Tasty Homemade Treats and Recipes for Your Best Friend

By Darrel Rondo

Come On!!! It's your Dog, doesn't he/she deserve the best? Making homemade treats for your dog can be quite easy with these recipes.

Cheesy Dog Biscuits

  • 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/4 cups grated cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 pound margarine
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/4 cup milk, or as needed

Grate the cheese into a bowl and let stand until it reaches room temperature. Cream the cheese with the softened margarine, garlic, salt and flour. Add enough milk to form into a ball.

Chill for 1/2 hour. Roll onto floured board. Cut into shapes and bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes or until slightly brown, and firm.

Makes 2 to 3 dozen, depending on size

Alfalfa Dog Biscuits

  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup soy flour
  • 1 teaspoon bone meal (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 1 tablespoon lecithin (optional)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 3 tablespoons alfalfa sprouts, chopped
  • 1 cup brown rice, cooked
  • 3 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1/2 cup water

Combine flours, bone meal, yeast, lecithin, salt, garlic powder and alfalfa leaves. Add rice and oil. Combine well. Add 1/4 cup water and mix well. Dough should be very easy to handle, not crumbly. Add more water if needed to achieve proper consistency.

Lightly flour board or counter and roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/2 inch cutter. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Makes 3 dozen.

Alfie And Archie's Dog Biscuits

  • 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup powdered milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons beef fat
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/2 cup ice water

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly oil a cookie sheet. Combine flour, dry milk, salt, garlic powder and sugar. Cut in meat drippings until mixture resembles corn meal. Mix in egg. Add enough water so that mixture forms a ball. Using your fingers, pat out dough onto cookie sheet to half inch thick. Cut with cookie cutter or knife and remove scraps. Scraps can be formed again and baked.

Bake 25-30 minutes. Remove from tray and cool on rack.

An Apple a Day Dog Treat

  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup unbleached flour
  • 1/2 cup cornmeal
  • 1 apple, chopped or grated
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
  • 3/8 cup water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray cookie sheet with vegetable oil spray. Lightly dust work surface with flour. Blend flours and cornmeal in a large mixing bowl. Add apple, egg, oil, brown sugar and water; mix until well blended.

On floured surface, roll dough out to 7/8-inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutters of desired shape and size. Place treats on prepared sheet.

Bake in preheated oven 35 to 40 minutes. Turn off oven. Leave door closed 1 hour to crisp treats. Remove treats from oven. Store baked treats in airtight container or plastic bag and place in refrigerator or freezer.

MAKES 2 to 2 1/2 dozen

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