tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77021977855604031892024-03-06T02:40:33.350-06:00The Grand ChaHee dot ComThe Grand ChaHeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469474114447988419noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-32538914361960207992018-08-04T15:23:00.001-05:002018-08-04T15:34:27.553-05:00Let’s blame the puppy…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I know I haven’t posted a recipe in a while…and if you’ve
been following my Instagram feed, you already know that last October, we got a
puppy—a pure-bred Siberian Husky we named Pilot.<br />
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The original plan was to get a puppy when Presley got a
little older, you know, so Jesse would still have a brother when Presley passed
away (Dogs live, dogs die—it’s a fact of life. Rob’s philosophy: you get them
for 10-12 years, make the most of it, but you have to let them go eventually--it's part of it);
and since I knew it was going to happen eventually, I was kind of puppy crazed
for a while. While I wanted a puppy-puppy, Rob wanted an older puppy—one
halfway housetrained and on its way to becoming a good dog—his age range was 6
months to two years.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8YGmwTYZn-X-07WXGm016DN0m7RrvfPsUxTpXuj3vYJ3abhmNDjJm18eCfmhU-p75Obzg54sbbRD6_l6Jb-KFybc8Worz0ZCzgXZwXmSpbObtFKxk7uixvb-ufktnyPfBDVFOIMLNvI/s1600/IMG_5046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8YGmwTYZn-X-07WXGm016DN0m7RrvfPsUxTpXuj3vYJ3abhmNDjJm18eCfmhU-p75Obzg54sbbRD6_l6Jb-KFybc8Worz0ZCzgXZwXmSpbObtFKxk7uixvb-ufktnyPfBDVFOIMLNvI/s200/IMG_5046.jpg" width="199" /></a>This led us to a 6 month old bloodhound we found on
Craigslist for free. He was so beautiful and sweet when we met his owner in the Little
Caesar’s parking lot; and he got on just fine with Presley as we brought him to
gauge how this dog did with other dogs (Jesse tends to not like any dogs at
first, so Presley was a natural choice—however, Presley is such a pushover—most
dogs like him anyway, so it’s a catch 22, really). We knew he had a “pre-existing
condition” which was food aggression; and the previous owner had disclosed the
condition—but not the extent. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXq1lCL6pVFkPNlBzTfCEhRsGAI6FEiCWp1-pwrxNMsu2piNLvYg15-Euki_EPaXwAbW-qP2SzJv_TWf7qF07JAEK-eZ6-KgvmAMdnxFV88bi9weiGVjV-vkseGUTdTlyMPc1P_8ozCfQ/s1600/IMG_5047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXq1lCL6pVFkPNlBzTfCEhRsGAI6FEiCWp1-pwrxNMsu2piNLvYg15-Euki_EPaXwAbW-qP2SzJv_TWf7qF07JAEK-eZ6-KgvmAMdnxFV88bi9weiGVjV-vkseGUTdTlyMPc1P_8ozCfQ/s200/IMG_5047.jpg" width="199" /></a>Rob was confident that such a sweet dog could be
corrected—most dogs are a little food aggressive, I know my childhood dog was
(a peke-a-poo who came to mid-shin). Also, Jesse—our husky-wolf mix
(#lowcontentwolfdog, #yellowdogjesse)—was very food aggressive as a 4-month old
puppy who’d been born in a culvert and had lived outside with his siblings and
his ½ wolf mother; but Jesse is totally pleasant at meal times. Food Aggression
isn’t incurable, but it takes work. Once we realized that this wasn’t a small
problem, we set about to do some research and try to overcome it.</div>
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However, whenever there was food present, our sweet,
adorable bloodhound puppy turned into a vicious, snarling terrorist who was
anything but pleasant. Since we knew about the problem, we worked to correct it
using “positive” techniques which got me lunged at multiple times when my hand
moved the wrong way and got Rob attacked two or three times. Meal times were
not peaceful—we did not feed the new dog with the other boys—nor did we allow
our other dogs near the bloodhound when food was present. We were afraid he’d
go after one of the other dogs and hurt them; and after 6 days with no
improvement, we had to send him off to a new home.</div>
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I don’t regret sending that dog away—but I’m not fond of
talking about it. We tried, we researched, nothing worked, and the longer he
was with us the more we realized that he was not a people-pleasing dog (which
is kind of odd for the breed).I’m not ashamed to say I failed. He went to
become a hunting dog for a very nice family who lived in the country—pictures
of Rob’s bloody arm were shown and strong cautions given (they had a toddler);
and I stopped dreading coming home—it was a stressful week.</div>
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It cured my puppy fever; but solidified my wish for an
actual puppy—I didn’t want to inherit anyone else’s bad training or failings.
No, whatever dog I got, I wanted to know where his behaviors came from; and if
my dog turned out to be a complete psychotic asshole, there would be no one to
blame but myself. Once bitten, twice shy.</div>
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Puppies were the furthest thing from my mind—due to the
bloodhound and other reasons—when Rob came home that fateful night in October
to tell me that one of his client’s (a dog breeder) had had a “whoops” batch of
pure-bred Siberian Husky puppies, was offering them at a “discount” because she
knew them (and because they didn’t have the right coloring or movement), and
one of his co-workers was going to look at them that night. Despite the fact
that it was over 30 minutes away, Rob coordinated with his co-worker and agreed
to go see these “defective” puppies. We discussed it in the abstract on the way
to her house—we did not have to leave there with a puppy to be happy.</div>
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Well, we get there and there’s four little fluff balls
tumbling around this woman’s living room; and it quickly became not a question
of if we’re getting a puppy but which puppy we’re going to get. Truth be told,
I wanted the one his co-worker had settled on—he had the most “classic” husky
markings and was the most outgoing; and my second pick was his sister—who was
also what I thought a husky should look like and was also very friendly. We
ended up getting one of the shiest ones who was </div>
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looked like a possum who was so
ugly that he was kind of cute. <br />
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The bitches (scientific term, btw) were ruled out because
(bitches be trippin’) Rob has an aversion to having to find doggy tampons (and
yes, I know there’s no such thing; but it’s something to consider with a female
dog until you get her fixed) and he thought that girl dogs were harder to potty
train. <br />
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No, we’re an all male household; and adding another boy just seemed
right—plus, the only dog Jesse has ever gotten down with his teeth to her neck
was Rob’s brother’s female boxer mix; and while she was being a real bitch
(yes, I’m chuckling…maybe I am still just a 12-year old boy at heart) at the
time, it made me wonder if he just doesn’t dig the ladies. At the end of the
day, we knew this was going to be a real life change for all of us and figured
another male was going to be the best fit.</div>
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Jesse was curious about the new addition, Presley basically
ignored him. I half considered naming him the same thing as the bloodhound (the
name that will not be revealed was fairly epic); but new dog, new name. We
settled on Pilot, and Rob added Possum as a middle name—and yes, we </div>
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the last name (not really, he just has Rob’s last name as we wanted him to blend
with the other boys). All was peachy, and we were basking in the cuteness which
is a 9-week old puppy.<br />
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However, now, we’re going to get into why I haven’t blogged
in a while—Puppies are a hell of a lot of work. We had to transition him to a
new food while working to ensure that he would never be food aggressive (a
process during which I was almost certain I was going to make him food
aggressive—but he’s not…he’s just like the other boys at meal times: pet-able,
correctable, and respectful—albeit far more vocal and slightly stubborn). <br />
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while transitioning him off his breeder’s food and onto one more in line with
what we feed the other boys, he developed what we thought was a common
issue—loose stool (which is putting it mildly—watery, disgusting stool would be
more appropriate); and when it didn’t self-correct, we consulted our vet who
had us bring a sample of his stool (i.e. a spoonful of his watery shit in a
plastic baggy) in for testing.</div>
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He was treated for parasites and a bacterial infection that
I can’t readily remember. It didn’t clear up. More baggies of poop, more tests,
more de-wormer. It didn’t clear up. More baggies of poop, more tests, more
de-wormer, and a prescription low-fiber food. It didn’t clear up. More poop
baggies, more tests, more de-wormer—for good measure, and a high-fiber
prescription food.</div>
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Pilot had a fiber sensitivity…and yes, I can say had because
he’s out grown it now. He now eats what the other boys eat, and his poop has
never looked better (and yes, we do still check).</div>
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And all that was just his poop issue.</div>
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None of that included his shots, or getting him neutered and
microchiped (or the four hours I waited at the Human Society to do so before deciding that saving 20 dollars wasn't worth it and scheduling an appointment with our regular vet). None of that included his
potty training, his obedience training, or his constant shedding—which is
different and far more extensive than his wolf-mix brother’s (we finally found
a slicker brush does the best job, but it still just kind of falls out in
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wants to—dog hair is a reality we cannot escape). <br />
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None of that includes the play time, the exercise, the fight
with Amazon when they practically refused to deliver the toy I’d ordered for
him and instead kept sending me some Lego-like dog model. None of that includes
the socialization with people and other dogs, the trips to the park, the
fencing of the back yard. None of that includes designing and building him an elevated dog feeder so he could feel like a big dog with the other boys...or the designing and building of new elevated dog bows for the other two dogs as their existing feeders looked really shabby.<br />
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None of that includes the breaking of peeing outside his
crate (yes, the little bastard figured out quickly that he didn’t want to sit
in his own pee and that the crate had bars from which he could pee on the bed
and subsequently the walls—Siberian Huskies are not dumb dogs, but they are
hella stubborn). Oh, and let’s not forget our full-time gainful employment and our two other dogs.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAceLWGcLFPtpYmjMTwqiC-_t-qV5JyD45pkx9w-hRVWfqFSkLy6gRmuhgtiwqlTSB59SNgFCfxtv1puxsOA9YFak9uB2VIDZ30UlgM_hF9hV8Szi8n9vQMEe-80ofVJ089WvFv7Wcyk/s1600/IMG_5912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAceLWGcLFPtpYmjMTwqiC-_t-qV5JyD45pkx9w-hRVWfqFSkLy6gRmuhgtiwqlTSB59SNgFCfxtv1puxsOA9YFak9uB2VIDZ30UlgM_hF9hV8Szi8n9vQMEe-80ofVJ089WvFv7Wcyk/s200/IMG_5912.jpg" width="200" /></a>Again, puppies are a lot of work; and his saving graces are
that he’s sweet as he can be when he wants and is as cute as hell with his
constant mischievous eyes and expressions—he outgrew the possum look within a
month or two, and is now a gorgeous example of his breed (his mother, father,
and grandparents are show dogs, after all). Oh, and let’s not forget all the
time it takes to take pictures of your new puppy…and your other furbabies… you
can’t forget that.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJl7VH13AiB0eBc9GtgE-aLOY9Cd3sqJAam7kDyXuuB0A6lohWNo7FNc3wyrg01CxUpCRWo7HArro1Yhkpd7FyWGgNtrQvbn_C4pR6Ed5l_WI0WoXX5Sk1WvyAGCaYKkSw1Y_e-KTWw_o/s1600/IMG_5913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJl7VH13AiB0eBc9GtgE-aLOY9Cd3sqJAam7kDyXuuB0A6lohWNo7FNc3wyrg01CxUpCRWo7HArro1Yhkpd7FyWGgNtrQvbn_C4pR6Ed5l_WI0WoXX5Sk1WvyAGCaYKkSw1Y_e-KTWw_o/s200/IMG_5913.jpg" width="200" /></a>It’s been a time consuming journey; and as he just turned
one on August 1, 2018, it’s not even close to being done. While Rob still has
misgivings over raising a puppy (he loves the little devil as much as I do,
don’t let him fool you), he admits that he’s happy with Pilot’s progress—although
I’m fairly hopeless when it comes to discipline or correcting the cuter
negative behaviors. I don’t regret or dread coming home and am happy to have
another furbaby; and while treats have been made and consumed over the past
however long it’s been, I just don’t blog like I used to.</div>
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In honor of my Pilot Possum turning 1, I did create a
special treat for the occasion; and when a friend asked for the recipe, I typed
it up and decided to post it here as well. It will follow.</div>
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Grandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06503279061128385720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-72125453371155407562018-08-04T14:42:00.003-05:002018-08-04T16:14:26.744-05:00Pineapple Upside Down Pupcakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Preheat oven to 350<br />
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3 whole cherries, pitted, cut in half<br />
1 8 oz can pineapple tidbits (drained with the juice reserved)<br />
Coconut oil for brushing pan<br />
Dollop of honey in each of 6 cupcake/muffin tins<br />
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Prepare cupcake/muffin pan by brushing about 1tsp coconut oil into each of 6
cups-be sure to brush the sides, but most of it will drip down into the cup.
Put small squeeze of honey in the bottom of each cup... just like a nickel size
and place the cherry cut side up on the honey drizzle. Sprinkle the pineapple
around the cherry and set the pan aside while you prepare the batter.</div>
1 tbs ground flax seeds<br />
3 tbs reserved pineapple juice, water or low sodium chicken stock<br />
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Mix together and set aside for about 5 minutes, stirring
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1 medium ripe banana mashed<br />
1/4 cup coconut oil<br />
1 can salmon in water drained and rinsed<br />
1/2 cup low sodium chicken stock or water<br />
1 tbs ground flax seeds<br />
1/2 cup whole wheat flour<br />
1/2 cup white flour<br />
1/2 tsp baking soda<br />
1 tsp baking powder<br />
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Mash banana well and mix with coconut oil and remaining dry flax seed. The mix
in flax seed pineapple juice mixture until well combined. Add in salmon and
chicken stock and mix well. Add in flours and baking powder and soda and mix
until just incorporated.<br />
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Drop by spoonfuls into prepared baking cups until just to top of cups. I had
some extra which I made into mini muffins without the pineapple.<br />
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Put in the pre-heated oven and bake until a toothpick comes out clean about
17-18 minutes for the full sized cupcakes. About 12 minutes for the mini
cupcakes.<br />
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Most of the ingredients in these pupcakes should be familiar to you if you’ve
read my other posts. In moderation, pineapple is a wonderful fruit for your
four-legged friend to enjoy; and while fresh is always best (FYI; the fibrous
core makes a fairly healthy chew “bone” that your dog will probably love), we
can be real for a moment and acknowledge how much of a pain it can be to chop
up a pineapple—just buy a can of pineapple packed in water or 100% juice and
drain it, I can’t judge you since that’s what I did. Also, you’ll want to
remember how sweet pineapple is and that your dogs will think it’s at least
100% sweeter than you; so use it sparingly when decorating the tops of your
pupcakes.</div>
When giving cherries or any other stone fruit to your pets,
it’s important to acknowledge that the reason they’re generally not recommended
for dogs is that the pits are the problem. Be sure to pit your cherries prior
to feeding them to your pets and before using them in this recipe; and while I
was “lenient” on the pineapple front, you should use fresh or frozen cherries
in this recipe not the red-dye soaked ones you find packed in syrup and use on
your banana splits. <br />
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Cherries are good for you, and there’s something somewhat
satisfying about spitting the pits if you eat them yourself. FYI: if you don’t
own a cherry pitter, you’ll want to visit your local Chinese-food restaurant
and pick up a pair of chopsticks—you can poke the cherry with it (yes, I’m
guessing that will be a mess), but I’ve read it will extract the pit (yes, I
own a cherry pitter that I purchased from Bed, Bath, and Beyond in my early
days of dating Rob in an attempt to wow him with a homemade cherry pie—and
ummm…it is kind of impressive just to say).<br />
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As with all of my recipes, this one is somewhat flexible. If you don’t have or
want to get ground flaxseeds, just an egg or add another banana or substitute
applesauce. If you don’t have a banana, use an egg or applesauce. If you have
no eggs, bananas, applesauce, or flaxseeds, don’t make this recipe—I’m only
half serious…umm…let me think…mayonnaise can be used in place of eggs—but I
used the flax seeds instead of the eggs to lower the cholesterol and fat
content which mayo doesn’t do…buy a couple bananas—they’re good for a lot of
dog treats.<br />
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If you don’t have stock, you can use the drained pineapple juice or water—I’d
lean toward the water as the pineapple juice will add a lot of sugar; but
they’re your dogs, make them hyper if you want. In the case of flours, all
whole wheat or all white flour can be used—if you go the all whole wheat route,
you’ll want to increase the leavening and maybe add a few tablespoons more
water—whole wheat flour tends to suck up moisture. And if you’re trying to be
gluten free, you can sub your gf all purpose flour blend; but remember, xantham
gum, a common ingredient in most off the shelf gluten free flour blends, is
probably worse for your dog than the gluten. <br />
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Okay, most people’s New Year’s Resolutions almost always
include “Lose weight” or “eat healthier” which can be a problem if you’re a
baker or you’re accustomed to eating sweet treats; however, I think this cookie
recipe will tick off both of those boxes. I mean, with the oatmeal and the
pepitas, it’s basically a granola in a cookie; and with the brown sugar,
applesauce and honey, they’re also sweet which will help you with those sweet
cravings. Then there are chocolate chips which make everything better. </div>
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Yes, these are for human consumption—for a change. I made
these yesterday afternoon… Well, I’ve had two sticks of butter sitting out for
the past two days in an attempt to get them to room temperature. My intention
was to make traditional chocolate chip cookies; and I set out to do just that
but got to thinking that I could make a much healthier version. Plus, I wanted
Rob to think that these kind of cookies were what he has to look forward to for
2017…sometimes it’s fun to make him worry—especially when sweets are involved. </div>
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The interesting part is the dichotomy that exists between my
dog treat and regular baking because making cookies healthy is what I do when
making dog treats but not something I even try to attempt when making “treats”
for myself or Rob. Often when I make dog treats, I look to strip a recipe to
it’s healthy core and make it “cleaner”. In dog treat baking, I stray away from
things like refined sugars and animal-based fats; so I decided to do so here
and since it’s been a minute since I posted anything (we’re overstocked on dog
treats at the moment due to my Christmas baking—which I’ll post before this—but
write after), I figured I’d work this recipe up and share it.</div>
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When baking these treats, I found a traditional recipe for
oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies and halved it since I was worried about how they
would turn out and didn’t want a bunch of goopy, gross cookies on my hands.
