MY HOMEMADE DOG TREATS

Today I found that we were out of dog treats. I could have waited until we drove into town, but since our dogs are trained to bark when someone comes to visit our farm,(or our next door neighbor's), and then to run into the house for a treat, I needed some on-hand.  This is how I made them;

 

First I took a bowl and placed in it, 1 cup of oatmeal and 1 cup of water. (The oatmeal was regular, not instant / quick, but I don't think that would have mattered).  I stirred it, microwaved it for 2 mins. then stirred again. 

 

I then took 3 jars of meat baby food.  I used the 2 1/2 oz. sized jars of Ham and Ham gravy.

I stirred the meat into the oatmeal.  I mixed it and placed it into my food processor to mix.

 

 

After I let the processor mix the ingredients, I added 6 cups of flour.These were added 1 cup at a time. I used regular all purpose flour, but I am sure that whole wheat flour could also be used.

I made sure to mix the flour in one cup at a time. After adding the 5th cup I needed to take out 1/2 of the dough and mix in 1/2 cup of the flour into the half remaining in the bowl.  I then repeated with the 2nd half of the dough.

 

I then rolled out the dough to about 1/4" thick and cut out approximately 2" heart shaped dog treats.

 

These were then placed on an ungreased cookie sheet.

 

This recipe made 76 dog cookies. These baked in a 325 degree F. oven for 35 mins. or until golden brown.

They were then transferred to a rack to cool.

Of course the dogs needed to try them after they were cooled!

As you can see, no foil, paper, or grease was needed.

Three cookies for our 3 dogs,who are waiting patiently.

Good Doggies!

Kallie, the Newfoundland

Buddy, the rescued Golden Retriever

Durango, the rescued Black Lab wanna-be

await their cookies.

Durango got his cookie first.

Buddy catching his cookie.

Kallie showing us what she thought of the cookies!

Just checking to make sure no crumbs were missed! I would have to say that they totally enjoyed their cookies and followed me around for quite awhile hoping that I would let them taste test some more, (which they did!)