DECEMBER 23, 2008 12:35AM
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cookies for the pups in your life
With so many sweet treats for humans available during the holidays, it only seemed fitting that Lulu and Phoebe might These are easy to make, smell great, and will make any dog drool. It is a cookie that will win you lots of love. They are gluten free. And before you laugh or roll your eyes - there are many, many dogs that are sensitive to grains, so it is always a good idea to make dog treats that all dogs can eat. After all, would you really want to leave poor old faithful Nigel without a food gift in his stocking just because he can’t eat wheat?
This is a one-bowl deal and takes no time to toss together. It does, however, take a bit of time to bake, so you need to leave time for the cookies to sit in an oven. Think of them as twice baked dog biscotti.
Equipment
One bowl, a wooden spoon, a scoop, some measuring things, and baking pans and silpats or parchment.
cast of characters
Ingredients
2 cups of cooked oatmeal
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons organic creamy peanut butter (room temp)
2 tablespoons plain yogurt
1 tablespoon honey
¼ cup pure rice bran
¾ cup of shredded cheese packed loosely
1 egg
pinch cinnamon
¼ cup coconut flour
¼ cup rice flour
Directions
Makes about 50 cookies. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook the oatmeal in water with a tiny pinch of salt. Scoop out two cups of the cooked oatmeal for the cookies and let cool. Add all the remaining ingredients with the exception of the flours. Stir until mixed. Add the coconut flour and then the rice flour until the mixture comes away from the sides of the bowl. It may take a bit more or less, depending on the weather and your other ingredients.
cooked and cooled oatmeal
adding everything except flours
dough comes away from sides of bowl
Using a tablespoon scooper, drop onto the cookie sheet fairly close together. This recipe will fill two baking sheets. Flatten the cookies with a fork dipped in water (like peanut butter cookies) and criss-cross them. You will need to dip the fork in water for every other one so it doesn't stick. Make them pretty flat.
using a small scoop
scooped
criss cross hatch, and flattened
Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through. Bake until light brown.
first baking, lightly brown
Turn the oven down to 275 degrees and bake the cookies for about 35 minutes more. Rotate halfway. You want them to dry out like biscotti.
flipped and double baked
Flip them over onto one cookie sheet so they are all upside down. Drop the temp to 250 degrees and return to the oven for about another 20 minutes.You are drying them out and double baking them like biscotti. When finished and cool they should snap in the middle.
Cool completely. Keep these in a tin and they will last for well over a month. But only if you don’t show the dog how to open the tin!
Notes: I use Bob’s Redmill gluten free oats, either steel cut or rolled. They are certified gluten free. You can use any rice flour – dogs don’t much care about the texture. Don’t use peanut butter with any sugar in it. I used Colby and Jack cheeses for this recipe. Very lightly pack the measuring cup with the cheese. Remember, there is tons of fiber in these cookies, so if your dog is not used to fiber, don’t feed him/her too many all at once. Enjoy!
cheesy goodness
And for your amusement, Lulu and Phoebe taste test the flying cookies. Lulu actually might need glasses, but Phoebe can catch anything!
coming in for a landing
perfect catch...on two paws
I see it! I see it!
Got it? Right? I got it?
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Comments
Happy holidays everyone! Eat hearty!
What a good Dog-Mom you are! Love the pictures of Lulu and Phoebe. Hilarious, especially Lulu's pictures.
They're obviously in for a very tasty Christmas.
They're obviously in for a very tasty Christmas.
L&P, I am so behind on reading your posts...For weeks, I've been up to my eyeballs in a little baking project of my own and OS time has been limited. But it seems every time I stop in for a little peek, I see your stuff on the cover! Congratulations!
As for these cookies, the heck with the dogs, they look good enough for me to eat! I'm incredibly impressed with how neat and organized things look in your pictures -- like one of those kitchens on the Food Channel. I tried making homemade treats for my dogs' canine friends a few years ago. The project involved pureeing a lot of liver, which burnt out my blender, and the kitchen was a complete disaster. Our dogs were going crazy from the smell of all the liver, too. Unfortunately, standard poodles have extremely sensitive GI tracts and can only eat the blandest of diets -- even the raccoons won't touch their kibble. So, alas, no Wolfilicious Biscuits in their future.
But thanks anyway, and happy holidays to you, the Geek, and your adorable pooches.