Then I went about altering its ingredients as I would if I were stripping it to
make dog treats. These cookies use a lot of my dog treat staples; and I think
this is a great recipe to highlight that if you’ve invested in them for your
four-legged friends then you should be able to use them to make your own life
healthier—there’s nothing wrong with getting the most out of your purchase.</div>
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The first thing I did was to mix the ground flaxseeds (1
Tablespoon) with the water (three tablespoons) to make the egg; and I continued
to stir mine with a fork during the five minute sitting period. The mixture got
slimy and cohesive after the five minute point, so I don’t think there’s a way
to speed that part up. On the other hand, I don’t see the harm if you let it go
longer—the flaxseeds would continue to absorb the water and get even more
egg-like. If you don’t have flaxseeds, ground cha-cha-cha chia seeds will do
the same (a simple google search will give you the ratios); or you can use 1
medium mashed banana…or just use the egg—it won’t kill you.</div>
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Flaxseeds add a nutty flavor, have omega three fatty acids,
and add fiber; and I used a bit more later in the recipe—so you’ll need three
tablespoons total: one for the egg, and the other two as an additive. When
halving the ingredients, I ended up needing an odd amount of flour; so I added
the flaxseeds to avoid calling for ½ cup plus two tablespoons of flour. </div>
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Now, Coconut oil and applesauce stand in for butter; and
since coconut oil is solid at room temperature like butter, it works out on a
1-to-1 ratio. Applesauce is a great way to cut fat in a recipe as it can also
be substituted for fats or eggs in baked goods. Keep in mind that applesauce
will add moisture where other fats won’t—so if you’re adapting your own recipe,
you may need to counterbalance that with added flour, ground flaxseeds, chia
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Pepitas are the hulled inner seed of pumpkin seeds. Many
natural-food markets sell these roasted and unsalted in bulk; and I certainly
use them a nut substitute in my dog treat recipes. I used them here since I
have them on hand, and they’re super healthy while adding a nice crunch to the
texture. If you don’t have them or want to get them, add your favorite nut or
omit them altogether. </div>
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Now, since we don’t get the flavor of butter, I added the
cinnamon and cardamom to kind of help fill the void. I didn’t actually taste
either of them directly; but I’d like to think they help round things out. With
oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, cinnamon isn’t really called for; but I thought
it might be a good addition. Cardamom tends to be kind of expensive if you buy
it in the store, and I found mine in bulk at my local natural market. It’s a
powerful spice, so use it sparingly—it can easily overwhelm if you use too
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Once baked, these cookies turned out slightly crispy on the
outside with a soft, moist interior; and the chocolate chips give you just
enough of a treat to almost trick you into forgetting all the healthy
ingredients in these cookies. I hope you try these, I hope you love these, and
I hope I’ve given you a few hints on how to adapt your own favorite recipes and
make them a bit healthier. Just for the sake of posterity, I made no New Year’s
Resolutions and am not going to be going through my recipe box switching things
around; however, I have snuck in whole-wheat flour to two different recipes
over the holidays with outstanding results—Rob didn’t even know it was there. </div>
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Okay, I know this is late…and just so you know, I’m not a
bad doggy dad—I’m just a bad blogger. I made these the week before Christmas;
but with the holidays I couldn’t get them posted. Then after Christmas, I had
to get prepped for New Year’s which we spent with Rob’s family in Bonne
Terre—like last year…and then I had to take the Christmas decorations down,
etc…again, I’m a bad blogger. </div>
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These three treat recipes were all fun to make, and there’s
enough to share/exchange with your fellow doggy parents. The Red-quinoa and
green pepitas muffins were meant to imitate the colors of Christmas; however,
the turmeric turned these gluten-free treats orange. Then we have the
traditional gingerbread cutout cookies which will let you get as fun and
festive as you want when you chose your cookie cutters. Lastly, we have red and
green Carob-chip treats which get into the Christmas spirit as you divide the
dough to color red and green with beet root and spirulina powders. </div>
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FYI: spirulina powder makes me sneeze. Like after I added it
to the half I was turning green, I went on a 15 minute sneezing fit which
included going outside and blowing my nose. It was a fun part of the baking
experience. And the powders are optional—omit them if you don’t want a festive
treat.</div>
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never used before) in the muffin recipe below—Brewer’s Yeast. Brewer’s Yeast is
a byproduct of beer making and smells faintly of beer but not the same as <br />
Nutritional Yeast which is generally used by vegans to add a cheese flavor to
different dishes. From what I’ve read, Brewer’s Yeast has several health
benefits and my dogs were greatly intrigued by the smell (I opened the jar and
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Overall, all of these treats were well received by my boys;
but the gingerbread was the clear favorite amongst those treats we shared with
the Red & Green Quinoa Muffins being favored by the boys at home and
amongst a few of our other dog friends. All of these treats freeze wonderfully
but will definitely yield enough of each to share. </div>
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½ cup raw red quinoa (prepared according to package
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240 grams gluten-free baking mix</div>
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1 tsp baking soda</div>
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1 ½ tsp baking powder</div>
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2 eggs</div>
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1 cup unsweetened applesauce</div>
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1 tablespoon turmeric</div>
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¼ cup olive oil</div>
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½ cup water</div>
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Prepare and cool your red quinoa according to the package
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ingredients and mixing until well combined. Add cooled quinoa and fold into other
ingredients. Once quinoa is incorporated, add dry ingredients and mix until
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bake for 15-20 minutes (a tooth pick inserted should come out clean). Yields 43
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<b>Gingerbread Dog Treats</b></div>
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½ cup unsweetened applesauce</div>
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½ cup molasses (black strap preferred)</div>
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2 ½ tsp ground ginger</div>
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1 tsp ground cloves</div>
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1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon</div>
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1/3 cup ground flaxseeds</div>
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1 ½ cup whole wheat flour</div>
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1 cup all purpose flour</div>
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2 tsp baking powder</div>
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ginger, cloves, and cinnamon and mix until well combined. Add flaxseeds, whole
wheat flour, all purpose flour and baking powder and mix until a still dough
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surface and rolling out to ¼ to ½ inch thickness. Flour cookie cutters and cut
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¾ cup quick-cooking rolled oats</div>
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2 tsp spirulina powder</div>
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2 tsp Beet Root powder</div>
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spreading. Then bake for approximately 10 minutes. Treat will be lightly golden
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Please forgive the pun… it’s not meant to be pandering,
exactly; but I’ve got to be sure to reach my target audience. And yes, I know pup-kin
isn’t terribly original as far as puns go; however, I couldn’t figure out a way
to alter the word muffin to imply they were made specifically for dogs. </div>
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Also, I know I’d previously implied, slightly, that November
was going to be dedicated to the sweet potato (and you’ll have to forgive me
for waiting a week to post this—as it’s now December); but I didn’t have a
sweet potato nor did I want to buy one. For this recipe, I was very
opportunistic with my ingredients overall; and I did have another partial can
of pumpkin puree setting in my fridge just itching to get used. Of course, a
cooked, mashed and cooled sweet potato could be substituted easily and would
work out just as well if you have an extra one of those lying around from your
Thanksgiving Day cooking. </div>
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My Thanksgiving Day went well; and I made a couple of chocolate-meringue
pies and cranberry sauce for my pot-luck, extended-family gathering on
Thursday. Then as is our tradition, my mom and I went shopping afterward; and
since we didn’t get home until almost 8 am Friday morning, I ended up sleeping
there until later that afternoon when I helped put up her Christmas tree. If
you’re thinking I’m a dutiful son, please hold your praise—I hate doing it and
complained about it the entire time…now, if you think I’m heartless since I’m
complaining about doing something nice for my mom, you’ve never seen her
tree—it’s old school and a pain in the ass to put up, which is why she doesn’t
put it up herself. Also, she didn’t help me at all with my two trees—both
totaling 7 feet of tree—and she has three grandchildren that should have helped
her anyway—but oh no, they have to think it’s magic how her house get
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But I digress…</div>
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All in all, these treats are a lot like my <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/10/the-great-pumpkin-dog-treats-cookies.html" target="_blank">Great Pumpkin DogTreats</a> (and I’m kinda kicking myself for not using that same pup-kin pun with
that one) only these were made using my trusty mini-muffin pan; and since I
bought it especially for my sweet-potato pie treats, I was happy to find
another use for it. All in all, I think it’s going to come in handy as it’s
also almost the perfect size for a bite-sized indulgence for my boys. Plus, you
know I do like to have variety with my dog treat recipes and mini-muffins are a
new one for me. </div>
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In case you’re new to baking, a scant cup translates to just
under 1 full cup—which is what’s left of a can of pumpkin if you had another
recipe which called for 1 cup of pumpkin; and again, these treats are a great
way to use that little left over bit from another recipe. Pumpkin is perfectly
safe and fairly healthy for dogs, and I’ve talked about that several times. In
fact, I’ve talked about all of these ingredients before, what they do, how they’re
good for your pets, and why they’re being used in my treats—especially the
usual suspects: oats, whole-wheat flour, unsweetened applesauce, and olive oil.</div>
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Olive oil was used because I didn’t have enough coconut oil,
but that would be my substitution to offer there. You know, when trying to find
a fat for a recipe—because fats do effect the texture and moisture of a baked
good—it’s essential to find one that not only serves its purpose but also
brings something else to the table; and olive oil is not only heart-healthy but
can also help with weight loss and make your pet’s coat shiny and healthy. Like
coconut oil, it can also be added to your pet’s diet to help with dry skin.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oats are a great,
heart-healthy grain that add a nice texture and do double duty as an ingredient
in the treat and for the topping. Since they’re mostly neutral in flavor, they
blend well in almost any baked good. Truth be told, I use them mostly for their
wholesome looks; but they’re really useful for more than that. </div>
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note that when I say unsweetened applesauce I don’t mean sugar-free. Unlike
sugar-free options, unsweetened applesauce is a healthy, natural option which
contains no added sugars, no added high-fructose corn syrup, and no artificial
sweeteners—which are things you’ll want to stay away from when baking for your
four-legged friends. Artificial sweeteners can actually adversely affect your
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If you’ve reviewed this recipe, you’ll see that I’ve used
not only used whole-wheat flour, as per usual, but also white or all-purpose
flour. While wheat flour is healthier, all-purpose flour yields a more
appetizing treat. As I talked about with my gluten-free treat recipes,
different flours behave differently; and all-purpose flour is the gold
standard, so to speak, when making baked goods for human consumption.
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and denser baked goods when used alone; and to overcome that, I’ve added a bit
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You can use all whole-wheat or all white flour; but know
that whole wheat flour is the healthier option. With that being said, the
little bit of white flour doesn’t necessarily make these any less healthy—after
all, all-purpose flour isn’t the devil…Sometimes, it’s important to balance
your expectations with what’s best for your pets. Both of my dogs are larger
dogs (80+ lbs each) and only get treats as an additional part to an overall,
fairly healthy diet. At any rate, I wanted these to be as close as
possible—just far healthier—to a muffin I would eat; and the oats are actually
going to prevent a lot of the gumminess if you go the entirely whole-wheat
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7xAh-Ec6qDcA9v8kt1DCTY4OGBqAXiu13tCiKuAH-fBoWH4lFBtVuljmcDXN8FqIqRvXFxKlwmi_rgFO8KBdazvG2O9eIUwPagLf6WcopN7wdw4GID-GIBp4jhRWFXBKd5lhnVwGvgbY/s1600/IMG_3449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7xAh-Ec6qDcA9v8kt1DCTY4OGBqAXiu13tCiKuAH-fBoWH4lFBtVuljmcDXN8FqIqRvXFxKlwmi_rgFO8KBdazvG2O9eIUwPagLf6WcopN7wdw4GID-GIBp4jhRWFXBKd5lhnVwGvgbY/s320/IMG_3449.JPG" width="320" /></a>Now, onto the spice mix—cinnamon, ginger, and cloves—all of
which are common in fall baking; and I’ve used and talked about them before.
These are interchangeable and can be adjusted based on availability and or
preference. If you don’t have some of them, just adjust the others. When
thinking about fall spices, nutmeg is a favorite of mine; but I’d steer you
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One of the new ingredients in this recipe comes in the
topping. Now, as per usual, the topping is totally option; but I think it
elevates this treat in a great way. You simply combine molasses with the oats
until fully coated then sprinkle on the treats with a few pepitas—it doesn’t
get much easier than that. Molasses is a derivative of the sugar refining
process and is commonly used in things like gingerbread and animal feed (like horse
feed). It’s mildly sweet with a somewhat complex flavor and perfectly safe for
your dog to ingest—in moderation of course. It is sweet and should only be used
sparingly. My boys quite enjoy the flavor.</div>
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If molasses isn’t something you’d be likely to purchase,
substitute honey or sorghum one for one instead. If it’s something you’re
considering purchasing, go for a blackstrap variety as it will contain more
trace minerals and end up being slightly healthier overall; but don’t stress,
either variety will work as well. I liked the look and the added sweetness to
the topping; and it’s a way for me to start to transition into my Christmas dog
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The prep for this recipe is as simple as mix and bake. I
filled the muffin tins to about ¾ full and added a few pepitas on top before
sprinkling on a bit of the molasses and oats. You may want to press it down a
bit into the batter to help it stick better; but the treats should rise
slightly around the topping anyway. Mine baked for 12 minutes when they were
firm but springy to the touch; and yes, a toothpick inserted should come out
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Let them cool in the pan slightly—like 5 minutes—before
removing them; and again, an offset spatula will be your best friend in this
process. You can serve them to your dogs warm, room temperature, or chilled;
but I’d let them cool completely prior to considering a storage solution. As
with most of my dog treat recipes, I’d suggest the refrigerator for your
immediate needs and then the freezer for longer-term preservation. I put mine
in zip-top baggies in a single layer (12 fit fairly well in a quart-sized bag);
kept 12 in the fridge and the rest in the freezer. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTTI1aB1iKSavi-m1IUQkh4cip0VCSbPfiC62R_KhsCgmll9tYmuYuQSY_UMHapxvEkEMwjV2IsVc6aqhMWs5Pw8z6dsLIWFY4e3Qntng6rj05WxNnvTuhyphenhyphenRwFUyKZcHWWznYK_cvutlZ/s1600/IMG_3432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTTI1aB1iKSavi-m1IUQkh4cip0VCSbPfiC62R_KhsCgmll9tYmuYuQSY_UMHapxvEkEMwjV2IsVc6aqhMWs5Pw8z6dsLIWFY4e3Qntng6rj05WxNnvTuhyphenhyphenRwFUyKZcHWWznYK_cvutlZ/s320/IMG_3432.JPG" width="320" /></a>Overall, these treats look just like a fancy muffin you’d
buy from a bakery; and again, this was one of the simplest recipes to make and
smells amazing when baking. The pepitas give homage to the pumpkin contained
within and the oat/molasses topping add a bit of crunch and further the visual
interest. Thanks to the oats and all-purpose flour, the interior is soft and
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If you make this or any of my other treats, please feel free
to share them with me via the social media links to the top right or via email;
and also, don’t be shy if you have questions. As always, the actual recipe will
follow below (or <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/12/pup-kin-oatmeal-muffin-treats.html" target="_blank">click here</a>);
and be sure to follow Jesse on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jdawg_yellow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ Jdawg_yellow</a></div>
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Yields 40 mini-muffin treats</div>
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Ingredients:</div>
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1 scant cup canned pumpkin</div>
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1 whole large egg</div>
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¾ cup unsweetened applesauce</div>
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¼ cup olive oil</div>
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1 tsp vanilla</div>
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¼ tsp ground ginger</div>
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¼ tsp ground cloves</div>
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1 tsp cinnamon</div>
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¾ cup quick cooking rolled oats</div>
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½ cup whole wheat flour</div>
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¼ cup all purpose flour</div>
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1 tsp aluminum-free baking powder</div>
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½ tsp baking soda (most likely will be aluminum-free
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Topping ingredients:</div>
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½ cup quick cooking rolled oats</div>
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2 tbs molasses</div>
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½ tsp cinnamon</div>
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Dash of ginger </div>
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Dash of cloves</div>
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until approximately ¾ full. Then sprinkle with a few pepitas and crumble the
oat/molasses topping. Bake in the 350 oven for approximately 12 minutes.
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The Grand ChaHeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469474114447988419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-54032117474868934392016-11-12T14:33:00.001-06:002016-11-12T14:33:32.818-06:00About the recipe: Sweet Potato Pie Dog Treats<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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If someone would have told me three years ago that I’d one
day formulate a dog-friendly sweet potato pie recipe, I would have thought them
crazy—and that’s without any additional details. If they told me that I’d be
comfortably living with a man for over a year (while dating for almost 3) and
sharing two dogs together, I would have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">told</i></b> them that they were crazy. Yet,
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If truth be told, I’ve been thinking about (and excited for)
this recipe for over two weeks…and was not disappointed with the final product
which is a fairly impressive, complete, bite-sized, sweet potato pie. Also, I know
if you’ve<a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/11/sweet-potato-pie-dog-treats.html" target="_blank"> spied the recipe</a>, you’re probably thinking I’m crazy (again);
however, if you keep reading here, you’ll see that it’s a really manageable process
that’s actually quite easy, fun, and ends up being somewhat extraordinary.
Plus, it’s the perfect little Thanksgiving treat for our four-legged friends. </div>
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Thanksgiving isn’t my favorite holiday for various reasons;
however, from a culinary stand point, it shouldn’t be overlooked. Fall flavors
like cinnamon, allspice and cloves are highlighted in several savory dishes and
desserts…and my dogs and I do love the flavors of fall. Plus, there are
wonderful fall fruits and vegetables like pumpkin and sweet potatoes that are
dog friends and healthy for our fur-babies. </div>
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In October, I seemed to highlight pumpkin (click<a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/10/about-recipe-great-pumpkin-dog-treats.html" target="_blank"> here</a> or <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/10/about-recipe-pumpkin-spice-dog-biscuits.html" target="_blank">here</a>); so in November, I
planned on using sweet potatoes in some way or another. Like pumpkin, sweet
potatoes are packed with healthy nutrients and fiber. Plus, as they’re name
suggests, they are naturally sweet—which is the best kind of sweet when it
comes to dog treat ingredients. <br />
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I suppose I could have just re-posted <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/about-recipe-jesses-whole-grain-gluten.html" target="_blank">Jesse’s Salmon andSweet Potato muffins</a> as those were a wonderful use of the vegetable in
question; but you know that’s not my style. Also, I didn’t want to post another
rollout or drop treat as that’s what I’ve posted the last few times. Plus,
Thanksgiving is the forgotten holiday (and if you doubt me, try to find
Thanksgiving-specific decorations after Halloween)—these treats definitely
needed to be special to mark the occasion.</div>
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Now, if you’ve looked over <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/11/sweet-potato-pie-dog-treats.html" target="_blank">the recipe</a> and think it’s a bear—don’t
despair. It’s easier than it sounds and everything is fairly forgiving—starting
with the crust which is a take on a shortbread piecrust that simply presses in
place. There’s no rolling, crimping or worrying about cracks or being nervous
that it won’t look perfect. </div>
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What is pie without a crust anyway? Well, that could be a
rather lengthy debate…myself, I do enjoy a nice flaky crust; but in general, I’m
satisfied with the cooler-section options as opposed to making one from
scratch. No, I usually don’t make my own pie crusts…I find them somewhat intimidating,
finicky, and I don’t notice that much of a difference in the taste when
compared with the effort it takes to pick one up at the grocery store. </div>
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Even after having said all that, it shouldn’t come as a
shock to anyone to know that I made this one from scratch because it was for my
dogs—the shocking thing should be that I included one in this recipe. I mean,
when you think about it, the crust is mostly just empty calories and packed
with fat and added calories. A normal pie crust isn’t much more than fat and
flour—neither of which have all that much nutritional value. </div>
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Since I’ve been thinking about this treat for weeks, I had
time to mull it over. For these to be real pies, they need a crust…and for ease
of making and adapting, I settled on a shortbread style crust that I found at
<a href="htthttp://www.marthastewart.com/319153/press-in-shortbread-pie-crust" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MarthaStewart.com</a>. Then in the past few days, I’ve been trying to decide on how
to convert that into something that’s not just empty calories. The solution was
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It worked out really well because if you think about this
recipe independently with its various components then you’ll see that the pie
crust I’ve come up could almost be used as a treat by itself as could the
filling. The peanut butter adds not only fat but flavor and good protein; and
the spices make everything more aromatic. All in all, it made me feel better
about adding extra calories to what could have been a really low-calorie treat;
and yes, you could use all peanut butter or all coconut oil…if you were to ask
me though, I’d steer you toward the all peanut butter route as most dogs love
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If you’ve never made a pie crust before, the cutting the fat
(peanut butter and coconut oil) in with the flour and spices could sound
confusing; however, it’s just as easy as taking a fork or pastry cutter and
breaking down the fats to smaller pieces until it resembles a course meal—think
somewhat lumpy corn meal. Then you add the water by the tablespoon until it
starts to stick together…and don’t be scared to use your hands to squeeze it to
see if it sticks and resembles pie crust. Yes, the fat cutting process works a
bit easier if everything is cold so it doesn’t just congeal like cookie dough. <br />
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It will seem a bit dry; but again, the important thing is
that it presses together to form a dough which you’ll be doing when you put it
into the muffin pan. If you want bigger treats, you can use a standard-sized
cupcake pan; but the mini ones will be cuter. After the dough is pressed into
bottom and sides of the pan, then put it in the fridge to keep cool. </div>
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filling…and yes, you could easily cook your sweet potato first before making the
crusts to ensure that it has plenty of time to cool. However, if you’ve noticed
there’s only 1 egg white in the filling making it not that much of a concern
especially if you follow the order of ingredients. If there were more eggs, I’d
have a much stronger caution against mixing the eggs in before the sweet potato
is cool as you could end up cooking the eggs; but the bananas will help cool
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Now, usually, I’d tell you that it doesn’t matter if you use
a fresh sweet potato or canned; however, as sweet potatoes are usually canned
with added sugar and or a syrup, I’d almost insist on you using a fresh one. If
it makes you nervous to cook a sweet potato or if you don’t want to mess with
mashing it up, go ahead and substitute canned, pureed pumpkin—a whole can will
probably swap out quite fine. <br />
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The egg white was only added to the filling as I kind of
needed 1 ½ eggs to make the crust—and you can’t really half an egg…and I didn’t
want to waste the egg white. The spices are classic for a sweet potato pie—save
the allspice. Usually, there’s nutmeg involved; and in general, I’ve read that
nutmeg isn’t good for dogs. Cinnamon has anti-inflammatory properties, and
cloves can help with internal parasites—and from what I can tell, allspice is
fairly neutral…but increases that fall smell quite a bit. If you don’t have
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Ordinarily I don’t add sugars or sweeteners; but I felt for
a special holiday treat, a little honey would be okay. As it’s only 1
tablespoon, you could omit it because it won’t make a difference to the end
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With the crust having a high fat content, I felt it
important to make the filling lower in fat; and besides, I had two very ripe bananas.
Bananas can be substituted for eggs which are usually an ingredient in sweet
potato or pumpkin pies; however, I know eggs firm up when cooked but wasn’t
quite sure how only using bananas would work in this case which is why there’s
tapioca flour/starch included. Like other starches (corn starch, arrow root—which
could be substituted), tapioca starch will thicken the mixture when it’s baked
to resemble an ordinary pie filling (FYI—just as a note, a friend of mine just shared
a paleo pumpkin pie recipe she has with me, which is eerily, unintentionally
similar to this one that does not use a starch to thicken at all, so I think you’ll
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Most dogs tend to be lactose intolerant, so a substitute for
milk was needed; and our final component is coconut milk which is standing in
for dairy. We’re also going to use coconut milk in the cream topping; and I’d
picked up an unsweetened, low-fat, organic can at my local discount grocery
store on the cheap and it’s been sitting in the cabinet for a while. It
actually ends up making the treats smell almost tropical what with the bananas
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Overall, the filling isn’t a runny as a pumpkin pie filling
would be (and I’ve never made a sweet potato pie myself, so I can’t make a
comparison there), but it works quite well in this recipe. When it’s all mixed,
you’ll spoon it into the chilled pie crusts. I filled mine completely; and it
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When I took them out of the oven, I let them cool for like
15 minutes in the pan; and then I used an offset spatula to help free them from
the cups. Mine didn’t stick at all as there’s plenty of fat in the crust; and I
wouldn’t spray the pans even if you’re worried—once they’re cool, they’ll slide
out easily—I only used the spatula as mine were flush to the top and I didn’t
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The topping ends up looking like whipped cream; and I suppose
you could use coconut cream to make your own version. Cream cheese is somewhat
dog safe; and I turned to a fat-free cream cheese to keep things lower in fat
overall. The tapioca starch is used since powdered sugar would be too much
added sugar; and the starch helps stabilize the cream cheese so it can be thinned
back out by the coconut milk. The tapioca starch sounds like a waste when I put
it like that, but it’s not—and if you try to mix the mix with the cream cheese
without it, good luck not ending up with a lumpy icing that doesn’t look appetizing.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkSTc0vd1gF7Sq5RdzHLVygrXB6G3r6DCVRqZEzrWMDGUlxV7qnWNogvH6iVbn4wlJjUN84qHsF3tLpm1b0ec2J6tazLOvZccPvd22f4HLCnO8U26g1H_aV1ee4JXr7zvqLR9A0T9xIRp/s1600/IMG_3233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkSTc0vd1gF7Sq5RdzHLVygrXB6G3r6DCVRqZEzrWMDGUlxV7qnWNogvH6iVbn4wlJjUN84qHsF3tLpm1b0ec2J6tazLOvZccPvd22f4HLCnO8U26g1H_aV1ee4JXr7zvqLR9A0T9xIRp/s320/IMG_3233.JPG" width="320" /></a>Now, I will say it’s completely optional to make the
topping; and if you don’t have tapioca starch, you can use corn starch…but
tapioca starch is a bit finer and will mix a little better… plus, it is a
little sweet. Just don’t use powdered sugar (too sweet) or flour (too pasty)… <br />
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I actually made these in stages—the crust I made the night
before; so my boys didn’t really get all that excited by the process until they
were in the oven and the house smelled like fall. Also, I think because I was
using a muffin pan, they weren’t quite sure if these treats were for them or
not; but once they were presented with the finished product, they seemed happy
with the results. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4N48hjCR1-56WHNGBeTpJqBUNpYnJvEHEVvogFIsvCRLy1M4XsNkVUkSAfY55KZ7UC4zPrAU9h4DSAAF609-sg1q1q_WzDiehG1wp19UGEtR1sBKdduOOuC4XDD_qHuZMF5xRjwBwip6/s1600/IMG_3220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4N48hjCR1-56WHNGBeTpJqBUNpYnJvEHEVvogFIsvCRLy1M4XsNkVUkSAfY55KZ7UC4zPrAU9h4DSAAF609-sg1q1q_WzDiehG1wp19UGEtR1sBKdduOOuC4XDD_qHuZMF5xRjwBwip6/s200/IMG_3220.JPG" width="200" /></a>For me, the fact that this is really a pie treat impressed
me. I mean, the filling remained soft like a traditional pie with the crust
getting a little firm. Then the final flourish of the topping made it even more
over the top; and I had actually went through the trouble to pipe it on but
decided that I liked the look better to just spread a little on each one—and for
storage, that’s the way I’d suggest going as a huge dollop won’t set and will
be a big ole mess. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>More than a little curious</i></td></tr>
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As I plan to share most of these treats (and have already—the
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who rents our house next door has the sweetest little dog who’s been the recipient
of several treats), I’ve moved all of mine to the fridge in a container; but
the icing did set meaning these would be fine for a plastic baggie and the
freezer for long-term storage.<br />
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If you haven’t already, check out the <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/11/sweet-potato-pie-dog-treats.html" target="_blank">recipe below (or clickhere)</a> and make these for a Thanksgiving or anytime treat for your own furbaby!
