In a message dated 4/10/2007 4:12:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Since the dog biscuits were recalled, does anyone have
a biscuit recipie so my baby won't feel neglected.
Thanks,
Susan in NV (getting dirty looks from the dog)
Susan,
The recipe below is one I took off the Bone Appetit website in 2000 when I
needed a no sodium recipe for treats for our late dog Bunter when he was
suffering from heart disease and was on a low salt diet. Oldtimers on the
list
may remember a photo that circulated on the internet of my wife and Bunter
who was literally twice her size. We have been feeding these to all of our
dogs and my macaw ever since. The one warning I would make is don't let
children get near these. My boys, now 22 and 25, eat them as fast as we can
make
them. We now serve dog biscuits at Thanksgiving and other holiday dinners
instead of dinner rolls or bread.
The recipe is #15 of 44 in a book that was sold on the website and is called
Maple Flavored Tail-Waggin' Wonders. If the book is still available, I bet
it is a great one. The recipe calls for:
4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup oatmeal (we use whole rolled oats instead)
1 teaspoon imitation maple flavoring (we use real maple syrup or honey
instead)
4 vegetable bouillon cubes
one a half cups water (we usually use the same amount of no sodium chicken
broth instead of the water and bouillon cubes)
a third cup of vegetable oil
a quarter cup of margarine (we usually just use more vegetable oil)
Preheat oven to 300 degrees (we find 400 degrees works better)
Dissolve bouillon in water, mix all ingredients.
Roll out half an inch thick. Cut into circles with a small drinking glass.
Bake for 25 minutes.
Brush with margarine when warm. (we skip this)
Allow to cool completely. (Good luck with this since everyone wants to eat
them immediately.) Leave in oven 24 hours for extra crunchy biscuits. (We
never do this.)
This makes a couple of dozen good sized biscuits. They break in half easily
to make suitable portions depending on who you are feeding them to. We
usually give the Pyrenees a whole biscuit, the pitbull a half biscuit, the
Schipperke a quarter biscuit and the blue and gold macaw the other quarter
biscuit.
Personally, I like them with marmalade. We keep the biscuits which aren't
eaten immediately in the refrigerator.
John Parke
Solvang CA
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