Years Day treats for our horses' birthdays.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

  EASIER HORSE COOKIES 1 cup carrot grated 1 apple grated 2 Tablespoons corn oil 1/4 cup molasses 1 tsp. salt 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Lightly grease cookie sheet. In a large bowl, mix CARROT, APPLE, CORN OIL and MOLASSES together. Then fold in SALT, OATS and FLOUR until well mixed. Spread dough out in one big piece on the cookie sheet. Score dough with a knife to make it easier to break apart after baking. (Or try rolling dough out and cutting shapes with cookie cutters) Cook for 20 minutes or until brown. Let cool, break apart and serve.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

EASY NO COOK SNAPS

4 cups BRAN 4 cups APPLESAUCE Mix ingredients together.  Batter should be doughy.  Roll out with a rolling pin and cut shapes with cookie cutters.  Let dough dry and serve.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

HORSEY BURRITO

1 soft BURRITO 1 CARROT sliced lengthwise in four pieces CARROT GREEN TOPS 1/2 cup BRAN 1/2 cup MOLASSES

Lay a BURRITO out flat.  Put CARROTS side by side right on top.  Add a few CARROT GREENS and set aside. In a bowl, mix BRAN and MOLASSES together.  Pour mixtures on top of carrots and roll burrito tightly.  Wrap a green carrot top around burrito to tie it closed.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

  Silver's Favorite

10 cups flour 1 2/3 cups instant nonfat dry milk 1/3 cup baking powder 2 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 2/3 cups shortening 1 or 2 carrots, coarsely grated 2/3 cups water

Combine dry ingredients in a large Tupperware container that can be covered and refrigerated.  Add shortening and mix with a blender until mix looks like fine crumbs, it will last 3 months in the fridge.

Take three cups Dry Mix 1 or 2 carrots, coarsely grated 2/3 cups water

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine Dry Mix, carrots, and sugar in a large bowl, gradually add water to make dough soft, but not sticky.  Knead dough on a floured board about 15 times. Divide roll in half and roll each section our flat, about 1/4 inch thick. Cut with a cookie cutter bake about 10 min until lightly browned.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Home On The Range Horse Cookies

1c Oats (or barley) 1c Cracked Corn 1c Bran (or wheat germ) 1c Corn Meal 2c molasses 1/3c Apple Juice (or water) 1 diced carrot 1 diced apple

Preheat oven to 350 F Mix first 5 ingredients, let stand for 20 mins. Then mix in the rest. Pour the whole sticky mess into a pan and bake for 20-30 minutes. Will be rather sticky (all that molasses).  

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Microwavable Horse Cookies

2 cups flour, 5 cups oatmeal, 1/2 cup corn oil, 1 clove garlic 1 cup  diced carrots Combine ingrediants in bowl form into small balls which you press down with a spoon then place in microwavable pan or sheet and  microwave on high for 6 minutes per batch.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Horse and Dog Cookies

1 1/2 pint (or 500 ml) of molasses 1 jar of applesauce 1/2 c. of corn or veggie oil 8 c. of large flake oatmeal 4 c. of bran (horse bran) 1 1/2Tbsp. of baking soda 2 lbs. shredded carrots 10 c. of whole wheat flour.

Preheat oven to 350 F Mix it all together and check for "cookie" consistency in the dough. Grease cookie sheets (with the molasses ~ this is really important), Drop by large horse sized spoonfuls onto cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Then air out the house of molasses smell!!

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Paca Paca Nuggets

10 cups flour 1 2/3 cups instant nonfat dry milk 1/3 cup baking powder 2 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 2/3 cups shortening

Combine dry ingredients in a large Tupperware container that can be covered and refrigerated. Add shortening and mix with a blender until mix looks like fine crumbs, it will last 3 months in the fridge. Take three cups of this mix 1 or 2 carrots, coarsely grated 2/3 cups water Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine mix, carrots, and sugar in a large bowl, gradually add water to make dough soft, but not sticky. Knead dough on a floured board about 15 times divide roll in half and roll each section our flat, about 1/4 inch thick. Cut with a cookie cutter bake about 10 min until lightly browned.  

-- ~Rogo (rogo2020@yahoo.com), November 28, 2000.

Thanks for posting those! I've made some cookies for ours, but nothing fancy, and this will sure help! Now, to just find the time to bake.... Jan

-- Jan in Colorado (Janice12@aol.com), November 29, 2000.

Here's a recipe for dog biscuits, my dogs love them. 6 cups whole wheat flour 2 beaten eggs

-- Marlene Leiby (mleiby@caprock-spur.com), December 03, 2000.

Here's a recipe for dog biscuits, my dogs love them. 6 cups whole wheat flour 2 beaten eggs 4 tsp. honey 1 tsp. salt 1 cup powdered milk 2/3 cup cooking oil 1 1/4 cup hot water or meat juice

Put hot water & oil in large bowl. Stir in the milk, salt, honey and eggs. Add flour, mixing well- knead 3-5 minutes. Makes a stiff dough. Roll to 1/2" thick and cut into shapes. Place on greased baking sheet. Bake 50 minutes at 325. Allow to cool and dry out until hard before storing in air=tight container.

-- Marlene Leiby (mleiby@caprock-spur.com), December 03, 2000.