As always, please email me with any questions or comments or leave them in the
contacts—or by using the social media links at the top right of the page; and
please be sure to follow Jesse on twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jdawg_yellow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jdawg_yellow</a></div>
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The Grand ChaHeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469474114447988419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-14900341363865639272016-11-12T14:03:00.004-06:002016-11-12T14:34:06.779-06:00Sweet Potato Pie Dog Treats<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Yields: 36 Mini-Pies </div>
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Ingredients:</div>
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Pie Crust:</div>
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¼ cup peanut butter</div>
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2 Tbs coconut oil</div>
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1 large whole egg + 1 egg yolk</div>
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½ tsp ground cloves</div>
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1 tsp cinnamon</div>
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¾ cup all-purpose white flour</div>
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¾ cup whole-wheat flour</div>
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3-5 tbs cold water</div>
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Sweet Potato Filling:</div>
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1 lb sweet potato (cooked and cooled)</div>
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2 ripe medium-sized bananas </div>
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1 Tbs honey</div>
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1 egg white</div>
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1 tsp cinnamon</div>
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¼ tsp ground cloves</div>
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¼ tsp ground allspice</div>
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¾ cup coconut milk</div>
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3 Tbs tapioca starch</div>
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Cream topping:</div>
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4 oz fat free cream cheese</div>
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1/3 cup tapioca starch</div>
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2 Tbs coconut milk</div>
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Instructions:</div>
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Pie crust:</div>
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In a small mixing bowl, lightly whisk flours and spices. Mix
in egg & yolk. Then add peanut butter and coconut oil and cut in using a
fork or pastry cutter until mixture resembles a course meal—the flour should
have pea-sized lumps of peanut butter and coconut oil in it. Then add cold
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pan, place the pan in the refrigerator while you mix your filling. </div>
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit </div>
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Filling:</div>
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looks fairly uniform. Add egg white and spices and coconut mix and continue to
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Cream topping:</div>
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Once treats are cool, top with cream topping.</div>
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For further instructions, tips, and tricks, please read the <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/11/about-recipe-sweet-potato-pie-dog-treats.html" target="_blank">About the Recipe section</a>!</div>
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The Grand ChaHeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469474114447988419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-19621199102035473232016-10-30T13:28:00.002-05:002016-10-30T13:28:37.566-05:00About the Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Dog Biscuits<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Okay, so we’re very Halloween adjacent; and I have a
Jack-O-Lantern cookie cutter and some leftover pumpkin from a pumpkin-yeast
bread I made for work last week. Again, it called for only 1 cup of pumpkin
puree; so I had yet another partial can left. But it’s whatever…I’ve been
itching to make another pumpkin treat anyway.</div>
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fun possibilities in choosing a cookie cutter, but also because they made my
house smell like fall—and I needed that because it’s been so warm. Seriously,
it’s supposed to be 80 degrees on Halloween…it feels odd to still be this warm.
Also, despite the truckload of leaves our giant oak tree has dumped on our
yard, I can’t get into the fall mood until I’m fully immersed in flannel and
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If you don’t know and you didn’t read <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/10/about-recipe-great-pumpkin-dog-treats.html" target="_blank">my last treat recipe post</a>, pumpkin is safe and somewhat good for your dogs…the somewhat has to be
said as you need to be sure to monitor your dog’s pumpkin consumption as too
much can cause digestive issues. However, moderate amounts like what’s called
for in these treats shouldn’t hurt anything. The pumpkin will be a low-calorie,
healthy source of fiber and beta-carotene that’s somewhat sweet to a k9’s
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This recipe not only calls for pumpkin puree but also for
pepitas which are shelled, pumpkin seeds. My local health food store sells
these roasted and unsalted in their bulk section making them an easy and
inexpensive choice for me to add a bit of texture to these dog treats. Plus,
they add a crunch like a nut without being a nut since most nuts aren’t great
for dogs; so if you don’t want to find or use pepitas, I say just omit them
altogether. They’re not a reactive ingredient and won’t really affect how your
treats turn out other than without the pepitas yours will be way more boring.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQe_R6xDRhvepHlYqsivDEN5n_AW9yd4EjhETNhMcdDxJ9WXisLygltsFP8jvXbddBOsckwGb7LXLU5AqQdvJqc6hgewO0SZl5N50KUuliQOOy1k_O-fNX2B7yxTrSfbw0Ti1w25E2q1S/s1600/IMG_3126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQe_R6xDRhvepHlYqsivDEN5n_AW9yd4EjhETNhMcdDxJ9WXisLygltsFP8jvXbddBOsckwGb7LXLU5AqQdvJqc6hgewO0SZl5N50KUuliQOOy1k_O-fNX2B7yxTrSfbw0Ti1w25E2q1S/s320/IMG_3126.JPG" width="320" /></a>Now, one ingredient I’ve used this time around that I
haven’t in a few treat recipes is ground flaxseeds. Flaxseeds are rich in
Omega-3 fatty acids, are hearth healthy, and contain both soluble and insoluble
types of fiber. They also have a slight nutty taste to increase the complexity
of the flavors in the treats. In the dough, the flaxseeds are the darker brown
flecks that make these treats look even healthier. </div>
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recipe into a vegan alternative. I
added them just after the eggs, oil and pumpkin somewhat for this reason—truly,
with this recipe, the order of ingredients doesn’t really matter so long as you
mix everything well; but it won’t hurt anything to let the mixture sit for a
few minutes after you add it as directed. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuVe18IpHnSyCfPNXhYeVjUOXryXP3F4eh_LeX_55ND0Sbkry2GpfJdSM_VL7e_04FGUDhtpCbRVkT-oZkxFbxHvqj_Qbf5Qga0dordYpsgahmObao4HnU57DE-9J4D1zuTabkh-Ei9Fk/s1600/IMG_3144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuVe18IpHnSyCfPNXhYeVjUOXryXP3F4eh_LeX_55ND0Sbkry2GpfJdSM_VL7e_04FGUDhtpCbRVkT-oZkxFbxHvqj_Qbf5Qga0dordYpsgahmObao4HnU57DE-9J4D1zuTabkh-Ei9Fk/s320/IMG_3144.JPG" width="320" /></a>If flaxseeds aren’t a part of your pantry, substitute rolled
oats or ground (cha-cha) chia seeds. As I’ve mentioned in the past (several
times), I like the look of oats in dog treats; and in fact, I purposefully
omitted them this time because I felt the need to vary my methods a bit. Plus,
I still have ground flaxseeds in my freezer—and my dogs seem to like them just
as well as oats; and I’ve substituted oats before prior to purchasing flaxseeds.</div>
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My huge container of coconut oil that I’ve been using to mix
in with my dog’s dry dog food is only about halfway empty, so I’m still turning
to it when I make my treats. However, if you’re fresh out or don’t want to buy
any, olive oil is a fine substitution as it’s a somewhat healthy fat; but stay
away from butter or margarine, of course, if you’re also out of olive oil. </div>
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flaxseeds with water at a ratio of 1 part ground flaxseeds to 2 parts water
(for ¼ cup measure of water, you’ll want to add 2 tablespoons of ground
flaxseeds) then let the mixture sit for 5 minutes or more. It’ll get kinda
slimy…but should do the trick. Or you can just use ¼ cup applesauce as I’ve
talked about substituting applesauce for fat several times before. Applesauce
was also omitted from this recipe for the same reason as the oats; but it would
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As a novelty and not a necessity, dog treat baking should be
fun and as stress free as possible; so, please, don’t feel the need to take
this activity as seriously as I do. Just know, that I take it seriously enough
for everyone. Also, some of these ingredients can get expensive especially if
you’re just starting out or if you don’t eat these items in your regular diets
and have to purchase them especially for treat making…If you want to make the
investment or are intrigued by some of these ingredients but didn’t know how to
use them before, that’s wonderful and I hope these treats can translate into
something else for you… Rob just rolls his eyes at me for buying all this stuff,
and so can you.</div>
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Now let’s talk spice. With the exception of the cloves, all
of the spices selected were selected because they’re what’s in that little
container of pumpkin spice you can buy to make into a pie or cake or latte;
however, pre-mixed pumpkin spice contains nutmeg which isn’t all that dog
friendly… now, I can’t quote why nutmeg isn’t doggy friendly nor can I say that
the amounts contained in the pre-mixed spices are enough to make a difference;
but I can say I didn’t use it because I had all the other spices in my cabinet.
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I keep things like ground ginger, cinnamon, and allspice
because I’m a baker; and occasionally, it’s useful to blend my own spices as
opposed to using a pre-mixed package. Personally, I like to add additional
cinnamon; and since spices are for flavoring a mixture and don’t affect the
texture of the final product, these things are flexible. So, feel free to use
what I’ve outlined here; or just use some of them… you can play with the
amounts or not—your treats will still smell like fall when they’re baking so
long as you’ve used a few of them.</div>
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If you followed the pumpkin spice conversation, you’ll
remember that cloves aren’t part of that equation; but yet, I included them.
Cloves are actually good for your dogs and can help rid them of internal parasites.
Yes, if you’re looking for a natural de-wormer, you can feed your dog a whole
clove to help. Just like with all things, I’d encourage you to do your own
research when turning to natural remedies because like with most things too
much can usually be harmful—and I know larger dogs like mine can tolerate more
than smaller dogs; so in this case, size does matter. </div>
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Truthfully, in the small quantity that I’ve called for, it’s
not going to do much except enhance the smell of your treats. I do know my dogs
like cloves as I’ve made them gingerbread treats last Christmas which didn’t
last very long; and cloves, to me, smell like fall. If anything, let your dog
smell all the spices individually and see what they like the most…this is a
fairly flexible process.</div>
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In talking about the flours, some of you may have been
surprised to find that I actually used a blend of </div>
all-purpose flour and wheat
flour. When making breads or cookies or anything else for human consumption,
I’d never use 100% wheat flour—I’m just not that kind of baker (mostly because
you have to change too much stuff to make it work)…and usually when making dog
treats, I go 100% wheat flour because it’s healthier for them. However, this
time, I wanted to change things up a bit… white flour won’t kill my dogs; and I
really liked the way these treats rolled out and cut. Plus, white flour is so
much better for dusting a rolling surface.<br />
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Yes, I decided to make these a roll out treat because of my
awesome Jack-O-Lantern cookie cutter; and yes, I knew the pepitas might be an
issue when it came to cutting the shapes. Nonetheless, the pepitas went in; and
I still got great, true shapes. Just be sure to press down firmly, and your
cutter should chop right through the pumpkin seeds as they’re not a hard as actual
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As my cookie cutter has indentions for the eyes and mouth
and I wanted to maintain those features in the finished treats, I omitted any
leavening—so these treats have no baking powder or soda; and they still turned
out really well and not too hard. The omission of leavening is going to be my
excuse for naming these biscuits and not treats…Also, I’m thinking biscuits in
the same way the British use that particular term.</div>
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This dough did turn out quite stiff, and I did have to
finish mixing it by hand. I would definitely suggest a heavy dusting on your
rolling surface, rolling pin, and cookie cutter…and you’ll probably want to
re-dip your cutter into flour after every few cookies to keep it from sticking.
Again, a small off-set spatula is your friend in this process. Also, be sure to
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my pans about halfway through (top to bottom and spin the pans). Then I
immediately removed them from their baking sheets with a spatula to finish
cooling on wire racks. Once cooled, I bagged them by the dozen and moved most
to the freezer but kept some out for the fridge for immediate snacking. </div>
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Again, the smell was amazing—it’s worth it to make these
treats to have my house smelling that good while they’re in the oven and to
have that smell linger in the kitchen for most of the afternoon. As spoiled as
my dogs are to all these varieties of treats, they still acted very fidgety
when presented with these treats in that way that they reserve for food they
think they just gotta have; and as these treats are about as wholesome as its
gonna get in my house, I don’t have to feel bad at all in sharing them. </div>
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Check out the actual recipe by <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/10/pumpkin-spice-dog-biscuits.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a> or keep
scrolling…If you make these biscuits or have any questions about this or any of
my dog treat recipes, please let me know. Feel free to leave a comment here,
email me, or reach out to me via the social media links to the top right. Also,
you can follow Jesse on Twitter @jdawg_yellow!</div>
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Yields: 58 + 1 odd</div>
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Ingredients:</div>
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1 scant cup pumpkin puree</div>
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2 large eggs (slightly beaten)</div>
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¼ cup Coconut Oil (melted and slightly cooled)</div>
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½ cup ground Flaxseeds</div>
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2 tsp ground cinnamon</div>
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1 tsp dried, ground ginger</div>
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½ tsp ground cloves</div>
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¼ tsp Allspice</div>
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1 ½ cups whole-wheat flour</div>
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Optional:</div>
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½ cup pepitas (shelled, roasted pumpkin seeds)</div>
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit</div>
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and coconut oil until well mixed. Add flaxseeds, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and
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Let cool prior to feeding to your dog(s) or placing in an
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The Great Pumpkin Cookies are something my mom used to make
me when I was young… then one day she just stopped making them—no word on why
(side eye to my mom); and I sort of forgot about these amazing cookies until a
few years ago. Then I found them again when I was pursuing one of those old
elementary school, fund-raiser cookbooks that the PTA put together from a time
when my mom did things like attend PTA meetings and submit recipes for
compilation cookbooks (which was circa the same time she made these cookies,
actually). Back then chocolate chip cookies were somewhat of a luxury (even if
they did have oatmeal and pumpkin in them)—I mean, the only sugared cereal we
had growing up was frosted flakes and raisin bran…but I digress.</div>
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Rediscovering these cookies was wonderful; and now that I’m
an adult, I think I appreciate them even more than when I was a kid. Plus,
they’re fairly easy to make. But they only call for 1 cup of pumpkin. </div>
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A standard can of pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix) is usually
15 oz which is just shy of 2 cups; so you use the 1 cup for the cookies then
the other cup sits in your fridge in a small container until it molds and needs
to be discarded. Well, not anymore my friends… and No, I don’t know why there’s
sales-pitch-like wording there…this probably isn’t a problem for most people
anyway… but it got me to thinking about what I could do with that other
almost-one-cup of pumpkin puree… But wait…there’s more, I have found a way to
use that leftover bit of pumpkin…and since I make dog treats (and this is a
post about a dog treat recipe), I think you can see why I’d automatically try
to make dog treats out of it. <br />
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Pumpkin is perfectly healthy for dogs; and I’ve talked about
it briefly before in regards to how it’s high in fiber and helps dogs along
with what high fiber foods do… Rob’s Mom thought her dog Molly was constipated,
and I believe I Googled it as a trip to the vet wasn’t immediately available. </div>
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I’ve been jonesing for pumpkin ever since my Omaha trip last
weekend—it was a blast, btw; and I’d gone to visit my friend Nancy (I did the
math recently, and we’ve just past our 18<sup>th</sup> anniversary as
friends…just FYI) who is a woman and wanted #pumpkinspiceeverything… we
actually ended up buying a pumpkin pie and bread and I drank pumpkin spice
creamer in my coffee…then we visited a pumpkin patch “attraction”
there…needless to say, my pumpkin craving was jumpstarted (not to mention that
I’d promised pumpkin spice themed dog treats for October…and the fact that just
last night I purchased Pumpkin Ice cream—now, all I need to do is buy a pair of
UGG boots and my fall transformation will be complete given that I’ve been
trying to wear as much flannel as possible despite the unseasonably warm
temperatures)…</div>
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So this recipe is really a two-birds with one stone kind of
thing…and I kind of like the thought of making a pumpkin treat for me and a
treat for my furbabies (but I’m pretty sure Rob doesn’t count this as a treat
for him as he’s not overly fond of pumpkin). </div>
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Now, I didn’t take any pictures of me making the regular
Great Pumpkin Cookies…and if it’s all the same to you, I’m not really going to
talk about the preparation of that part; however, I have posted the recipe (a
scan of the actual recipe from the actual spiral-bound cookbook—with my
mother’s name omitted because stalkers and I’m sure she wouldn’t want me to put
her name out there lest any of my old readers are catching up on this blog).
Like I said earlier, they’re super easy to make—just mix and bake; but they’re
not all that dog friendly.</div>
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Other than the chocolate chips, the recipe has a
human-cookie amount of white and brown sugars and actual butter (despite the
fact that the recipe calls for margarine…another side eye to my mother…but that
was the late 80s or early 90s and margarine is a lot cheaper than real
butter—my mother used to be a lot more economical back then out of necessity). For
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can, that’s because I did… I made my cookies first then went to buy mums with a
friend and came back to finish the dog treats. If you’re only making these
treats for your dogs, you’re missing out…but just use a full cup of
pumpkin—it’ll be fine. </div>
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both of which I have on hand not only since they’re dog-treat-making staples
but also since I love applesauce and have been adding coconut oil to my dog’s
dinners since my huge jar of it arrived from Amazon.com (no I’m not being paid
for that shout out—that one’s free). <br />
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Coconut oil is perfectly healthy for dogs and has a number
of health benefits from being a natural flea repellant and helping to improve
the shininess of their coats to helping their gums and teeth—like this recipe,
coconut oil is a win win (and no, I’m not being paid to promote coconut oil).