As for these cookies, the heck with the dogs, they look good enough for me to eat! I'm incredibly impressed with how neat and organized things look in your pictures -- like one of those kitchens on the Food Channel. I tried making homemade treats for my dogs' canine friends a few years ago. The project involved pureeing a lot of liver, which burnt out my blender, and the kitchen was a complete disaster. Our dogs were going crazy from the smell of all the liver, too. Unfortunately, standard poodles have extremely sensitive GI tracts and can only eat the blandest of diets -- even the raccoons won't touch their kibble. So, alas, no Wolfilicious Biscuits in their future.
But thanks anyway, and happy holidays to you, the Geek, and your adorable pooches.
Thanks Laurel!
bumping for the dogs.
bumping for the dogs.
They are just so cute in their little coats! :) Yummy sounding recipe is good too.
These look and sound fantastic! I love the coconut flour idea. And cute jacket, and great catch, Phoebe!
I am going to make these as soon as I get a stove. That was supposed to happen before Christmas, but there's been too much snow. My girls are going to love these, I am quite sure. I'll report back in January. Thank you so much, Lulu and Phoebe, and a very Merry Christmas to you.
I am going to make these as soon as I get a stove. That was supposed to happen before Christmas, but there's been too much snow. My girls are going to love these, I am quite sure. I'll report back in January. Thank you so much, Lulu and Phoebe, and a very Merry Christmas to you.
Thanks everyone.
Laurel - these are good for sensitive tummies. Leave out the stuff that might bother them, it works the same way. Lulu is gluten sensitive so these are for her.
Laurel - these are good for sensitive tummies. Leave out the stuff that might bother them, it works the same way. Lulu is gluten sensitive so these are for her.
Rated for the following:
SILPAT MAT!!
BOSTONS!!
BOSTONS IN SWEATERS!!
SILPAT MAT!!
BOSTONS!!
BOSTONS IN SWEATERS!!
thank you peanut! silpats are great. almost as great as bostons in sweaters! happy holidays!
Dear Lulu & Phoebe...
I tried to leave you a comment here, but ran out of room. Please find your very special Christmas story, just for you, on my OS blog.
Love,
The Pea
I tried to leave you a comment here, but ran out of room. Please find your very special Christmas story, just for you, on my OS blog.
Love,
The Pea
How cute are these dogs? I'm just asking. I love BTs. Look at those faces. And now you have me picturing little BT glasses. How cute would that be?
Rated for the pooches.
Rated for the pooches.
Aw, awesome job Mama! Great recipe! Those pup pics are just to die for!
Sooooooooooo Pawed and a Big yummy Bump!
Sooooooooooo Pawed and a Big yummy Bump!
Cute!
These look terrific! I love the photos of Phoebe catching the cookies. Too cute.
By the way, you *must* have your own cookbook out by now, right?
By the way, you *must* have your own cookbook out by now, right?
Just one breathless question: Who is Phoebe wearing?
Those look good enough to eat. My dog, though, is a real meat eater--especially chicken and turkey.
Hope you check out my treats for the birds--on my post.
Hope you check out my treats for the birds--on my post.
Those pictures are too funny :D you are such a good dog mom! I'll have to try this recipe!
Awwww... everything about this post is extra-kewl and appealing - I must send the recipe to my brother, who has two "Chee-hwa-hwas", as my niece calls them. Thanks for this merry and bright Christmas post! And happy everything to you and your family!
dogs eat better than I do...........
thanks everyone! happy christmas eve!
Lulu and Phoebe are wearing Millie Fleeces, a company in Sao Paulo. You can find there here sometimes. Warm!
Joan - you can certainly add meat, just whiz it up in the food processor and adjust the dry ingredients. I promise to wander over to the birds!
Thanks Lisa!
Merry holidays!
Lulu and Phoebe are wearing Millie Fleeces, a company in Sao Paulo. You can find there here sometimes. Warm!
Joan - you can certainly add meat, just whiz it up in the food processor and adjust the dry ingredients. I promise to wander over to the birds!
Thanks Lisa!
Merry holidays!
CLASSIC! Coco is wagging her tail and barking!
rated!
Merry Woofmas
rated!
Merry Woofmas
Poem by The Dog
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You gonna eat that?
You gonna eat that?
I'll eat that.
You gonna eat that?
You gonna eat that?
You gonna eat that?
I'll eat that.
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