Treats!

Since I picked up all of the ingredients on Tuesday for special homemade dog treats, last night after dinner I decided to make them. The treat recipe was shared with me by Pam Capelli and when she's made them my two, especially Duke, LOVE them! They were fairly easy to make, but did cause quite the mess! I made two batches and I think my two will be set for awhile! I have a few containers in the freezer and another couple in the fridge. Since there's egg in the treats we're not sure if they need to stay cold, any ideas? We figure for now we'd better be safe than sorry!

I decided to break out some of my never before used cookie cutters to shape the dog treats like cats and bones. They were part of a packet with a dog treat recipe book that I received as a gift. I think they made the cookie cutters the right size so they'd fit in the little box instead of making them for use! The bones are the longest, skinniest bones I've ever seen! Surprisingly, they did for the most part stay together, but it was one tough time getting the dough to come out of the cookie cutter. While I suppose I could just cut the dough into squares - what fun is that? I think this calls for new cookie cutters!

Here's the recipe:

Banana Bites

Ingredients
½ cup hot water
1 medium-size, ripe banana (mashed)
½ cup powdered milk
1 egg (beaten)
3 cups whole wheat or oat bran flour (I used whole wheat)

Directions
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. In a large bowl pour hot water over the banana. Stir in powdered milk and egg. Add flour, one cup at a time, until you have a stiff dough. Move dough to a lightly floured surface and roll to ¼-inch thickness. Cut dough into kibble-size squares or use a small cookie cutter. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for fifteen to twenty minutes and remove from cookie sheet immediately. Makes about four cups of treats.

Enjoy!