Now, I didn’t only add the coconut oil for its health benefits… Fats are
essential to baking for various reasons like helping to retain moisture and they
affect the texture…Plus, my dogs really seem to like it.</div>
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Since coconut oil is solid at room temperature as is butter,
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is the point of adapting the recipe and not just making these a roll out treat
or something different). Fats are generally interchangeable (meaning oil can be
substituted for butter and butter for shortening, etc)…so if you don’t have
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We’re already using applesauce in place of some of the fat
in the recipe—as well as the sugar; so I don’t think increasing the applesauce
will have a good effect…but well, I suppose you could add an egg… If you’ve
read over the actual recipe (find it below or by <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/10/the-great-pumpkin-dog-treats-cookies.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>), you’ll see
that’s one ingredient that I didn’t actually sub out or use from the human
recipe. Eggs are fine for dogs and can add some extra binding power and protein
to your treats; however, here, they weren’t needed—we’ve got binding from the
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And if you’re just realizing that these treats are vegan,
congratulations… we’ve arrived at the same conclusion basically at the same
time (the only difference is that I’ve been trying to incorporate that line for
the last few sentences). When I was working up the recipe, it simply didn’t
occur to me…But there are no animal products or byproducts used in this treat
recipe, so if any Vegans need a pumpkin-spice pick me up, here you go. Again,
it’s incidental. My dogs aren’t vegan…no dogs are vegan (I think I ranted about
that before)…</div>
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So, if you’ve read over the human recipe, or remember from the
post below, I mentioned the sugar included in the recipe (and white sugar isn’t
exactly vegan as they use bones to make it white—yeah, look it up... I only say
that because it’s one of the things I think about with every teaspoon I stir
into my morning coffee)…any way, between white and brown sugar, there’s 2 cups
of sugar in the original cookies—which doesn’t bother me in the least because,
well, they’re my treats and cookies are supposed to be sweet…and they have to
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All of that to tell you that I was going to add honey (thus
negating the vegan properties); but if you approach it from a dog’s perspective
(with hopefully very little experience with processed sugars) pumpkin is sweet
(ish) as is the applesauce…I didn’t feel that these needed any extra sweeteners
(but if you’re a vegan with a sweet tooth reading this recipe to make these for
yourself, use agave…probably like 2 tablespoons to ¼ cup…but be mindful that
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Also, cinnamon was a given… I love cinnamon. My dogs love
cinnamon (or at least I feel that they do). And cinnamon is ok for them to
eat…which is why I actually increased the amount instead of scaling it back
(this recipe was adapted to roughly ½ of the original proportions—save the
pumpkin…which is standing in for some of the fat and sugar in the original
recipe). Cinnamon also has anti-inflammatory properties which are </div>
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older dogs…like my now gray Presley. <br />
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Oats were also a given. They’re dog friendly (not to mention
vegan—side eye to myself for that one). I like the look of them in treats, and
I like that they’re heart healthy. Besides, they’re in the original recipe
(probably to fool moms in the 80s and early 90s into thinking these were
“healthy” cookies)…as is the vanilla which I didn’t cut in half since I love
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Now, when it comes to flour, I don’t generally use white
flour in dog treats as it’s healthier to use a whole grain like whole-wheat
flour; but if that’s all you have, you’re dogs will be fine (so long as you
remember that you’ll need 1 full cup of white flour to substitute for the ¾ cup
of whole wheat flour). Not to mention that you’re treats will probably be even
more like the original cookies. Using only wheat flour tends to make this kind
of baked good slightly rubbery (or gelatinous) feeling…they don’t get as cakey,
anyway. If you’re a gluten-free baker and/or household, you’ll want that egg
and probably another one before it’s over…and you’ll need to increase the
leavening as well. As it’s written, I used a full tsp of baking soda—just like
the original recipe—as I was using whole wheat flour and felt it would be
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Hopefully, you all know that chocolate isn’t good for dogs
which is why I opted for Carob chips (think dog-safe chocolate). Usually, my
local health food store has these in bulk; however, the hippy bastards there
stopped stocking them (yes, that’s way harsh Ty…but the check out guy kept
referring to me as “brother” to the point where I almost pointed out that we,
in fact, don’t share parents…but I just took it at the time safe in the
knowledge that I would type “hippy bastards” at one point during this post);
and I turned to the prepackaged carob chips which rang up $7.85 for a 12 oz
package (and I thought all those damn hippies were commies or socialists…but
apparently, at least one of them is a capitalist—RESPECT—because they charged
over twice the price of the good bag of chocolate chips that the big box
retailer does for a bag of fake chocolate that’s also labeled vegan). </div>
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Why did I pay $7.85 for a bag of vegan, fake chocolate—well,
I’m just that kind of person—DETICATED—to my dogs and my dog treat recipes…and
I got it in my head that I needed these to be as close to the original as
possible… Given that you probably don’t have the same hang up, I’d suggest
forgoing the carob chips for Pepitas (hulled and roasted pumpkin seeds)… they
would add another layer to the texture of the treat and not fall apart or
refuse to melt when baked (as did the carob chips—seriously, they tasted worse
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and adding a little bit more batter for a “stem”… it’s not as hard as it
sounds… and when I say teaspoon, I don’t mean a measuring spoon—I mean the
teaspoon with which you’d stir your bone-dusted white sugar into your morning
coffee. I slightly rounded the spoon and scooted it on the pan. Now, these
cookies don’t spread as much as the human ones, so you could get by with
putting them like an inch apart…but do leave some space. <br />
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Mine were done after exactly 12 minutes (yes, I used a timer
and so should you)…and the way I scooped and formed my little Great Pumpkin
Treats ended up making 32 of them. But if yours are slightly bigger or smaller,
you’ll get more or less and may have to bake them for longer or slightly
shorter… Once they’re finished, the pumpkin in the treats will start to turn
brown and they should be kinda firm but springy if you touch them. If they’re
on the cusp and you’re afraid of burning them, just let them cool completely on
the pan as they will continue to bake outside of the oven if left on the baking
sheet (conversely, if they’re too done, you may want to carefully remove them
right away).<br />
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If you make both recipes (which I highly suggest), your
house will smell like sugar and spice and your dog will drool with you. Both
recipes were easy to make, and both are delicious. Presley was in the kitchen
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ever faithful kitchen helper; and he got rather anxious
after smelling the human versions for his own treat. Once they were out of the
oven and cooled, Jesse magically appeared…and by the way they gazed longingly at
them(sorry for that, Nancy and I bought cheesy romance novels to read together
while we’re apart—like our own private book club). At any rate, both Presley
and Jesse looked at the top of the oven with an almost burning desire at the
rest of the treats, so I’d have to say that they were a hit—not to mention that
they kept coming back for more (like me and that romance novel—“The Trouble
with Mistletoe” A Heartbreaker Bay Novel published by Avon Books—BUY IT—you
don’t have to tell anyone—it can be your own little secret treat; but know if
you thank me—like you should—I will be obligated to mention it in my next
post).<br />
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Willa’s heart) while they were cooling but went into the bags without incident
(like her feet did after the possible love of her life and ex-high-school crush
Keane dismembered them after he killed her following finally getting some on
the roof of that building—SERIOUSLY, Nancy, I had no idea this was that kind of
book…ooh, I forgot, Spoilers…); and I bagged mine (the treats that is—and
please forgive me for the dismembering imagery…we are Halloween adjacent…and
no, that’s not in the trashy novel, I just thought it would be funny if Nancy
isn’t to that part yet…) in bags of 12, put the two full bags in the freezer
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homemade treats ready to use in the refrigerator; however, with these, you may
want to label them “dog treats” as they do look somewhat like actual cookies.
If you can’t tell, I had a lot of fun making these—not only from revisiting a
classic cookie from my childhood, but also for providing a new variety of treat
for my furbabies. I don’t make drop-cookie style treats that often, but this
recipe may be the start of more to come.<br />
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Thank you for reading. As always, the actual recipe follows
(or you can <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/10/the-great-pumpkin-dog-treats-cookies.html" target="_blank">click here</a>). If you have any questions or comments, you can leave
them here, email me directly, or use the social media links on the upper right.
Please feel free to share your treats with me if you make these… and be sure to
follow Jesse on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jdawg_yellow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Jdawg_yellow</a>.</div>
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Yields approximately 32 treats</div>
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¼ Cup melted coconut oil (slightly cooled)</div>
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¾ Cup unsweetened applesauce</div>
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1 scant cup of canned pumpkin </div>
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½ tsp vanilla</div>
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2 tsp cinnamon</div>
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½ cups oats</div>
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½ cup carob chips</div>
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It’s been longer than I would have liked since I posted a
dog treat recipe, but it is what it is. Plus, we still have some of the last
treats—the <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/09/about-recipe-peanut-butter-and-jelly.html" target="_blank">Peanut Butter and Jelly Treats</a>; and in reality, I made these treats
last weekend…but I didn’t post it because it was a pretty busy weekend for me. </div>
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Our morning last Saturday started by shaving Presley…which
is something that we’d put off pretty much all summer; and it was the main
reason I didn’t want to put off making these treats again. After cutting his hair,
I moved onto mowing the lawn. Then I went and got my own hair cut; and if I
were all about equality between pets and humans, I would have had to let Jesse
and Presley cut my hair for me. Thankfully, neither of them have thumbs so they
can’t hold the clippers; and Rob is all talk—so I turned to a professional for
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Sunday was spent at the Fair Grove Heritage Festival at the
Old Mill in Fair Grove, Missouri; and it’s a tradition (I have family there). I
was actually super proud of my adult self—I was the one who made the plans for
my friends, my mom, and I to meet and attend…and I followed up and through with
those plans. It’s my shining adult moment for the year (until I visit Nancy in
Omaha later in October—and if you’re wondering why that’s an adult moment, let
me break it down: I’m going to drive my own car which I purchased with my own
money all alone through several major metropolitan areas all alone with no
parents with me…and I rest my case).</div>
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Also on Sunday, I made Rob “treats”, too, in the form of
chocolate chip cookies. As I was making these treats for our boys, Rob implied
that I never make him anything and I just bake for our dogs—clearly, he forgot
all the bread, cookies, cakes, pies, and dinners I’ve made for him; but it’s a
common complaint when you bake for dogs—the humans in your life beg for treats,
too. It is what it is; and instead of working on this post, I made my lover
chocolate chip cookies.</div>
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good-natured Presley who endured over 2 hours of shaving (off and on) without
once snapping or even growling (the most violent thing he did during this
process was lay down and refuse to turn the way we needed him) to end up
looking like he got a homemade hair cut from his daddies…which has
inadvertently revealed that he is now our gray dog and no longer really our
black dog…poor gray dog deserved a treat or three for every bald spot where Rob
got a little close and left a little too much skin showing. <br />
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FYI: he looks good now…well, I’m used to what he looks like now;
and if it’s any consolation, I think we’ve resolved ourselves to having Presley
groomed next time…</div>
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Anyway, later Saturday evening, I set about making these
treats; and they’re gluten-free simply because I still had some left over
flours I felt like I needed to use. When I made my whole-grain, gluten-free all
purpose baking mix, I blended multiple different flours together to make it;
and while I still have several grams of it left, I still had a lot of potato
and some brown and glutinous rice flours left. So, I blended those different
flours together. I ended up blending 360 grams of flour—which is a little less
than a cup more than I really needed, but I knew I’d need dusting flour as well
(not to mention that I started with only mixing brown rice and potato flours
together without thinking that I would need to lighten up the mix with the
glutinous rice flour—so it ended up being more than I needed that way, too). </div>
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For this recipe, I ended up mixing 120G potato flour with
127 grams brown rice flour (the left over amount from the previous flour mix)
and 113 grams glutinous rice flour (enough to round out the grams to an even
360). If you remember, a cup of regular flour is approximately 120 grams. I
estimated that I would need about 2 cups or 240 grams. I added the 240 grams to
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Potato and brown rice flours are some of the heavier, more
dense flours; and I think they work just fine for these treats; and since I’m
talking about the flours, I’ll go ahead and admit that I left out the baking
powder by chance—but in the end, I decided that it wouldn’t make a difference
and I didn’t really want these treats to rise anyway. I like them as a firm
treat instead of a fluffy one—plus, I’m not sure if they would rise anyway with
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If you’re looking over the two different formulations of
this recipe and noticing that the baking temperature is different—it’s not a
typo. The GF recipe bakes low, and you’ll almost dry out the recipe as you’re
baking them. One of the pitfalls to GF recipes is that those particular flours
tend to brown more than others; and also, the additional egg (gluten-free
recipes need more binders) adds more protein which also increases browning. So
a lower baking temperature may not be needed, but I think it helps with the end
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Just FYI: I haven’t tested the non-GF recipe; but I believe
it should work out just fine. If you go that route and it’s not coming together
very well, add a bit more applesauce (by the tablespoon) until it starts to mix
well. Applesauce is kind of wonderful for this kind of baking especially. Your
dogs will appreciate a little sweetness; and since it can sub for eggs or
butter/oil, applesauce will add binding in recipes and moisten them—it’s great
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Now, I used fresh ginger—I got a finger of it from the
produce section which was about 3 ½ inches long (and yes, you can kind of break
off the size piece you need when shopping for it); and after peeling (the outer
skin should come off easily with a vegetable peeler), when I ground it out, it
measured to almost 2 tablespoons exactly (there were some of the more fibrous
parts that I didn’t include at the very end—plus, I didn’t want to grate off my
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To me, fresh ginger smells amazing; but it’s spicy—not hot
spicy, but it’s got kind of a bite to it (think horseradish). The ginger plant
is related to turmeric and not only has anti-inflammatory properties (great for
older dogs) but also aids in ailments from nausea and upset stomach to heart
worm (source: http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/how-to-give-your-dog-ginger/).
If you don’t want to buy fresh ginger and mess with grating it, then I think
you could substitute with a tablespoon of dry—but again, fresh ginger smells so
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Now, I went the canned chicken route; but you could just as
easily use leftover shredded chicken (and hopefully you didn’t salt it too
much). If you want to cook your chicken fresh, I would definitely suggest
cooking it with some sliced ginger in a crock pot, poaching/boiling on the
stove top or baking it. Just be sure not to season it—your dogs don’t need the
extra salt and probably won’t really care for the pepper. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNm2hIFjeXojP2nLjYcKag1PPexd5aMracP3hH99fPakr39yvhMeDOStS_3NKOlZm4UCCaHS6NP_CS_m4yiEq05Cie4sZXj3NiDFTKkMTGECsJ59Oh6_QYk5x2qpucUS6Bi7nhYEqm34sl/s1600/IMG_2758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNm2hIFjeXojP2nLjYcKag1PPexd5aMracP3hH99fPakr39yvhMeDOStS_3NKOlZm4UCCaHS6NP_CS_m4yiEq05Cie4sZXj3NiDFTKkMTGECsJ59Oh6_QYk5x2qpucUS6Bi7nhYEqm34sl/s320/IMG_2758.JPG" width="320" /></a>Since the rice needs to be cooled anyway, you could also use
leftovers there, too; and yes, the same cautions apply to the rice as the
chicken, you don’t want to season it too much—especially salt or butter
(depending on the initial reason you cooked the rice). And yes, any rice will
really work so long as you have a cup of it. Truth be told, I used a black rice
which wasn’t actually wild rice—the price of a pound of wild rice was over $4
and the black rice I bought was less than ½ of that; but it looks almost the
same as wild rice and no one really needs to know—plus, wild rice sounds
better. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSzsyvI2oSL0BhR4aRWjdlMHcrFOFZoIUpEzsXDd8wowOXkOzdqzrMFCc32wH0gXuwskIHq76mO4Xztw9gFk736YcyMRXG_Oqse6OX9IL9QP1IeWzgWdAfUBb41v8OficqoTyithkO8qr/s1600/IMG_2815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSzsyvI2oSL0BhR4aRWjdlMHcrFOFZoIUpEzsXDd8wowOXkOzdqzrMFCc32wH0gXuwskIHq76mO4Xztw9gFk736YcyMRXG_Oqse6OX9IL9QP1IeWzgWdAfUBb41v8OficqoTyithkO8qr/s320/IMG_2815.JPG" width="320" /></a>We don’t eat rice all that often in my house (Rob doesn’t
like it all that much), so I did cook mine especially for this recipe. I
followed the package instructions to end up with a cup in the end; and I boiled
it in some unsalted chicken stock to pump up the flavor. I love this stock for
my dog treats since it only has 45 mg of salt—which is by far the least amount
of salt I could find in an off the shelf stock (it’s Swanson’s—and this post is
in no way sponsored)…even the reduced sodium versions have over 400mg which is
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brand name because it really is the one with the least salt I’ve found so far. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNiY6yL3ZTgNoYbI6aV3pJgbtg3KY0F_JNSZvvCxTv_6Q7FgQRn3bf9rlqRxDS_pfme5g8jxt65vDez30umSP2r_hn_k-LPWFUcVintRspeIoYEaY6qH08-wCyN1TvewpBmTHO-Oj5aZg/s1600/IMG_2761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNiY6yL3ZTgNoYbI6aV3pJgbtg3KY0F_JNSZvvCxTv_6Q7FgQRn3bf9rlqRxDS_pfme5g8jxt65vDez30umSP2r_hn_k-LPWFUcVintRspeIoYEaY6qH08-wCyN1TvewpBmTHO-Oj5aZg/s320/IMG_2761.JPG" width="240" /></a>Mixing the treats went easily. I threw the chicken, rice,
ginger, eggs and applesauce in a bowl and mixed it up really well before I
added the flour; and then mixed until there was no more dry flour. A caution is
that you may want to use your hands as this mixture did bend my poor spatula
(yet again) since it’s kinda stiff… it also stays kinda sticky, so you will
want to flour your rolling surface, your cookie cutter of choice, and your
rolling pin. You’ll also definitely want to use a silicone baking mat or
parchment with this one especially if you use the honey glaze.</div>
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Again, when rolling and cutting treats, you’ll want to place
the shapes as close together when cutting to get as many shapes as possible
from the fewest amounts of rolls. This is mostly for ease of operation with the
GF version; but if you’ve opted for a wheat-based flour, then you need to worry
about the developing gluten every time you roll them out again. Also, be sure
to keep your cutter well floured for the sharpest shapes; and an off-set
spatula is a great tool to help remove them from your rolling surface even if
you used a fair amount of flour. </div>
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Now, the honey glaze was included purely because, come on,
it sounds really fancy; and in reality, it was super easy to mix…honey and
water…then I just brushed it on the treats right before I put them in the oven.
In reality, I don’t know that it did all that much for the treats other than
increase the words used for their name; but it was an easy addition that I felt
might add a touch of sweetness to them. Plus, my mom got some honey from an
apiary from my hometown; and honey is dog safe in moderation (you don’t want to
add too many sugars). The water was used to make it a bit more spreadable; and I
think if (read: when) I did it again, I’d do a 2 to 1 ratio with the honey and
water (that’s twice as much honey as water) because I really like the idea of a
honey-glazed treat.</div>
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As they were baking, my house smelled of fried chicken (in a
good way—just to clarify if any of you would find that bad); and my boys (both
gray and yellow) reacted favorably. I took them out of the oven just before we
went to bed; and I almost thought about waiting until the morning before giving
them their customary odd balls. However, we hovered in the kitchen just long
enough for them to cool to where I didn’t think they get their mouths burned;
and even a week later, they love them.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7RQYMox3JwylMyEqCfn6EuHG_h_4c1fHDT3hLmbL-7m8ylC4-bFbbaMGZwUNzyDIYHT2zJx0a5ndiReyqLohYLgFu2b5_O7nt8ySHogfpwliDE_vIJoXugdlrhAhGTMZiZOLYm-kvy14/s1600/IMG_2780.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7RQYMox3JwylMyEqCfn6EuHG_h_4c1fHDT3hLmbL-7m8ylC4-bFbbaMGZwUNzyDIYHT2zJx0a5ndiReyqLohYLgFu2b5_O7nt8ySHogfpwliDE_vIJoXugdlrhAhGTMZiZOLYm-kvy14/s320/IMG_2780.JPG" width="266" /></a>The final product actually looks quite impressive. There are
chucks of chicken decorated with flecks of black rice, plus they smell
delicious. Ingredient wise, there’s only a few; and if you make them with wheat
flour, there are even less. And they’re </div>
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another success!<br />
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Stay tuned for the rest of October…I’m planning pumpkin
spice treats and probably something with sweet potatoes. Since my dogs like
them, the flavors of fall are definitely going to make an appearance in the
next couple of months. </div>
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As always, the actual recipe for these treats should follow
(scroll down or <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/10/honey-glazed-ginger-chicken-and-wild.html" target="_blank">click here</a>); and feel free to comment, email, or contact via
social media links to the right with your questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And don’t forget to follow Jesse (who is still
various shades of yellow) on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jdawg_yellow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Jdawg_yellow</a>!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yields 36 bone shapes with 2 odd balls</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: small;">Gluten-Free option</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1 cup cooked and cooled wild rice</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2 tablespoons ground, fresh ginger</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1-12.5 oz can cooked chicken (well drained)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2 whole eggs</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">½ cup unsweetened applesauce</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">240 grams gluten free flour mix (plus more for dusting)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(check out <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/whole-grain-gluten-free-baking-mix.html" target="_blank">my whole grain version</a>, or the about the recipe
section for this recipe for how I mixed mine) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1-12.5 oz can cooked chicken (well drained)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Prepare rice according to package instructions (or use
leftover rice). Instead of water, I would suggest cooking your rice in unsalted
chicken broth for added flavor. Once cooled, mix with all ingredients except
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<span style="font-size: small;">Gluten-free</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For more detailed instructions, tips, tricks, or inspiration, check out the <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/10/about-recipe-honey-glazed-ginger.html" target="_blank">About the Recipe section</a> </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I know it’s been more than a week since I last posted;
however, last weekend, I had to make my dad a birthday cake (he actually
requested the Carrot Cake that’s kind of a bear to make—and inspired<a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/about-recipe-carrot-cake-bones_21.html" target="_blank"> the CarrotCake Dog Treats</a>);
and then I had to go to his party. Then on top of all that fun, I’ve been sort
of under the weather lately; so I didn’t exactly feel like doing too much.
After a week of coughing and blowing my nose constantly (all while still
smoking like a chimney), I feel a bit better now; and was excited to tackle
these treats for my boys. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The inspiration for these treats came while I was randomly
driving down the highway the other day. I got to thinking about what I’d name
my Barkery if I ever decided to quit my job and devote myself to making dog
treats, like, as a profession (I don’t think I’d ever actually do that because
baking is my hobby and if I did it as a job I’d have to find a new pastime
which I don’t want to do; and overall, it would probably make me hate baking—and
I don’t ever want to hate baking because I love it too much)…but anyway, I was
thinking of my boys’ names and their initials… Presley and Jesse… P & J…. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">PB&J… Peanut Butter and Jelly…wait, that sounds like a
super great dog treat… True Story—and they are great dog treats and super easy
to make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Since <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/about-recipe-jesses-whole-grain-gluten.html" target="_blank">my last treat recipe</a> was kind of crazy to make—it had so many ingredients and steps and on top of
that was gluten-free; so I kind of wanted to make something easy this time. The
peanut butter treat itself is so simple and only contains a few
ingredients—which are all staples in dog-treat baking; and then to add a bit of
a wow factor to something which would have otherwise been plain, I made a
“jelly” icing to go on top. It adds a pop of color and makes me feel like I’ve
done yet another special treat for my boys. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The treat itself starts with the name-sake ingredient,
peanut butter; and I’ve talked about this ingredient before several times.
Peanut butter is used in a lot of dog treats because dogs love it; and it’s
fairly healthy for them in moderation since it’s a good source of protein and
natural fats. When making treats, I buy a natural peanut butter with no or very
little added sugar and no added salt. Also, I scan the ingredients to make sure
it doesn’t contain any hydrogenated oils or high fructose corn syrup as I want
the treats I make for my boys to be as clean and natural as possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Applesauce is another ingredient I’ve used several times
since apples are naturally sweet and are perfectly healthy for our four legged
children; and just like with the peanut butter, I look for an all natural,
unsweetened applesauce—again, just scan the ingredients and put the ones which
have high fructose corn syrup back on the shelf. This recipe wasn’t originally
going to contain applesauce; however, as I was formulating things, the dough
just wasn’t “acting” the right way—I didn’t like the way it was mixing. So I
added some and it corrected my dough to be just what I wanted. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Applesauce is another staple to keep on hand when making
your own dog treats, which is actually why I had it to add even though it
wasn’t part of my original plan. Now, if you’re vegan, you probably know that
you can substitute applesauce for an egg or even butter in a sweet treat recipe
(and I’ve talked about all that before—and it’s one of the reasons applesauce
is such a staple ingredient to dog treats); and I think I needed an additional
binder with the original configuration so it was a natural inclusion here as I
didn’t want to add an additional egg—I really try to keep my treats as low fat
as possible, too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you don’t have applesauce or don’t want to buy any, you
can probably use an additional egg and a little bit of skim (or whatever) milk
you have to make up the difference. Eggs are safe for dogs; but again, it does
add additional fat and even cholesterol to the recipe. With the amounts we’re
talking about, it probably wouldn’t make all that much difference—these treats
will still be fairly healthy even if you use two eggs. Now to make up the
difference for not using applesauce with the ½ cup measure, you’d use one
additional egg and two tablespoons of milk. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Oats—old fashioned or quick cooking are also used in a lot
of treat recipes; and I used them in these for the same reason I usually use
them—I like the way they look in the treats. Other than looking wholesome, oats
are also very heart healthy and an added whole grain—so it’s a win/win in the
end. Plus, whole wheat flour tends to end up kind of gummy in treats making
something slightly rubbery-ish; and I think the oats actually help absorb some
of the moisture and improve the texture overall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And then the final ingredient is baking powder. I use an
organic aluminum-free variety because I’m anti-aluminum when dog treat baking
even though I think that health-myth has been debunked. If you scan the list of
ingredients on your baking powder and find aluminum and don’t want to use it or
go out to buy an alternative, baking soda will work in these treats if you use
the applesauce (apples are slightly acidic and should react with the soda to
achieve lift); or you can omit it altogether with the foreknowledge that your
finished treats will be firmer and more crispy than the ones I made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Truth be told, I wasn’t going to add a leavener at all
because my original intention was to make these a bit crisper and thinner so I
could sandwich the jelly between two treats and not end up with something that
was too fat for an easy bite (I hope that makes sense—I mostly wanted to make
sure that my boys could chew the treat without having the mess of them dropping
a portion of it and pick it back up from the clean rug to eat it). In the end,
I decided they were prettier not sandwiched…which led me to formulating an
icing instead of a more jelly or jam-like topping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As I just said, the jelly component is more of an icing as
opposed to a true jelly. To ensure the treats were not messy when stored, I
needed a topping which would dry hard and not be as messy as a true jelly—which
is where I turned to the ever so wonderful tapioca starch; and if you’re
intrigued by the sandwich treat idea (as I still am), you could skip the starch
and just make the blueberry compote without it (decrease the water to only ¼
cup) and spread a little between the layers. But I’m getting ahead of myself a
little…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once everything was mixed up, it became really stiff dough
which was perfect for rolling out; and I, again, used my cook top as my rolling
surface. You will definitely not want to skimp dusting the surface with flour
as this mix was kinda sticky. I kind of heavily dust the middle area, then turn
my dough out there and dust the top of the dough a little more. Then I dusted
my rolling pin and worked my way from the middle to the outside edges until it
was a little less than ¼ inch thick. If you want fatter treats, feel free to
not roll out your dough that much; but know it’ll affect your cooking time a
little bit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another fun component to these treats is that you can cut
them out using any cookie cutter you like; or you could get creative and free
hand cut with a dull knife. I used a heart-shaped cookie cutter because I liked
the size it was (and I think hart shaped treats are kinda cute); and it’s a
little smaller than my bone-shaped cutter so I ended up with more treats. The
size of your cutter and how thinly you’ve rolled your dough will ultimately
determine how many treats which you’ll get. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">With any rolled treat or cookie, try to cut as closely to
the edge as possible and as close to each cut as possible to ensure you get the
maximum amount of cuts per roll of your dough. The dough will become stiffer
and less appetizing each time it’s rolled as you incorporate more flour into it
each time and it also works the gluten in the dough making the final products
tougher. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A tip I’ll give you to get true shapes from your cutter is
to keep it well floured so the dough doesn’t stick; and when you cut, go
straight down then back up—try not to twist or squeeze the cutter. Also I’d
encourage you to use a small off-set spatula to help you remove the shapes once
they’re cut. The off-set spatula will help release the dough from the surface
and you can use it to cut away any excess dough that may not have gotten cut
with the cookie cutter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Usually when making cookies, you usually try to allow them
space and not to crowd the pan too much; however, cut treats usually don’t
spread (these don’t). They will puff up a bit (if you used the baking powder);
but you don’t have to worry about them becoming one blog on the cookie sheet so
long as you make sure they’re not touching on the pan. I only left maybe a few
millimeters in between each treat; and mine baked for exactly 11 minutes on
350. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thicker or bigger treats may take longer; but just check
them along the way. I also rotated my pans halfway through the cooking time
since I put both sheet pans in the oven at the same time. When they’re done,
they’re lightly golden and will be firm but yielding to the touch—and your
kitchen will smell wonderfully like peanut butter. If you don’t use the baking
soda, your treats will be firm anyway; so try to gauge the doneness by the
color—and it shouldn’t actually affect the cooking time anyway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I think of PB & J, I automatically think of the
classic—grape jelly (despite the fact that it’s probably the only flavor of
jam/jelly that I don’t currently have in my house right now); however, grapes
are not dog friendly (there’s some enzyme which messes with their digestion or
brain or something—Just know that I’ve read grapes are bad for dogs enough
times to not even question it at this point). So I turned to blueberries as my
2<sup>nd</sup> choice since blueberries are a superfood and are just as good
for our furbabies (in moderation, of course) as they are for us. Plus, I’ve
made blueberry jam before and know it’s a fairly simple process; however,
blueberries aren’t the only fruit that would be good in this situation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Strawberries, apples
(think apple-butter), raspberries, blackberries, peaches, plums, cherries or any
combination thereof would also make intriguing ingredients for jam; and most of
those fruits are perfectly safe in their whole forms so long as there aren’t
any stems or leaves attached (strawberry leaves & stems are somewhat
toxic); but when considering the stone fruits (peaches, plums, & cherries)
and apples, be sure that the seeds or pits are totally removed before feeding
them to your furbaby. Seed and pits contain toxins which will tax your dogs
immune system as the seeds and pits are naturally designed to be rejected if
ingested; and since these items would not be a part of your dogs diet in the
wild (dogs would be most likely be carnivorous if left to their own devices),
they have no way of dealing with these toxins like we can. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mashing blueberries over medium-high heat</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now, after having said all that, they would be perfectly
fine as a jam since we’d only be using the flesh of the fruit anyway; and all
of those fruits are naturally sweet enough so there’s no need to add sugar
(your dogs palate will think they’re really sweet even if yours doesn’t since
processed sugars aren’t really a part of their everyday diet). With the
exception of apples, you’d prep and cook them in a very similar way as I’ve
outlined with the blueberries (cooking and mashing) but you’d probably want to
go ahead and give them a slight chop to make them easier to cook. If you’re
leaning toward apple butter, save yourself several steps and cook down
applesauce (the same unsweetened variety you’d use for the treats and don’t add
water) since that takes care of most of the hard part for you anyway (and feel
free to add cinnamon or ginger to flavor it a bit more). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If jam making isn’t your thing (even in this bastardized
form), you could use an unsweetened, all natural jelly or jam you pick up off
the shelf in your supermarket (avoid marmalades and citrus fruit jellies/jams
as citrus isn’t dog friendly—especially the rind; and curds since they’re
usually made with butter and eggs added); however, use caution to avoid high
fructose corn syrup and sugar-free varieties. Sugar-free isn’t the same as
unsweetened; and sugar-free products usually contain synthetic sugar
alternatives which probably aren’t good for your doggy to ingest. Also be sure
to check over the nutrition label and pick the one with the least grams of
sugars since almost any commercially produced jam or jelly will contain added
sugar as adding sugar starts to soften fruits and makes them more appealing to
human consumers; but your dog will react differently since they have no
tolerance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">With only needing a ½ cup to mix with the tapioca starch and
to spread over 60+ treats, it won’t make that much of a difference; and big
dogs like mine (they’re both in the 80+ lb range) can easily metabolize those
small amounts of sugar. If you have smaller dogs, you may want to make my
version or omit it altogether. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This version of blueberry jam isn’t an actual jam—it’s more
like blueberry compote; and it doesn’t gel like jelly—per say—as I watered it
down to keep it from getting overly sticky due to storage issues (you don’t
want to have them stick to one another or make a reach into a messy bag). Really,
this recipe is as easy as mashing the blueberries and cooking them down a bit
before mixing them with the tapioca starch. Don’t add in the starch while
you’re cooking; instead, let the blueberries cool completely before adding it
or the starch will thicken the mixture in a different way. Tapioca starch is
similar to corn starch in its thickening capability; however, tapioca only
needs very little heat to work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By letting it cool, you’re making more of an icing which
will harden than a sauce which will thicken; and if you’ve ever mixed
cornstarch and water to make that gloop you can play with that gets hard when
pressured and then soft when you release it, then you’ll be a bit ahead of the
curve with this icing. It behaves similarly; however, with the ratios I’ve
lined out, it’ll just be a little stiff when you stir it but spread on the
treats just fine. If you want it a bit runnier to dunk your treats, then I’d
suggest starting with ¼ cup less than I’ve outlined and increasing by the
tablespoon until you get the desired consistency. But this recipe was kinda fun
because it was fairly easy to spread, but stayed where it was put with very little
running.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">They started drying on the counter after they were iced; but
I did move mine to the refrigerator for like 20 minutes to speed the process
along. Then I counted them out and bagged them by the dozen and moved the majority
to the freezer before putting the remaining short dozen in the fridge for
immediate snacking…and this is why my dogs always appear when the fridge is
opened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Presley (my black labradoodle) was waiting in the kitchen
from the moment I pulled my mixing bowl from the cabinet; but Jesse (the
yellow, husky-wolf mix) kept napping with his other dad until the smell probably
became too much for him as he joined us probably like a minute before I pulled
them from the oven. Needless to say, my peanut butter bowl and blueberry pan
(after it cooled, of course) were thoroughly cleaned before I put them in the
dishwasher; and both my boys took them without any further waiting once I’d let
them cool before they were iced. After a quick sniff check, Jesse (my always
cautious eater) took the iced versions with no further hesitation; and as per
usual, Presley never paused at all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As I’ve tried to point out with the alterations throughout,
this recipe is also fairly versatile depending on what you want as your desired
outcome. You can completely transform this treat to make different varieties with
very little effort on your part—these could go from iced treats to sandwich
treats with the omission of two simple ingredients; and your dogs will still go
crazy for them. For more variety, switch out the fruits in the jam icing or try
the yogurt-based<a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/about-recipe-carrot-cake-bones_21.html" target="_blank"> icing used for the carrot cake treats</a>…the possibilities are
virtually limitless. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_9089Da1kF7SmdcDgeTedFEGel6xiXSMTJYXIdcalm-lENQ4w0JEQ-XdSDLjSMxKwCkR-KW4Qu4163R4dkwIkyPEqNxWy8Lu75yGOII3pze_YEBfTEJ6FWs0qx-5_dLHB3SHx9U_Ozng/s1600/IMG_2644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_9089Da1kF7SmdcDgeTedFEGel6xiXSMTJYXIdcalm-lENQ4w0JEQ-XdSDLjSMxKwCkR-KW4Qu4163R4dkwIkyPEqNxWy8Lu75yGOII3pze_YEBfTEJ6FWs0qx-5_dLHB3SHx9U_Ozng/s320/IMG_2644.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">Overall, these were really fun and super easy to make. The
peanut butter treats will make your house smell amazing; and I’m betting your
dog will go crazy for them even without the icing. If you’re a novice baker or
are too scared to try, give this one a go since I don’t think it can disappoint—plus,
it uses simple, easy to find ingredients.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As always, feel free to use the contact links and/or the
social media links to ask any questions or show me your treats after you’ve
made them; and be sure to follow Jesse on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/jdawg_yellow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jdawg_yellow</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Check out <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/09/peanut-butter-jelly-dog-treats.html" target="_blank">the full recipe here</a>, or keep scrolling down…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">PB & J Treats</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h3>
<span style="font-size: small;">Yields 68 Heart-Shaped Treats with two odd round treats</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">½ cup unsweetened applesauce</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;">1 whole egg</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats</span></div>
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add all other ingredients and mix until uniform and moist. </span></div>
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wheat flour and roll out dough to between 1/4<sup>th</sup> and 1/8<sup>th</sup>
inch thickness. Cut out shapes trying to get as many shapes from your first
roll as possible; and continue to re-knead and roll out until all dough has
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11-15 minutes. Treats will be firm to the touch but slightly yielding and
light, golden brown in color. Allow treats to cool completely before icing.</span><br />
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over medium high. As the mixture heats take a potato masher or heat-proof
spatula and mash the blueberries and continue mashing blueberries with the flat
side of the spatula as the mixture comes to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat
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1/2 cup of blueberry compote. Combine the blueberries with ¾ cup tapioca starch
and mix until combined and smooth. Using a butter knife or small off-set
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<span style="font-size: small;">Check out the <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/09/about-recipe-peanut-butter-and-jelly.html" target="_blank">About the Recipe Section</a> for more tips and
alterations…</span>The Grand ChaHeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469474114447988419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-50003162539519325132016-08-27T21:53:00.001-05:002016-08-29T19:47:06.093-05:00About the Recipe: Jesse's Whole-Grain, Gluten-Free, Sweet-Potato & Salmon Doggy muffins<div class="MsoNormal">
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Jesse will turn 4 on the 30<sup>th</sup>; and I’ve been planning
his birthday treats since I finished making Presley’s Pupcakes. Now, like our
youngest furbaby, these treats are somewhat complex. As you’ll soon see (if you
haven’t already looked over the actual recipe), there’s a lot going on in these
treats—so much, in fact, that I’ve separated out the gluten-free baking mix
into a different post (<a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/whole-grain-gluten-free-baking-mix.html" target="_blank">click here</a> to read over that section). </div>
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And if you haven’t looked over the ingredients list yet,
you’re going to think I’m crazy when you do (especially if you check out the
baking mix, also). These treats kind of had me stressed out a bit—as I’ve never
actually took the time to figure out gluten free baking; and while I’m still
not a master, I can say that I’m happy with the way they’ve turned out—at the
end of the day, I have two very happy dogs who probably wish I’d let them gorge
themselves on these treats instead of rationing them out so they don’t get sick
or too fat. </div>
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The inspiration for this recipe comes from a canned dog food
that I happened to purchase at random one day. It’s Purina’s Beyond Salmon
& Sweet Potato Recipe Ground Entrée; and Jesse’s reaction to this new food
was positive enough for me to notice. Even though Jesse’s tweet of appreciation
didn’t get much of a reaction from Purina (i.e. they didn’t send us any or pay
me in any way to promote it), I stored the information in the back of my head
for future use…and this is that use—Jesse’s Barkday Treats. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaxPrgvYHY6-ltJx6tZkPndriDpM7O7HzCqPnwqv0i2AqSAK3noBiiC4l5fJmNJWquQcnAeC0RJ9DJ1wPX_JUwJoVQ4ITf87DUx1tQj2xDMa5chgp78qn7MiAmdcaQLEJB9YCwBlh9OEh/s1600/wholesweet+potato.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaxPrgvYHY6-ltJx6tZkPndriDpM7O7HzCqPnwqv0i2AqSAK3noBiiC4l5fJmNJWquQcnAeC0RJ9DJ1wPX_JUwJoVQ4ITf87DUx1tQj2xDMa5chgp78qn7MiAmdcaQLEJB9YCwBlh9OEh/s200/wholesweet+potato.JPG" width="200" /></a>I’ve used sweet potatoes in treats before since they’re
perfectly healthy for dogs and help aid digestion and provide healthy fiber.
Also, the flavors in sweet potatoes pair really well with the warm spices—like
cinnamon and ginger—which I’m fond of using in their non-savory treats anyway
(these are made sans cinnamon as they’re more savory). Additionally, and not to
get too graphic here—but if your dog is constipated or you’ve noticed he/she
is straining when going number 2…sweet potatoes can help her/him out in that
regard (as does pumpkin). <br />
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Now, I don’t normally make savory treats; and that’s, honestly,
because I feel weird about incorporating meat or a meat product into a baked
good (it’s kind of the same reason I’ll never try baby food that has anything
in it other than mashed fruits). I’ve done it before using chicken, and the
saving grace there was that I used canned chicken which seemed a little bit
better—for whatever reason—which is the main reason I opted for pouch salmon in
this recipe. Now, I know that I should have bought fresh (or even frozen)
salmon and cooked it myself if only to help control the amount of sodium and
preservatives in the recipe; however, I’ve never cooked salmon before and don’t
have a desire to learn how to, either (which probably means I’ll be doing it
next week). </div>
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So, I used pouch salmon; and feel free to cast all the shade
you’d like over that fact. Feel free to cook that salmon yourself and email me
with your bragging rights after you’ve made this recipe—I’d accept that
feedback, gladly. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sXI_hOVvZh0JzQv4wvlTtnLNqW6ZFJl8DzCyOiuHqHfk1odSjsLVcuPLR_U4R8Ihbtlot1SlpN8_brmFv4woAkIWIcMvhIZThrj_M4qHKkY_XQKJm5mYqCfcCEGvGfvN-oWQr1m-v_7J/s1600/pinksalmon.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sXI_hOVvZh0JzQv4wvlTtnLNqW6ZFJl8DzCyOiuHqHfk1odSjsLVcuPLR_U4R8Ihbtlot1SlpN8_brmFv4woAkIWIcMvhIZThrj_M4qHKkY_XQKJm5mYqCfcCEGvGfvN-oWQr1m-v_7J/s200/pinksalmon.JPG" width="150" /></a>Like I said, I used pouch salmon; and for its ease of use
(no draining—just rip it open and scoop it into the bowl), I’d encourage you to
do the same; however, I understand if you’re planning on using canned salmon that
you already have in your pantry. If that’s the case, drain it over a bowl and
reserve the liquid before you start to make this recipe. If it’s packed in
water, use it to offset some of the other liquid in this recipe; and if it’s
packed in oil, use it instead of some of the olive oil. </div>
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If you read over the recipe posted below, you’ll notice that
I took care to write in the prep work and note that it should all be done prior
to mixing any of the ingredients. An important thing about baking and
especially gluten-free baking is to have your prep work out of the way before
you begin since it’ll make it all go smoother; and this recipe has several
components— to say the least. Your mixture will not wait on you to cook the
quinoa or sweet potato if you forget; and they both need to cool completely
before you begin since it could trigger the cooking process if you use them hot
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Now, it’s important to know that salmon and sweet potato
were the only two ingredients I absolutely knew I was going to use when I was
in the planning stages of this recipe. The gluten-free component came into play
after I realized that I was somewhat trepidatious about baking that way for
real; and in this instance, I decided to face that “fear” head on by not only
using gluten-free flours but also whole grain flours at that. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxr95LJ3wUy1AJFlnGwy-lD0k7DIo-ZOyrH-v10CwfQMdz192tyYAmK8B4OSSauyCusj-r8zv2WxJHYqqAqxkDsEFjJJXyp5pUZ4K6TMCe_t2Kdd1PF_D8BYA2RgLmORuPWUaDNgvqPWiQ/s1600/baking+mix.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxr95LJ3wUy1AJFlnGwy-lD0k7DIo-ZOyrH-v10CwfQMdz192tyYAmK8B4OSSauyCusj-r8zv2WxJHYqqAqxkDsEFjJJXyp5pUZ4K6TMCe_t2Kdd1PF_D8BYA2RgLmORuPWUaDNgvqPWiQ/s200/baking+mix.JPG" width="150" /></a>Despite the fact that my baking mix calls for a kilo of
flour, I only used 280 grams of my whole-grain, gluten free baking mix in this
particular recipe. With some quick math, that leaves me with 720 grams of mix
to store in my freezer until I get this itch to bake gluten-free again (which
will probably be kinda soon as space in my freezer comes at a premium). Why did
I mix a kilogram of baking mix when I only needed 280 grams, you ask…Well, the
guide I used for that mix called for 1000 grams and it called for 700 grams of
whole grain flours mixed with 300 grams of starches/lighter flours…and I was
too intrigued (i.e.: afraid), truthfully, to scale that down. </div>
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280 grams may seem like an odd figure to you; but as I
talked about in the about the baking mix section, different flours weight
differently. A cup of regular, all-purpose flour weighs 140 grams; and I developed
this recipe based off of a two-cup measure—thusly arriving at 280 grams. Now,
why do I mention two cups and don’t actually measure that way—well, quite
simply, 1 cup (measured and leveled like I would do for all-purpose white
flour) of my baking mix actually weighed 153 grams by itself. Precision is
important when dealing with flours that don’t behave or weigh the same as
regular flour. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmWTj50CSTE6nkTAEX-GzA7o9FZl6muzicMfxlqy0Rml_MjMJFYfke_4l7_DQY-KUMou374HmqVRySWlR6YDY7G1J-atBDOdZT-fYRATxCs3Qt9eW1mHtDBdCJ_7Ea1wZ_5zVoYiMEl-Z/s1600/quinoa.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmWTj50CSTE6nkTAEX-GzA7o9FZl6muzicMfxlqy0Rml_MjMJFYfke_4l7_DQY-KUMou374HmqVRySWlR6YDY7G1J-atBDOdZT-fYRATxCs3Qt9eW1mHtDBdCJ_7Ea1wZ_5zVoYiMEl-Z/s200/quinoa.JPG" width="188" /></a>So after I made the decision to make these muffins gluten
free (and btw, I’m referring to them as muffins because I elected to not use
cupcake liners), I knew there were several factors involved with gf baking that
I would need to overcome. GF flours tend to make baked goods dry and crumbly.
Enter the quinoa. </div>
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Other than being a super food, quinoa acts the same way as
oats in that they make baked goods moist—or they absorb and retain moisture
when used. They also add another grain to the mix and make the muffins that
much more filling overall. In this recipe, the yogurt kind of takes the place
of buttermilk in a more traditional cake or cupcake—it, too, helps keep the
cakes moist whilst baking.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ground chia mixed with broth</i></td></tr>
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Ground (cha-cha-cha) chia seeds (yes, the same that you’d
use to grow a “pet” of the same name) help with binding and thus making the
mixture less likely to crumble when it’s baked. The reason I used finely ground
chia seeds (and purchased a mortar and pestle to grind them myself) was because
when mixed with water form a slimy mixture which can be used to replace an egg.
Eggs are a binding agent, also; however, I felt that I’d used enough eggs with
1 egg and 1 egg white (that extra egg white was also used to help combat
crumbling) that I wanted to use the ground chia seeds as an alternative for an
additional egg—eggs are safe for dogs to eat; and 1 isn’t a problem…but two
felt like I was adding too much fat.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yes, I did this by hand</i></td></tr>
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The reason there’s additional (slightly ground) chia seeds
mixed into the dry mixture is because it was the remainder of the small package
that I’d purchased at my big-box retailer while walking through that isle and
becoming infatuated with the idea of using them in a treat. Yes, I’m fully
aware of how ridiculous I am—or that sounds—but, you know, I think I’ve made
something kind of wonderful here and it was because I maintained this attitude
throughout this process. </div>
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I researched and became fascinated with different products.
It’s the same reason I bought the agar agar powder; and despite the fact that I
didn’t use it, I’m not disappointed with that purchase and plan to use it in
another recipe at another time. Just because I didn’t need to use it in this
mix, doesn’t mean it was a waste. </div>
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And while it may appear that I just chose my gf flours at
random or because of their easy availability, I actually didn’t. I read up on
all the flours and tried to blend them to create almost the perfect mix for
this purpose. For example, the sticky factor is why there’s glutinous rice
flour included—to help prevent the need for the dreaded xanthan gum; and after
purchasing most of the flours and continuing to read about them, I discovered
the chia seed resource. As a side note, ground flax seeds help bind ingredients
as well; however, I’m already familiar with flax seeds and have used them before
whereas I’d never used chia seeds prior to this endeavor. </div>
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All in all, I’ve made dozens of cakes and other baked goods
throughout the years; and I didn’t want to throw out that experience when
attempting this kind of recipe despite the fact that gf baking is a lot
different than regular baking. By this point I realize that this recipe is
really my way of adapting a regular muffin recipe to overcome the challenges
presented with gf free flours; and I think it can be useful for others to read
it that way, also. </div>
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The flavorings—ginger, dill, parsley, and lemongrass powder—were
all selected as they’re sort of the traditional parings with salmon. Dill and
parsley also help dog’s breath while ginger and lemongrass powder have other
health benefits (lemon and lemon juice aren’t as good for dogs, generally
speaking). I went the lemongrass route because I had it from my Asian Market
adventures otherwise I would have used lemon balm from my garden again. Also, I
used dried parsley this go around because something ate the last of mine in my
garden. </div>
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To increase the savory aspect of this recipe, I knew I wanted
to use broth or stock in place of water; and I actually cooked the quinoa in it
and mixed it into my chia seed slurry also. If you don’t want it or can’t find
one that’s gluten free, simply use water as an alternative. Being gluten free
wasn’t something I was worried about with the broth—I was more concentrated on the
sodium content. The broth I chose was unsalted and had the least amount of
sodium per serving that I could find in the store; however, last night when I was
thinking about it, I realized that flour is a typical thickener. </div>
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After a quick 11<sup>th</sup> hour Google search, I realized
that flour isn’t usually the problem; instead, it’s the yeast that could
contain gluten. While some yeast components have gluten or aren’t considered
gluten free, the particular one the broth contained is considered gluten-free.
Now, if you’re thinking it’s strange that I almost freaked out about that, it
probably is; but I was aiming to be as authentic as possible.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qjFJgHCuErgf4I1QJDiNGsBmQ6qipB_vCi4wzZt-pzQvJFHlTf5iVkhr-1gbAHT_0noTiy1n9B9wTiS1x79k2eol4znv3A7XDdyWhBXoxUt-VkvmHZe5-VkBGLdSdXmTOe8qHKJ1Ag29/s1600/allmixedup.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qjFJgHCuErgf4I1QJDiNGsBmQ6qipB_vCi4wzZt-pzQvJFHlTf5iVkhr-1gbAHT_0noTiy1n9B9wTiS1x79k2eol4znv3A7XDdyWhBXoxUt-VkvmHZe5-VkBGLdSdXmTOe8qHKJ1Ag29/s200/allmixedup.JPG" width="150" /></a>If you pay attention to the directions in the recipe, you’ll
see I mention scrapping the bowl and making sure everything is incorporated. In
my reading, I found that it’s a common problem that the flours don’t incorporate as easily as regular wheat-based white flour—which is one of the
main reasons I chose to use a mixer in the first place. One of the benefits of
gluten-free baking is, however, the lack of gluten after all; which means that
you can mix until your heart is content without worrying about too much gluten
forming and making your baked good tough. <br />
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On that note, if you do any amount of baking you’ll probably
notice that there’s quite a bit of baking powder and baking soda included… gf
recipes require more leaveners to get a similar result as using wheat-based
flours. And with the acidity from the yogurt, I decided to add baking soda as
well as just powder.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>...and coming out</i></td></tr>
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The baking part went off without a hitch. I was very sure to
spray my pans really <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>well as gf products are known to stick; and I used a
coconut oil spray because I had it. It worked really well even without
spreading extra flour on the tins. If you want a little bit more insurance, you
can sprinkle a little of the flour mix in your cups and tap it around…or you
could also use cupcake liners. <br />
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Onto the icing. Another common pairing for salmon is cream
cheese; and I knew that’s where I wanted to go with the icing. It couldn’t have
been simpler either. The tapioca flour helps stiffen the recipe (and is used in
the recipe anyway); and kind of helped it fluff up in a similar way as powdered
sugar would—but that much sugar isn’t good for dogs and wouldn’t have paired
well with this very savory muffin. I incorporated dill and parsley since I figured
the green flecks would be kind of appealing; and in the end, I think this icing
would also be pretty good as a vegetable dip. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yummy with or without icing</i></td></tr>
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Overall, I was very happy with these treats. The muffins
were light and fluffy; and they looked really good and kind of pretty straight
out of the oven (the tops were crackled as if they had a topping). The boys
have gone crazy for them (they entered the kitchen as soon as they smelled the
broth boiling with the quinoa and barely left throughout the entire process). On
a difficulty rating—now that they’re done, I’ve give them a 7 mostly because of
all the steps; however, as I said before, having everything mapped out helped
keep things going on track. I think these could be good made with white flour,
too; however, it would have to be converted back.<br />
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If you try<a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/jesses-whole-grain-gluten-gree-sweet.html" target="_blank"> this recipe</a>, I’d really enjoy hearing from you; and
I’d especially like to hear from you if you’d like me to try another
gluten-free recipe or have an idea for one. As always, I welcome question and
comments alike and feel free to contact me using the social media links to the
right; and be sure to follow Jess on Twitter @jdawg_yellow—at least wish him a
happy birthday on Tuesday!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>They even helped with clean up...</i></td></tr>
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The Grand ChaHeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469474114447988419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-69458130603948760822016-08-27T21:51:00.003-05:002016-08-29T19:44:18.372-05:00Jesse's Whole-Grain, Gluten-Free, Sweet-Potato & Salmon Doggy muffins<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Yields: 20 muffin treats</div>
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Muffin Ingredients:</div>
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2/3 cup uncooked quinoa</div>
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1 whole sweet potato approximately 1 lb in size</div>
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¼ Cup + 1 TBS Chia Seeds</div>
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280 Grams (a scant 2 cups) WG, GF Baking Mix (recipe below,
or <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/whole-grain-gluten-free-baking-mix.html" target="_blank">click here</a>) or your own favorite all purpose GF baking mix</div>
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3 tsp baking powder</div>
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2 tsp baking soda</div>
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1 whole large egg + 1 egg white</div>
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¼ cup olive oil</div>
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¾ cup plain (non-Greek) yogurt (low or no fat preferred)</div>
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1 ½ cups unsalted broth chicken</div>
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2 tsp ground ginger</div>
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1 Tbs lemongrass powder</div>
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2 Tbs Turmeric powder</div>
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1 tsp dill</div>
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1 Tbs parsley</div>
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2- 2.5 oz packages/containers pink salmon</div>
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Icing ingredients:</div>
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1-8oz package cream cheese (room temperature)</div>
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¼ cup plain (non-Greek) yogurt (low or no fat preferred)</div>
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¼ cup tapioca flour/starch</div>
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1 tsp dill</div>
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1 Tbs parsley</div>
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Directions:</div>
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thoroughly spray or grease muffin tins and set
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Prepare Quinoa: in a medium sauce pan combine the quinoa
with an equal amount of water or broth and bring to a boil. Then cover, reduce
heat to simmer, and cook for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, remove from heat and
fluff with a fork. Set aside and let cool.</div>
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While the Quinoa is cooking, wash your sweet potato (if you
haven’t already) and poke at least 3 times on each side with a fork or knife.
Then place on a microwave-safe plate or bowl and microwave for 5-8 minutes or
until fork tender. Set aside and let cool.</div>
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Then grind the rest (1/4 cup) of the chia seeds lightly—just
to break them down a little. After you’ve ground them, mix the ¼ cup chia seeds
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Once the sweet potato is cool, cut it down the long side and
remove the skin by scooping the flesh into the bowl of an electric mixer. Using
the whisk attachment of your mixer, turn mixer to medium to fluff the sweet
potato while you add the 1 whole egg and extra egg white. Add the finely-ground
chia seed mixture (the 1 tbs ground chia mix) and continue mixing until well
incorporated. Be sure to turn off the mixture and scrape the sides with each
addition. Turn the mixer to low and add the olive oil, yogurt, ginger,
lemongrass powder, turmeric, dill and parsley and mix until well combined. Then
add the 1 ½ cups chicken broth, salmon, and prepared quinoa and turn mixer back
up to medium until everything is very mixed. </div>
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Again, turn mixer to low and slowly add dry ingredients (GF
flour mix, chia seeds, baking soda and powder). Once the mixture starts to come
together, turn mixer back up to medium high and mix until you’re certain everything
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When certain that there are no pockets of dry ingredients,
turn off mixer and remove bowl. Scrape down sides and use a spoon or spatula to
stir the mixture several turns before scooping into prepared muffin pans. Fill until
just below the rims of cup and place in 350 oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until
a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Muffins should be slightly raised and
spring back when touched. </div>
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Let cool completely. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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To make the icing:</div>
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Mix all ingredients until well combined. Once muffins are
cooled completely, pipe or spread evenly on desired treats. </div>
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Serve treats immediately or store in the refrigerator in an
air-tight container for up to a week. Freeze any treats which will not be eaten
within a week for up to three months. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Check out the <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/about-recipe-jesses-whole-grain-gluten.html" target="_blank">About the Recipe</a> section for more detailed instructions. </span></div>
The Grand ChaHeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469474114447988419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-25502361899263069482016-08-27T21:49:00.000-05:002016-08-27T21:49:18.654-05:00Whole-grain, gluten-free baking mix recipe/about the recipe:<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">290 g
sorghum flour</span></div>
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brown rice flour</span></div>
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buckwheat flour</span></div>
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tapioca flour</span></div>
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glutinous rice flour</span></div>
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g potato flour</span></div>
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mix</span></div>
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The above recipe is actually a stand-alone ingredient—and it’s
just one component in another very involved recipe. I’ve blended it for use in
Jesse’s Whole-Grain, Gluten-Free, Sweet-Potato & Salmon Doggy Muffins.</div>
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I remember telling you that I don’t give two shits about
gluten-free (gf) crap…and here I am developing a gluten-free dog muffin/pupcake
recipe. I’m not going to lie here, I’m still not sold on gluten-free baking—and
trust that we’re not transitioning to a gf household (I love my sourdough
starter too much); however, I do enjoy a bit of a challenge. This is
technically part 1, although, you’ll probably read it last or never. </div>
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At any rate, this is the first part I wrote; and I typed
most of the following last night before I made any muffins. So, you’ll need to
excuse the tenses and the fact that I didn’t know if this would work. However,
now that they’re out of the oven and several have been consumed by both of my
dogs, I’d call it a success and will be using this mix for my future
gluten-free endeavors; and I’ll talk more about it in the next post. </div>
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If you’re not a gf expert, I would definitely suggest
checking out <a href="http://wholenewmom.com/kitchen-tips/gluten-free-baking-tips" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this website</a>
and <a href="https://glutenfreegirl.com/a-guide-to-gluten-free-baking/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this one</a>
before proceeding. Both provide an invaluable amount of guidance for going in
that direction. And if you’re thinking about blending your own gf flour mix,
<a href="https://glutenfreegirl.com/2013/02/how-to-make-a-gluten-free-whole-grain-flour-blend/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this is where</a> I got the basis for my whole-grain, gluten-free baking mix.</div>
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As an experienced white-flour and a novice whole-wheat flour
baker, I was under the mistaken impression that going gluten free was as simple
as swapping one flour for another and add a bit of xanthan gum; however, it’s
not. If you checked out any of the links above, you’ll quickly learn, as I did,
that it’s best if you blend a number of different gf flours since each flour
behaves differently when combined with other ingredients. By blending the
fours, you’ll not only take advantage of their different flavors but also help
augment the properties of the mixture to end up with something that performs
more like regular, all-purpose white flour.</div>
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Also, I found that it’s not all about the flours when going
gluten free—it’s also about the starches. Potato, tapioca, and corn starches as
well as arrowroot are almost essential to lighten some of the heavier flours to
ensure success when baking gluten free. FYI: Tapioca flour is the same thing as
tapioca starch; however, potato flour is not the same as potato starch. Also,
glutinous rice flour doesn’t have gluten in it—it just means that it’s “sticky”.
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And back to xanthan gum… Xanthan and guar gums help gf free
flours bind together in the same way gluten would; but they can also cause
digestive issues and have their own allergy warnings. Even thought I don’t know
that it will affect them, I wanted to steer clear of digestive issues with my
boys. Also, as I’ve previously mentioned, I’m somewhat prejudiced against xanthan
gum—and no, I don’t care that I’ve never used it or don’t even know that it’ll
be a problem before I chose to exclude it (I don’t think it’s healthy to just
like—or try—everything). I will tell you that xanthan is readily available by
itself or as a part of most “off the shelf” gf all-purpose baking flour mixes;
so if you decide to go the easy way (and this time I wouldn’t actually shame
you for doing so), you’ll probably be using it.</div>
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A note about the easy way and why I won’t shame you: at this
point, I don’t know that my whole-grain, gf baking flour will work or even produce
something which will be edible. I’ve done my best to research my flours and
follow the guide for how to blend them (ratios of whole grains to starches and
other flours), but I know I’ve chosen the more difficult and less definite
route. I don’t mind taking the risk; and I’m a fairly, experienced baker—so
this is a challenge I’m willing to take. Plus, the search for all the different
flours (more on that later) listed in my mix was fun, for me; and a novel occurrence
for my mom who accompanied me during my hunt. </div>
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Back to the gums… If you are plagued by digestive issues
yourself or know that your dogs are sensitive to xanthan or guar gums or if you
are and don’t want it in your house or if you’re prejudiced like me, there are
alternatives—several of them actually and probably more than I researched. One
is gelatin—not the jello mix kind, but the plain kind like you’d use if you
were making homemade marshmallows. Another is agar agar powder which is a
vegan, gelatin-like substance derived from seaweed and what I’ve opted to
purchase. (post-script note: I didn’t end up using any check out the about the
recipe for Jesse’s WG, GF, Salmon & Sweet Potato Doggy Muffins to see why
it was omitted).</div>
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Note: gelatin is not vegan because it’s made out of the
skin, bones, and connective tissues (and sometimes hooves) of animals like cows—if
you live in a vegan household and don’t like the gums and are reading this for
tips on gf baking for yourself (or have never known about gelatin before and
now that you do—yuck), agar agar powder (I’m not actually sure if the repeated
agar is necessary, but I’ve seen it listed that way multiple times) will be a
good, tasteless alternative for you to explore (it doesn’t taste or smell like
seaweed). </div>
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If this is about baking for your dogs, the fact that it’s
vegan really won’t matter as your dog is a carnivore by nature and an omnivore from
centuries of meddling on the part of humanity (yeah, that comment is a direct
result of a documentary we watched a few days ago about the origins of dogs and
how they became domesticated). I know I’ve made a lot of vegetarian and even
vegan treats before (all of my proceeding recipes posted have been meatless),
but that’s mainly because I’m concerned about keeping the treats I make as
“clean” and lean as possible. My boys are not vegan—hell, Jesse is roughly a
quarter wolf. They had our left over steak last night and lamb is one of the
main ingredients in their regular dog food. Treats are meant to supplement
their diet and are only offered as an occasional diversion to their normal food
or as a reward or because one of their daddies is a chump (not really) and
likes to spoil our boys…</div>
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In short, I went with the agar agar powder because I liked
the sound of it; and I was able to buy it from the bulk spice section of my
local natural market. </div>
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If you take care to blend your flours and ingredients, you
may not need any gums (or their alternatives) at all if you include enough of
the “stickier” varieties or use extra binding agents like ground flax or (cha
cha) chia seeds (more on that later, as well). </div>
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The day I’d planned to hunt for flours my mom was jonesing
for a distraction from my other siblings, so she came up and went hunting for
gluten-free flours with me. Truth be told, it probably would have been cheaper
to have purchased a pre-mixed all purpose gf flour blend, especially
considering my local natural market had it in the bulk section right next to
all the other flours I bought in bulk (not to mention I only use a fraction of
it in the actual anticipated recipe).</div>
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If you go the whole grain route, you’ll probably have to buy
the flours separately; and if you do, I’d definitely encourage you to skip the
urge to buy those pre-packaged bags sold off the shelf and head directly for
the bulk section. I found sorghum, brown rice, and buckwheat (which doesn’t
contain wheat, fyi) flours all reasonably priced in bins where I had to scoop
it in a bag myself. I’m a fan of the bulk section not only for the price but
also because it allows you the opportunity to only get what you need or want. </div>
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The tapioca flour/starch I already had and purchased from
the ever so interesting Asian market just down the road from my house. This is
also where I turned to find buy glutinous rice flour. Both packages are covered
in writing I’ll never understand or be able to interpret myself; but they were
both incredibly cheap at this source (right around $1.29 per pound which beats
the $2.00+ price point of even the bulk section of natural market) as both of
these products are common components of Asian cooking and baking. </div>
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I also bought a package of potato flour at the natural
market since I didn’t find it in bulk; and while I only used a little bit of it
(mostly because I bought it), it’s one of the heavier flours and better for
breads than it is for cakes and muffins. After some more (internet-based)
research, I’ve found that it does help keep things moist; so I figured I’d give
it a go. All in all, it’s the flour I used the least—only 50 grams—and you
could probably do without if you do so choose. </div>
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Now is probably a good time to tell you what else I found
out about gf flours and why there are weights in this section and not good ole
fashioned volume measurements. As we’ve already touched on, gf flours all have
different properties like taste and how they absorb moisture; and, well, they
all weigh differently, too. So volume doesn’t really help us out when we’re
working with them since a cup of very fluffy tapioca starch is not really the
same amount as a cup of the more dense buckwheat flour. </div>
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Most bakers will tell you that precision is key when it
comes to baking as it’s science; and the most accurate way to bake is by
weight—be it grams or ounces (I’ve opted for grams because the wg, gf baking
mix guide I used is in grams—and my kitchen scale has a button on the bottom to
switch from imperial to metric). Originally, I purchased my kitchen scale at
the closest big box retailer in order to properly feed and maintain my
sourdough starter; and I like the results when weighing out my ingredients.
Since I’m new to gluten-free and am wanting to be as successful as possible,
I’m going to weigh out my flour mix into my recipe; however, since I don’t have
a viable solution for if your egg isn’t as big as my egg, the flours are the only
thing that’ll be weighed. </div>
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Just for the sake of
posterity (and mostly if you’re opting not to read the guide I did for mixing
your own flour mixture), the whole grain flours are <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">sorghum,
brown rice, and buckwheat flours; while the regular flours are tapioca, white
rice, and potato flours. The amounts used of each were slightly dictated by the
amounts of which I purchased since I didn’t measure them as I was gleefully
scooping them into their bags from the bins of the bulk section—which accounts
for why it’s only 290 grams of sorghum flour and not a round 300—I didn’t have
it… and I made up for it with 10 extra grams of brown rice flour. </span></div>
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I’ve been making light of this whole gluten free baking experience and that’s
because this is all really just an experiment for me; and it’s fun because I’m
not, nor is anyone else in my household, gluten intolerant. For those of you
who are or are wanting to bake for someone who is or if your pet is, I feel for
you—I really do—because I don’t know what I’d do without gluten in my life.
Having said that, I hope you can tell that I really did approach this undertaking
quite seriously this time; and I think we all know I’m not going to half-ass
anything I make for my dogs despite my overall caviler attitude. </span></div>
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Also, I learned that while oats by themselves are gluten
free they are not always by themselves. Oats are typically grown and processed
with wheat and other grains which contain gluten and which also may lead to
cross contamination. In order for oats to be totally free of gluten, they must
be grown, harvested, and processed in fields and facilities that either only
handle oats or only process other gluten-free grains. For most of us, the 99%
anyway, it probably doesn’t matter and you can still claim gluten-free bragging
rights even if they’re not labeled gluten-free; however, the other 1% will
still need to adhere strictly to only those oats which have that label just to
be on the safe side. </div>
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FYI: I mixed mine in a large bowl using a smaller bowl to measure out the individual flours, then I used a whisk to make sure they were blended well before putting it in an air-tight zip-top bag. Before using, I shook and whisked the bag again as the mixture can settle. </div>
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As a note: these treats will be made in a facility (my
kitchen) and with equipment (my KitchenAid mixer, bowls, spatula, and muffin
pans) which also regularly produce items which contain gluten (bread, cakes, muffins,
cookies, and other dog treats). </div>
The Grand ChaHeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469474114447988419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-63772942743750490802016-08-21T15:51:00.000-05:002016-08-31T20:41:20.921-05:00About the recipe: Carrot Cake Bones<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">I
love carrot cake; and for a while, I was obsessed with making one from scratch.
Several years ago after my grandma passed away, we went through her kitchen and
found her famed Angel Food Cake recipe; and it was wonderful because it was
written out in her own handwriting. But while everyone was going on and on
about how good it is (and it is…and I make it per her instructions every time),
my mom more fondly remembered her carrot cake. However, try as we might, we
could not recover grandma’s carrot cake recipe for which she would hand shred
the carrots since she didn’t have nor want a food processor. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Essentially,
carrot cake not only has carrots but also a fruit component (and don’t forget
the cinnamon); and while most will call for raisins, the recipe I eventually
settled on called for pineapple. The recipe which I found most satisfactory was
in Southern Lady Magazine; and it’s heavenly… but then again, anything that has
a pound of butter and cream cheese is bound to be alright, right? Well, it’s
heavenly (and yes, that’s the only word that really fits); but it also kind of
a bear to make—and I usually end up using two mixers and every mixing bowl in
my house—and it’s still really worth it.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfAHJVLIWaL_2K3H5hPD6MEnsQI9sTd2Tc3ErH9SPLkcSzKmI3H9icEMyIe1u72ROPfORO2sADD9jiXwpeDyAWqUG5NWeKEcFCGgUozKL2zcTLWw_rRvGHu-WndSsFW2Ra1Yl4ujG3MUv/s1600/match+stick+carrots.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfAHJVLIWaL_2K3H5hPD6MEnsQI9sTd2Tc3ErH9SPLkcSzKmI3H9icEMyIe1u72ROPfORO2sADD9jiXwpeDyAWqUG5NWeKEcFCGgUozKL2zcTLWw_rRvGHu-WndSsFW2Ra1Yl4ujG3MUv/s320/match+stick+carrots.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Matchstick carrots</i></td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">At
the end of the day, I had the idea for carrot cake treats because I needed to
finally use those carrots which I forgot to add to Presley’s Pupcakes then subsequently
forgot to include in my Green Treats; however, I’m kind of glad I didn’t use
them before because these treats were fun and definitely worth it. Also, my mom
brought me my bone-shaped cookie cutter; so I knew I wanted to make them a roll
out treat to cut out the shape. Don’t worry though, this recipe is actually
really simple to make and include a healthy dose of carrots and pineapple which
I think your dogs will like as much as mine. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5-Pf0duSiWy3eZRomZml49ohza7XTC11MJAkQ2k_b8LtJ7QBrbHTJW_vFuqnRob5fqT5IqF6xPeZTRW_9EJ_KZvfDoGFW14lp5L8opC-4DQlGoKNpM_jmp4KjvRDyLy_VDBdbD3X4HDe/s1600/finely+chopped+carrots.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5-Pf0duSiWy3eZRomZml49ohza7XTC11MJAkQ2k_b8LtJ7QBrbHTJW_vFuqnRob5fqT5IqF6xPeZTRW_9EJ_KZvfDoGFW14lp5L8opC-4DQlGoKNpM_jmp4KjvRDyLy_VDBdbD3X4HDe/s320/finely+chopped+carrots.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Finely chopped carrots</i></td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">If
you’ve ever lived with someone who has my dad’s curiosity over baked goods, a
bone-shaped cookie cutter is a good investment and will save you the trouble of
having to tell this person or people that what you’re making is intended for a
dog. You’ll get a look which says, “Really?”, or it’ll save yourself from having
to hear how bland your cookies were and how you should put a sign on your dog
treats so unsuspecting passersby don’t grab them and eat them…Yes, in short, my
dad thought it was basically a travesty that I’d make treats for my dogs and
not for him. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Like
all carrot cake recipes, it calls for carrots—which I had on hand because of my
poor memory and are a healthy treat for dogs. I picked up matchstick carrots
because I didn’t want the mess of shredding my own carrots; and as they’re kind
of too big for these treats, I did chop them up a bit so they’d mix in a bit
better. If you use fresh carrots, you’ll still probably want to give them a
chop or two; however, fresh carrots are a lot “softer”—as they’re fresh, they
have more of their natural moisture. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>2 cups carrots</i></td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Also,
if you’re using fresh carrots and shredding them yourself, you’ll want to wring
out the carrots before you throw them in your mix as they’ll be too wet to use
otherwise. This is the same step you’d do if you were making an actual carrot
cake. You put the carrots on a clean kitchen towel (preferably one you’re not
worried about turning a little orange), and then you roll the towel up
enclosing the carrots. Then you take the ends and twist until there’s no more
orange water coming out—I’d suggest you do this part over your kitchen sink. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">This
isn’t actually as big of a mess as it may sound; and it is very essential. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">And
yes, I used two whole cups of chopped carrots in these treats because, well,
carrot is in the title; and again, they’re a healthy treat. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Now
onto the pineapple which is very pouch friendly. In fact, while checking
several sources, I found that some people even let their dogs chew on the
fibrous cores as a healthy treat. In moderation, pineapple can aid in digestion
and is packed in essential nutrients—especially fresh pineapple. <a href="http://www.furrytips.com/can-dogs-eat-pineapple/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fresh pineapple cores are high in the enzyme bromelain</a> which not only helps reduce
swelling in joints but can also help prevent cancer. Additionally, enzymes in
pineapple can prevent kidney or bladder stones. Since pineapple is high in
sugar, it can throw off their diet and cause diarrhea and vomiting if eaten too
frequently. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>tip: use crushed pineapple and skip this step</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Now,
I didn’t use fresh pineapple because I was trying to make it as easy as
possible; and I bought pineapple tidbits as I had it in my head that tidbits
were crushed. They’re not; and that’s why I ended up mashing them up a bit with
a potato masher when mixing them with the applesauce. </span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Applesauce
is great in dog treats; and I use it often in my treat recipes. Apples are
healthy and add a bit more natural sweetness; and I use it a lot because it not
only helps bind the ingredients but also aids in keeping everything moist and
tender. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">
I mixed my applesauce with my pineapple as I needed to crush the pineapple
prior to mixing in the carrots; but if went with crushed pineapple, you can
just mix it all in at the same time with the egg (another binder—which is
packed with protein) and the coconut oil and vanilla. Basically, all the wet
ingredients go in together and mix until that egg is spread throughout. </span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZEgwAqUD40TAAaa0bZPwRwKLgFUZ1bm5aZ0RTObNtX9qdnvb0CKJDE-jaFh1EvWaaCoEaryAXeRv-35ptYY2oPQ1Zq2D8TOv75j-tvRSNG3oIxEtNG7CLtlWbXoP1WP0wmPDWLMQU6e1/s1600/halfway+mixed.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZEgwAqUD40TAAaa0bZPwRwKLgFUZ1bm5aZ0RTObNtX9qdnvb0CKJDE-jaFh1EvWaaCoEaryAXeRv-35ptYY2oPQ1Zq2D8TOv75j-tvRSNG3oIxEtNG7CLtlWbXoP1WP0wmPDWLMQU6e1/s320/halfway+mixed.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Now
with cakes, you generally mix the wet then mix all the dry in another bowl
before adding it into the wet ingredients; but that’s not necessary in this
case. If anything, I mixed the cinnamon in with the wet ingredients as it tends
to blend better that way before I added the flour, baking soda and powder,
oats, wheat-flour and ground flax seeds. Yes, I used both—and while I bought
the organic aluminum-free baking powder specifically for dog treats, I hadn’t
gotten around to doing the same with the baking soda; however, upon inspection
of the ingredients list, there’s no aluminum in mine anyway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Baking
powder works when it gets wet and/or hot (Single acting works when wet--Double
acting when it gets wet and then again when it gets hot). There’s a chemical
reaction which causes carbon dioxide and makes bubbles in your mixture causing
lift. Baking soda does the same thing but requires acid. My carrot cake recipe
calls for both because it also calls for buttermilk; and this recipe calls for
both because of the acidic pineapple and applesauce. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">In
the end, these ingredients are what leave these treats kind of soft and not
quite as hard as commercial treats; and while you can bake them for a bit
longer to get a harder treat, they’ll never be as hard as the cardboard box
treats unless you burn them to a crisp. However, if you’re aiming for a firmer
treat—feel free to omit both ingredients as they’re stay flat and bake harder.
My boys like the softer treats, I think; or at least, it provides them a new
texture and treat experience that they seem to enjoy. </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7uyF5mUTdoCmvpeuwuKI_gDTkjDFsJPbTt1OSyWXuHfgaGQ1BdCX1mo2_oKBsYXFk9H9oZrwmPVuEcdMt1QUyFYfh9EstivUrU7ip2Sb4Apxl_zfI76BmbL5hnJGwrwyVQ0_us_ehzHm/s1600/mixed+up.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7uyF5mUTdoCmvpeuwuKI_gDTkjDFsJPbTt1OSyWXuHfgaGQ1BdCX1mo2_oKBsYXFk9H9oZrwmPVuEcdMt1QUyFYfh9EstivUrU7ip2Sb4Apxl_zfI76BmbL5hnJGwrwyVQ0_us_ehzHm/s320/mixed+up.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>All mixed up, it kind of looks like a meat loaf, doesn't it?</i></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Now,
oats and flaxseeds are not a part of any carrot cake recipe I’ve ever seen; and
while ground flax seeds bring a nutty flavor (most carrot cakes have nuts, but
nuts can disrupt your dog’s digestion and could actually be poisonous) and have
other health benefits, the oats were actually included because I think they
make the treats look more appealing. Plus, they add a bit of healthy fiber and
interesting texture to the mix. I mostly included both because I have both on
hand—and I tend to use both in a lot of my treats. But if you don’t have them
on hand, just increase the amount of wheat-flour you use to make up the
difference. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">This
dough should be stiff; and in fact, it was so stiff that it ended up bending my
spatula—so watch out when mixing. In the end, I finished mixing this recipe
with my hands. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>be sure to flour your rolling surface</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">With
all the fruit—applesauce and pineapple, this dough is kinda sticky; and you’ll
need to dust your rolling surface fairly well prior to turning out your dough.
As my kitchen lacks counter space, I actually roll out dough on my cook top
stove since it’s the largest flat surface in my kitchen; and as having the oven
preheating tends to warm the surface a bit, I don’t start the oven until after
I’m done rolling and cutting my treats. FYI: the glass cook top is a lot easier
to clean up than my counter top ever was; and if anything ever sticks, it’s easy
to use an off-set spatula to pull up the treats.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>flour your cutter and space your cuts close!</i></td></tr>
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rolling out cookies or these dog treats, you’ll want to cut out your shapes as
closely as possible to get the most out of the fewest rollouts. The more you
rollout your dough, the more gluten will develop in the flours…plus, it’s fewer
steps that way. You will have to re-roll once or twice at any rate; but less is
better. And when you get down to a small scrap of dough, I always just free
form it into a ball and those are the treats my boys get first after they’re
done. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>About to go into the oven</i></td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Once
you’ve got your treats cut out and on the pans, put them directly in the 350
degree oven and bake for 18-20 minutes. I rotated my pans about halfway through
because I put both in at the same time; and I exchanged top for bottom when I
rotated. My treats were firm to the touch with a slight spring after 18
minutes; but weren’t brown, per say—the whole-wheat flour and flax seeds make
the dough dark to begin with, so it’s hard to tell if they’re brown or not.
Again, if you want a harder treat, feel free to leave them in the oven for up
to 25 minutes—just be sure to check on them to make sure they’re not getting
burned. </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDP07LwMwaVCiA2HaCCFlQ5r0efZl8ecdZHaeDnT-y0eFITNX6DFvNo9wlAZtq5mCDbywbEXzDhlnh3dlBBDJmk2MApNQCjsvfjvbMwj2zBiz1XQlQYeHDz3boAv5Bva9i_wn0-rMqlNra/s1600/out+of+the+oven.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDP07LwMwaVCiA2HaCCFlQ5r0efZl8ecdZHaeDnT-y0eFITNX6DFvNo9wlAZtq5mCDbywbEXzDhlnh3dlBBDJmk2MApNQCjsvfjvbMwj2zBiz1XQlQYeHDz3boAv5Bva9i_wn0-rMqlNra/s320/out+of+the+oven.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Right out of the oven</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">After
they were baked to my liking, I took them out of the oven and let them cool for
about two minutes before I transferred them onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
If you opt to make the icing, you’ll want to let them cool completely—which
means that they no longer feel warm at all. Warm treats will melt icing; and
you’ll end up with a big ole mess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">The
icing was fairly simple to complete; and while traditional carrot cake would
call for cream cheese icing, I didn’t have cream cheese on hand nor did I want
to try to think about how to make it not messy on the finished bones. I wanted
an icing that sort of dried hard, so I did a simple Google search and wound up
finding the one I used. It calls for yogurt—which has a sort of tanginess like
cream cheese; and couldn’t have been easier to make and spread.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">I
only modified it slightly, so I can’t take full credit. The original recipe
called for Greek yogurt, tapioca starch/flour (which I had on hand due to my
Asian market adventures and my quest for the perfect coconut cream pie—FYI:
Tapioca starch is the same thing as Tapioca flour), and milk. However, I’d
purchased a rather large container of non-fat plain regular yogurt, so I
skipped adding the milk (which essentially makes it more runny; and since
regular yogurt is more runny than Greek yogurt, it works out), and added
cinnamon which my dogs love and would kind of mimic the flavor in the treat
(plus, my favorite carrot cake recipe does). </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Whisk smooth</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">All
in all, the icing is super simple—just whisk together all ingredients until
smooth, and then spread on the treats with a butter knife or offset spatula;
and it elevates them just a bit. Out of the oven, the treats look pretty good
with the oats and flecks of pineapple on their surface; but when they’re iced,
they look extra special. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">My
boys got them both ways—plain and iced; and I think they like the iced versions
a little bit more than their slightly more boring counter parts. Once it’s dry,
you can stack the treats and they don’t make a mess at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Both
my boys seem to like these treats a lot; and even though they will eat about
anything that comes out of my hand, I think they do really enjoy them. Also, I
gave some of the un-iced version to a friend with two dogs. One of her dogs
seemed to enjoy them a lot, also; and the other doesn’t really like carrots—and
clearly doesn’t have good taste in treats anyway (that dog is far too skinny of
a dog anyway). My neighbor girl also received some; and her girl Clementine
seemed to like them as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
me, this treat recipe was a lot of fun to make; and I found it super simple.
Plus, I like to make different treats to mix it up for the boys—I don’t like
the same kinds of cookies over and over, and I have an inclination that Presley
and Jesse don’t either. It keeps them guessing at least.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
always, feel free to email me or contact me on the social media links to the
right; and follow Jesse (whose birthday is at the end of August and whose
tastes I’ll be catering to in my next treat recipe) on Twitter
@<a href="http://www.twitter.com/jdawg_yellow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jdawg_yellow</a>. Get the recipe below, or by <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/carrot-cake-bones.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">clicking here</span></a>.</span></div>
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The Grand ChaHeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469474114447988419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-32785399242438120712016-08-21T15:16:00.001-05:002016-08-29T19:34:51.233-05:00Carrot Cake Bones<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Yield: 40 bone Treats and 2 odd round shapes</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Treat ingredients:</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1/2 cup unsweetened Applesauce</span></span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">2 cups Matchstick Carrots chopped finely</span></span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1 egg</span></span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">3 tbs coconut oil</span></span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1 1/2 Whole-wheat flour (plus extra for dusting)</span></span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1 tsp baking powder</span></span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">½ tsp baking soda</span></span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1 1/4 cup Quick-cooking rolled oats</span></span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1/2 cup ground Flaxseed</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Icing Ingredients (adapted from this<a href="http://www.entirelypets.com/dog-frosting-recipe.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> recipe</a>):</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit</span></div>
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egg, coconut oil, and vanilla until well combined. Then add cinnamon,
whole-wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, rolled oats, and ground flax
seeds. Mix until well incorporated.</span></div>
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approximately ¼ inch thickness. Then using your favorite bone-shaped cookie
cutter, cut out shapes and place on cookie sheet making sure they don’t touch.
Re-roll dough as needed until you can’t get any more cut. Free-form shape any
extra dough.</span></div>
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creamy and smooth and spread or pipe on treats once completely cool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Store treats you will use immediately in an air-tight container in your
refrigerator and freeze the rest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">More detailed instructions can be found in the <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/about-recipe-carrot-cake-bones_21.html" target="_blank">About the Recipe</a> section! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As an official “Auntie” (and my less impressive “Uncle”
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birthday parties… So, Rob and I loaded up our two four-legged children and took
a little drive out to the country to celebrate a wonderful birthday with our
friends and their children; and accordingly, we spent the afternoon trying to
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there one other time), they enjoyed a plethora of new smells and got to explore
a little bit more in that environment. While Jesse (the yellow one) spent most
of his time marking new territory and avoiding the children, Presley (our black
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<span style="font-size: small;">But a great time which isn’t very conducive to creating,
testing, and blogging about new dog treat recipes; so, I don’t have a new
recipe for this week. And if any of you are wondering why I don’t just make one
today (Sunday), I’ll have you know that I’m just far too distracted by the war
of the humming birds going on outside our family room window to type much more
anyway—and also, I have laundry to do, and we’ve got to take Rob’s car to get
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<span style="font-size: small;">However, check back next weekend for a carrot-cake inspired
treat which is almost certainly guaranteed to make you drool almost as much as
your pouch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This recipe was really fun and easy to make; and if you’re
looking for a way to start baking for your furbaby, this is a great treat
recipe to start you on that journey. It’s one bowl—no mixer or special tools
required, and very forgiving in its measures and baking time. Plus, the
ingredients are forgiving and interchangeable. As you’ll see if you keep
reading, if you don’t have or want to mess with fresh herbs, you can swap out
for dried; and feel free to change out the flours if you’d like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These treats are not really mean…However, they are green;
and with a healthy dose of mint, they will fight your pooch’s bad (or
questionably smelling) breath guaranteed. Well, they do my dogs’ breath, anyway—or
at least Presley’s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Of my two furbabies, Presley (the black labradoodle) is
really the only one who gets bad breath or ever smells like a dog. We’ve
theorized that there’s something in Jesse’s ¼ wolf-heritage that keeps his
breath neutral and his fur fresh and clean; and while he probably sheds so much
that his fur simply doesn’t have a chance to get smelly—it’s constant and worse
in spring and fall, there’s nothing else to really explain the breath. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">However, poor Presley needs all the help he can get (even
when he doesn’t try to eat excrement in the yard); and before you start chiding
me about catering yet again to just one of my dogs, Jesse will get some of
these treats as well—and like them all the same (this isn’t my first time
making “breath busting” treats, just FYI). Both boys seem to enjoy mint and
minty treats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you search for breath freshening ingredients or look over
the ingredients of that kind of treat in the store, you’ll find that mint is a
prevalent component. Luckily for me, I happened to have planted two varieties
of mint this year in my garden (sweet mint and peppermint); and although I
didn’t plant them with these treats in mind, it did save me a trip to the
supermarket. Also, I feel that I should tell you, just for the sake of
posterity, that I didn’t plant those things to make you feel like less of a pet
parent, either—I’m not all that ambitious as a gardener and have sort of left
them to their own devices since I planted them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNIMBWeD7tJvjMRgBjfb3hI13VeZnXaLLbXOAhOD-Ut0TKAXB_hddVfltE8iSOkDmB0R5w2tLVcZgWOeb3Y5yHDQLfWt4zyqKw32M2cVWYEvmvJHCg9nAxYNWO_6FZFv4jAkYLIwtsSNV/s1600/ingredients.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNIMBWeD7tJvjMRgBjfb3hI13VeZnXaLLbXOAhOD-Ut0TKAXB_hddVfltE8iSOkDmB0R5w2tLVcZgWOeb3Y5yHDQLfWt4zyqKw32M2cVWYEvmvJHCg9nAxYNWO_6FZFv4jAkYLIwtsSNV/s400/ingredients.JPG" width="400" /></a>In addition to the mint, parsley also helps freshen dog
breath; and fortunately, I also happened to have planted a variety of that herb
(peat pot herbs were 3 for 10 at the home improvement stores in my area several
times during the planting season). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now, if you looked over the recipe, you’ll notice that I
also included Lemon Balm; and while it has many wonderfully positive properties
(topically, it can help soothe itching and even cold sores; and when ingested,
it has a calming effect), it’s not all that renowned for its breath fighting
abilities despite it being a cousin to mint. I included it because I had it;
and I planted it because I love to pick the leaves and eat them while I’m
walking through the garden (or at least I did before Rob sprayed it with bug
spray—yes, I washed all of my herbs thoroughly before using them…and they were
sprayed weeks ago). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lemon Balm really does have a wonderful lemony flavor; plus,
it’s incredibly hearty, easy to grow, and will repel bugs from your yard. I
included it because I have it—if you don’t, substitute with more mint or
parsley or omit it altogether—there are a lot of herbs in this recipe, and your
dogs will never know if you lowered the amount a bit—I used probably more than
was necessary since, again, I had them on hand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Also, feel free to use dry mint and parsley if you don’t
have a garden or feel that they’re a little over priced in the produce
section—I feel the same way; but if you use dried herbs, lower the amounts as
they’re usually a bit more potent when dried—2 tablespoons of mint and the same
amount of parsley would be more than enough. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you are using fresh herbs, you’ll want to chop them up
first. Size wise, I minced the mints and lemon balm until they were fairly
fine; and did a bit of a rough chop on the parsley. And while I used curly
parsley because it’s what I had planted, you can use any parsley you want. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Using what’s available is actually the basis for this
recipe; and I didn’t buy anything new for it at all. In fact, I only used ½ cup
of unsweetened applesauce (the same as I bought for the pupcakes) because it’s
all I had left as I enjoy applesauce myself; and I didn’t want to go to the
store for anything to make this. After adding the applesauce, I mixed up the
herbs really well since I felt that it would help distribute the minty flavors
better if it got somewhat steeped in the liquid; and at this point, I added the
two eggs and three tablespoons of coconut oil. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Herbs, Eggs, and Applesauce</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Originally, I started out with only one egg; but I ended up
making some adjustments in the end where it didn’t turn out the way I wanted so
I needed another one. I’ve talked about both ingredients before in the pupcake
recipe; and both are good for your dogs in moderation, of course and have good
properties that help their skin and coats. However, if you don’t have eggs in
your house or if you want to make these treats vegan or vegetarian, you can
substitute a ripe, medium-sized banana for each egg; and if you don’t keep
coconut oil in your house, olive oil would be my replacement—but if you have
another vegetable based oil, it would probably work but I’d stay away from
butter. Not to mention that more applesauce can be used in place of either eggs
or oil. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The aromatic ingredients are next; and while there’s only ½
tsp of cinnamon and 1 tsp of ginger, they definitely do enhance the smell
enough for you to notice especially the cinnamon when they’re baking.
Otherwise, there’s not really enough of either for it to really make a
difference; and if you wanted to omit them or just go with one or the other—it
would be fine. I’d keep the ginger and go to 1 ½ tsp if I omitted the cinnamon;
but my boys enjoy the flavor so much that I would omit the ginger if anything.
I used dried ginger; but feel free to use fresh and grate it if you have or
want it—fresh ginger is wonderful and you could use up to a tablespoon I think
and end up just fine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The oats, flours and powders can go in next once all the wet
ingredients and aromatics are incorporated. The oats provide a wonderful
texture and an additional grain that I think rounds out the treat very nicely;
however, I wanted to keep these treats very cookie-like. To do this, I added
the cake flour. Now, I have cake flour because I’ve been known to make cakes
from scratch—more specifically, my grandma’s angel food cake recipe calls for
it; however, if you don’t have it or have any reason to use it ever again,
substitute regular all-purpose flour at a 1 to 1 ratio. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the point where in the making of these treats I
decided that it wasn’t turning out the way I wanted and I added the extra egg (when
I made it, I only used 1 when mixing with the applesauce) and the whole-wheat
flour and got the texture I wanted. If you don’t have whole wheat flour, you
can substitute white flour—keep in mind that they don’t exchange 1 to 1, so you’ll
need ¾ cup of the white flour to take the place of ½ cup wheat flour. Read
through my pupcake recipe to see my opinion of swapping for gluten free flours
(it’ll require a bit more research on your part—I’ll make a gluten free treat
one day, but that day isn’t today). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Again, I used aluminum-free, organic baking powder (I still
have it in my pantry); so these treats do rise a little. Mine didn’t spread out
at all, and I think it’s a combination of the oats and the wheat flour. Anyway,
you don’t have to worry about how far apart you put them on the sheet pan; but
you will still want them to be a little far apart so you’ll end up with
completely separate treats. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you’re wondering what <span class="xs1">Spirulina powder is
and why do I have it, well, it’s an algae that’s been powdered. It’s used in a
lot of smoothies to add protein and vitamins, so it’s safe for your pets. It’s
also a brilliant green color; and when added to a recipe, it’s a natural food
colorant. Keep in mind that it smells slightly fishy (or at least salty) to me,
so you may not want to use it to tint everything; but it works really well in
these dog treats. </span></span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">Of course, if you don’t have it and don’t
want to buy it, it’s easy to omit; and your treats just won’t be as green as
mine. Your dogs probably won’t even be able to tell a difference. I happened to
have it on hand because I’d used it in some red and green treats I made the
boys for Christmas (I used beetroot powder to make the red, btw). When I set
out to make this recipe, I knew I had it and was going to use it because,
again, I had it—so why not? However, the treats were fairly green before I
added it from all of the herbs (so you wouldn’t have to change the name of your
treats if you omit it—ha!). </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>1 tsp Cookie Scoop</i></span></td></tr>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">Word of caution: if you use the spirulina
powder, it may stain towels or countertops. Truth be told, this hasn’t been an
issue in my experience; however, I haven’t used it very extensively,
either—it’s only been used in dog treats. If you want to seek out this super
food, you may want to check at your local natural market’s bulk section which
is where I found mine—and it’s what inspired the idea for the red and green
Christmas treats at the suggestion of my clean-eating friend. I do enjoy bulk
spices and powders—it’s a great way to get a small amount of something; and
I’ve found that it’s also usually very reasonably priced. FYI: for whatever
reason, spirulina powder makes me sneeze and kind of makes me stuffy; but it
had no effect on the dogs.</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">These treats were kinda sticky when dropped
onto the pan (whole-wheat tends to do that in cookies and treats), so I’d
definitely suggest you use a silpat or parchment to prevent sticking and to
make cleanup a breeze. As you can see, there’s nothing in these treats that
would (or should) make you feel odd about using your normal baking implements
again with another recipe (that was one of my mom’s only comments when I told
her I’d made dog treats for my boys—“You’re using your good pans to make dog
treats?” “Yes, mother, it’s fine.”). </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Going into the oven</i></span></td></tr>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">I used a 1 tsp cookie scoop to dish them
out; and it made 28 treats total—it would make a little more if you are more
diligent than I with leveling out the scoop. I did flatten them out a little
after they were on the pan; but as I said before, they didn’t really spread.
Also, they were firm and starting to brown on the bottoms after only 12 minutes
in my oven. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As a tip: I always set a timer when I bake; and I usually
set it for a minute or two less than what’s called for and adjust from there—as
baking times can vary from oven to oven; but if they’re a little too brown, I
doubt your dog will even notice. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Just out of the oven</i></span></td></tr>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">A 1 tsp cookie scoop is the smallest scoop
(I think); and it will yield a smallish treat. My boys are fairly large dogs;
but I like making smaller treats so I can feed them a few more. Both Presley
and Jesse have come to expect quantity—meaning, they appreciate more treats
over bigger treats even if they end up with less treats by weight. So, when I
break a small treat in half, they still think they’re getting two treats when
they’ve really only gotten 1. </span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">When I was chopping the herbs, the smell of
mint was wonderful; however, I didn’t really smell it when they were baking.
Once they were out of the oven and I put them on the wire rack to cool, there
was a light cinnamon smell about them which was nice. Then after they were
totally cool and I finally broke into one; and I could definitely smell the
mint then. </span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">Presley was in the kitchen from the chopping
of the herbs; and Jesse joined him at about the point where they went into the
oven. Then all eyes were definitely on me once they come out. I think they know
when the treats are for them—it’s like they can sense it or something; oh,
wait, they just assume everything that goes into the oven is for them. At any
rate, they were definitely waiting on the line once I asked them if they wanted
a treat. Once they took a bite, they came back for more; and even after they
were put away and I gave them another one, they seemed excited to get another
one. </span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">And now a word about storage… I know I
didn’t talk about this with the pupcakes; and honestly, it was because I didn’t
think about it. The main difference between the treats you make at home and the
ones you buy is that homemade treats do not have any preservatives; and as
such, you’ll want to store them like any other homemade good. I use ziplock
bags and generally leave my treats in the refrigerator. With this recipe (and
with most of my other treat recipes), I froze half of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfuj_upruB25bj8YyVGEi3qdiUXyBvTRJ5boM80tQoM8r9cZ9aGnwskYuvWpLCFEfYGr8h9tr97pa0CYTrulUbT4tQklUEGSqt6kFvDd419f4oiQMdgDFqWYvsFNK9WmvvdGdFN4mnAMT/s1600/moredoggy+drool.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfuj_upruB25bj8YyVGEi3qdiUXyBvTRJ5boM80tQoM8r9cZ9aGnwskYuvWpLCFEfYGr8h9tr97pa0CYTrulUbT4tQklUEGSqt6kFvDd419f4oiQMdgDFqWYvsFNK9WmvvdGdFN4mnAMT/s400/moredoggy+drool.JPG" width="400" /></a><span class="xs1">In an airtight container on your counter,
I’d say they’d easily last up to a week; but in the fridge, you could probably
go up to two weeks. I always put them in the fridge no matter how long I think
they’ll last. The reason I started making my own treats is because I bought
some “gourmet” “homemade” treats in the mall for the boys for Christmas; and
while there was no caution on the package, they molded before I could feed them
to the boys—since then, mine always go in the fridge and the extras in the
freezer.</span></span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">Then the frozen treats can be stored
indefinitely (in reality) but you’d probably want to get them used up within a
month or two. When thawing, I put them in the fridge the night before then
they’re usually good to go by the next morning; but since they’re not liquid,
they don’t actually freeze solid and your dog might like a super-cold treat on
a hot day (my boys have been known to eat ice cubes on occasion). The good
thing about these smaller batch treats is that they don’t take a lot of effort
to make and you don’t have to worry about keeping them around all that long. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I hope your dogs are as happy with this recipe as mine are;
and as always, if you make it, let me know. Also, please feel free to ask
questions in the comments or via the social media links to the right; and don’t
forget to follow Jesse on Twitter @jdawg_yellow.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mean, Green, Bad-Breath-Fighting Treats</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yields 28 1-inch balls</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">1/3 cup
chopped mint, peppermint, and Lemon balm</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">1/2 cup
chopped parsley</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">1/2 cup
Applesauce</span><span class="xapple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">2 Eggs</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">3 tbs
coconut oil</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">1/2 tsp
cinnamon</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">1 tsp
dried ginger</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">1/2 cup
Quick cooking rolled oats</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">1/2 cup
cake flour</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">1/2 cup
wheat flour</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">1 tsp
baking powder</span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">1 tsp
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">Preheat
your oven to 350 Fahrenheit. </span></div>
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">Finely
chop the herbs, measure, and place in a mixing bowl. Next, add applesauce,
eggs, and coconut oil then mix to combine. Add remaining dry ingredients and
mix until everything is incorporated and comes together.</span></div>
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tablespoon (or cookie scoop) onto parchment-lined cookie sheets leaving 1 inch
between balls and bake for approximately 12 minutes rotating pans about halfway
through the cooking process. When done, the treats will be firm to the touch
but still slightly yielding and lightly golden on bottom.</span><br />
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<span class="xs1" style="font-size: small;">For more detailed instructions, check out the <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/08/about-recipe-mean-green-bad-breath.html" target="_blank">About the Recipe</a> section </span></div>
The Grand ChaHeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469474114447988419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702197785560403189.post-63040178239632224022016-07-30T22:03:00.000-05:002016-08-29T19:39:28.016-05:00About the recipe: Pupcakes for Presley<span style="font-size: small;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My happy boys!</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So one day while casually perusing the internet, I decided to YouTube “Doggie Birthday Cakes”…
and yes, the results were as expected—and they were amazing. Well, like most
things on the internet, some of them were amazing while some of them were…odd.
At any rate, I was inspired to make a birthday cake for our “furbaby” Presley,
a then turning 7-year old Labradoodle (his birthday was July 22<sup>nd</sup> but
this was the research phase like two weeks ago); and for me, it seemed like something that I
really wanted to do for him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For like the past year or so, I’ve been making Presley and
his 3-year old Husky-Wolf mix brother Jesse homemade, “</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">artisanal</span>” (and yes, I
use that word to sound as pretentious as possible) dog treats in an effort to
make my then future-step-children love me; and like most men, the way to their
hearts is indeed through their stomachs. They loved (and still love) the treats
which drove me to research new ingredients and develop new recipes to impress
their taste buds; and like any new parent, I wanted to make sure the treats I made
were not only delicious but also healthy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And if any of my original readers are reading this, you’re probably
thinking to yourself—“whoa…what? This can’t be the same person…” or “when did
this hoe turn into a housewife?” because in my old posts, I can assure you that
“casually perusing the internet” never ended with a recipe for dog treats. That
was then… Needless to say, my life has taken a different direction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anyway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">YouTube…Doggie Birthday Cakes…while I didn’t use her recipe,
I watched several of Gone To the Snow Dogs’ videos because her huskies are just
too freaking cute; and I liked how she shared her ingredients with them along
the way. Her recipes were simple and sounded like they would turn out just
fine. Plus, my boys can’t stay out of the kitchen when I’m baking either; so I
related to the way she was constantly telling them to stay down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After I was done with YouTube (which included my handing the
Roku remote to Rob whilst saying, “Umm…you’re going to have to stop this
because I don’t think I can do it on my own”), I decided to turn to Google to
find a recipe that I wanted to use. There are several wonderful recipes out
there—so many, in fact, that it was just too difficult to decide on just one.
Well, that’s not true. As an avid baker myself, I really just didn’t find one
that just stuck out to me as “the one”; and just like when I make more traditional
dog treats, I really wanted to tailor it to be what I know my boys like—so
while I went looking for the perfect recipe, I really was looking for ratios
and inspirations for flavor combinations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some people may find baking kind of intimidating because it
really is science—specific ingredients and accurate measures are paramount for
successful results; however, I think you’ll find that baking treats for your
dogs will alleviate those concerns because you can fib a little here and there.
Now, I’m not saying that it’s not important to follow the recipes just because it's being made for dogs—and in that, certainly don’t interpret that as my saying
that dogs aren’t as important as human consumers. All I’m saying is that, I
don’t feel as pressured when I create something for my boys because they love
and appreciate the effort and time it took every time so long as the flavors
are there even if it doesn’t rise correctly or if I bake it a little too long. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Being connoisseurs of only store-bought treats prior to the
introduction of my homemade versions, my two dogs—probably like yours—are only
used to the hard treats that come from cardboard boxes and are mass produced in
factories. Any diversion from this norm will seem new and exciting to them.
Also, I think dogs—like almost anyone—really can appreciate and taste the
difference when you’ve made something yourself; and whereas humans know when
the texture is off or if something didn’t turn out correctly, your pouches
simply won’t care—unless they’re a particularly picky husky-wolf mix who turns
his nose up at anything that doesn’t meet his exceedingly high standards… sure
he’ll eat cat shit in the yard, but try to feed him a banana and all bets are
off… Thankfully, the Labradoodle will take almost anything without blinking
which kinda gives me a little boost of confidence despite the fact that he,
too, loves himself some cat shit in the yard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But I digress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From past experience, I know my boys love peanut butter and
cinnamon. Both are fine for dogs to eat. I do ensure that I buy an all-natural
or organic peanut butter because I don’t want the boys to have too much salt,
sugar, or high-fructose corn syrup. No, I don’t live in an organic only
household; and no, I don’t give two shits about all the crap I eat myself—but
when it comes to my boys, I try to shop clean or as cleanly as possible without
multiple trips to the natural market or becoming obsessed with the idea (as I
hope it will become abundantly clear if you read all of this, I try to stay
conscious of the ingredients I feed them—especially when I’m making something
for them). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To be honest here, I bought the store-brand natural (creamy) peanut
butter over the organic because the price difference was more than I thought
was necessary; and the ingredients weren’t all that different—neither had
high-fructose corn syrup, which was what I was ultimately trying to avoid in
choosing a peanut butter. The peanut butter I went with did have added sugar;
and when we get into the recipe itself, you’ll find that I didn’t add any extra
sugars or sweeteners for this very reason (and the world makes sense again!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now as for Cinnamon, it actually has anti-inflammatory
properties (according to a few random websites I visited during my Google
search for “is cinnamon good for dogs”—so take my authoritative writing style
with a grain of salt and feel free to supplement my findings with your own) so
I like to add a healthy dose of this spice to most of the treats I make because
Presley is 7 now. As dogs get older—just like humans—their joints become
inflamed which slows them down and can make it more painful to jump and play—FYI:
arthritis is inflammation of the joints, and any anti-inflammatory will help
with that situation. Helping or not, I feel better for adding the cinnamon…and
like I said earlier, both of my dogs love the taste. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As a note, turmeric is also a great anti-inflammatory which
I usually use in tandem with cinnamon or on its own in more savory treats (they
seem to like it as well—and I read several different articles which said that
you can sprinkle turmeric on their food with the caution that too much could
stain their fur and your furniture). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I actually started the recipe by mashing a medium-sized
banana; and yes, I realized that I told you earlier that Jesse doesn’t particularly
like bananas—so wtf, yo? Am I only catering to one of my dogs? Well, they are
being made for Presley’s birthday; so the yellow bastard (Jesse is yellow,
btw—and since I mention it, Presley is black) doesn’t count… Un huh…un
huh…right. No, while Jesse won’t take a banana from my hand as a treat by
itself, he has no issues with eating baked goods which include bananas as an
ingredient (I love both my boys equally—well, I don’t love Presley any more
than Jesse). In the end, I used two bananas total; and I mashed them until they
were, for lack of a better word, slimy (the banana will continue to mash as you
mix in the other ingredients, but you want to try to end up with as few lumps
of whole banana as possible).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> And while we’re
talking about bananas… did you know that you can substitute a medium-sized
banana for an egg in a recipe for cakes and cookies? It’s a wonderful option if
you’re trying to stay vegan or are out of eggs unexpectedly—neither was the
case here; however, my original intention was to use bananas in place of the
eggs. I think I may have started with the intention of making the treats
vegan...or perhaps low-fat because I used ½ cup unsweetened applesauce with the
full intention of substituting it for the fat (it’s a one-to-one ratio, fyi,
when replacing a fat with applesauce… and back to the egg thing...a tablespoon
of applesauce can stand in for an egg…I wouldn’t sub applesauce for both eggs
and the fat (fats being butter or oil) in the same recipe ever, but I have used
the banana for an egg and applesauce for butter in the same recipe with
interesting—and very edible—results). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The aforementioned peanut butter was mixed in next to the
tune of ½ cup—while for this recipe the order of the ingredients isn’t doesn’t really
matter…I added it at this point because I didn’t want to forget it (like I did
the carrots—visible eye roll to myself), and I wanted to make sure it got
really well incorporated with the bananas and applesauce. It’s also why I added
the egg at this point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Wait, what? I thought we substituted a banana for an egg.
Well, my dogs aren’t vegan; and eggs are not only a great binding agent (they
make ingredients stick together) but they’re also a healthy source of protein.
Ultimately, I used the egg because I wanted to try to make this recipe as close
to the texture of a “real” cupcake as possible; and eggs are essential to that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Despite being conscious of the fact that I wanted these
pupcakes to be as healthy and low fat as they could be (which is the point of
making your own dog treats—or it should be, anyway), some fats are good for
dogs. Coconut and olive oils have positive effects on dogs’ coats when used in
moderation; and while I didn’t start out the recipe with the intention to use
both, I did due to a consistency issue when I was mixing my ingredients (it
started to look too much like cookie dough and I wanted to ‘thin” it out a bit
to be cake batter)—which is why there are two tablespoons of each instead of ¼
cup of one or the other—which is a perfectly acceptable stand in if you don’t
want to mess with measuring the tablespoons…but if you use only coconut oil,
I’d suggest melting it all the way to keep the batter the right thickness (yes,
this recipe was totally an experiment).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now I added my “flavoring agents”—1 ½ tsp of the aforementioned
cinnamon and ¼ tsp of dried ginger. I’ve already talked about cinnamon and
probably would use a full 2 tsp if I make these treats again (to make them smell just
that much more amazing); and you could probably drop the ginger altogether or
increase it to 1 tsp if you think your dogs will enjoy the flavor. I was trying
to find a way to try to round out the flavor of the cinnamon; and I know my
dogs like ginger (my ginger-chicken dog treats were a big hit). I would
normally use nutmeg to help balance the cinnamon; but I read somewhere that
nutmeg isn’t good for dogs—I can’t remember where I read it, but I took it to
heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My next ingredient was ¼ cup ground flax seeds (mine were
organic, too—HA!); and I used them mainly because I had them on hand since I’ve
used them in other dog treats. They are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids which will
help dogs' skin and coats and are an excellent source of fiber which helps
other dietary issues. Then I used ¾ cup whole-wheat flour as opposed to white
flour—if you only have white flour and don’t think you’re dogs are good enough
to warrant an extra staple in your pantry, you can substitute 1 cup of white
flour for the wheat flour before putting your dogs up for adoption because
you’re simply not fit to be a dog parent. Or you could ignore my previous
remark and simply make the substitution and go on with your life like a normal
human because if this is your first foray into baking for your pets(or even if
it’s not), it only makes sense to use what you have…and speaking of, if you
don’t have the flax seeds…well…again, it’s clear that you don’t really care
about your pets; but you can just increase the flour by the same amount, or use
the same ¼ cup of quick cooking rolled oats—and ignore my condescending
remarks, yet again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A note: when substituting flours in a recipe, be mindful
that it’s not always a 1 to 1 ration. Wheat flour generally substitutes for
white flour at a ratio of ¾ cup wheat flour to 1 cup white flour (and while I
typed that based off of previous research, I did just re-Google it to be sure). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you’re really into wheat flour and are peeved that there
aren’t more great whole-wheat flour recipes, wheat flour “behaves” differently than
white flour (that’s really simplified—to say the least); but you can take a
recipe which calls for only white flour and substitute up to half with wheat
flour and have it turn out almost the same without any further alternations. I
do this sometimes if I want to sneak in a healthy grain to Rob’s diet when I
make bread—at the full ½ substitution, he can tell a difference because of the
color and slight texture variance; but he doesn’t complain half as much if it’s
100% whole wheat (and sometimes it’s more about the little wins than the big
ones). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I mention this because I’ve made gluten-free dog treats
despite the fact that my dogs don’t have gluten sensitivity and don’t give two
shits about the fact that their treats sound 1000% more pompous as “gluten-free,
artisanal treats”…So, yes, I did it mostly for my own satisfaction…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anyway, like with whole-wheat flour, gluten-free flours
behave differently in recipes. The texture of the final product and the way it rises (or doesn’t) will
be greatly affected by a change in the flour. I’ve not done the research to
overcome this issue, nor do I care to as I believe it involves xanthan-gum,
which creeps me out for whatever reason (I do know my local natural market
sells it in its bulk section and yours probably does, too…not to mention that
your local big-box retailer probably has a container of it in their gluten free
section). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you attempt to use a non-wheat-based flour substitute, just
know that the final result will probably not rise and turn out dry—but that
might be your segue to turn this pupcake recipe into more traditional doggie
treat—you could do a drop method or roll them out and cut them with a
bone-shaped cookie cutter…or do a free hand cut out of various shapes…what does
that sound like too much work? Well, just put your dogs on Craigslist and call
it a day, then. But for real though, you may just want to add a little bit of
milk, low-sodium stock, or water to make up the difference and continue on--and don't skip the part where you let the mixture hydrate (the five or more minute resting period). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As far as gluten-free flours go, I use oat flour a lot if only
because I can take the quick cooking oats I already have in my cabinet and
pulverize it in my food processor until it becomes more flour like—and yes,
that’s how oat flour is made anyway; and it’s a lot cheaper than buying that
tiny bag of it at the store… if you were to use this substitution, I would
suggest adding some whole quick cooking oats to the mix as well—they seem to do
better that way…or perhaps it just looks prettier…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the last ingredients, I think—hell, I’m not going to lie, I
lost track a little while back—is baking powder. I visited my local natural
food bulk section and bought some aluminum-free, organic baking powder (it’s
really cheap if you buy it like that, just FYI) because I read somewhere that
aluminum isn’t good for dogs. While writing this, I read that most baking
powders don’t have aluminum in them anyway? But read your ingredients people—it’s
important… I know I’d read or heard or whatever at some point that aluminum
consumption by humans had been linked to Alzheimer’s (my Google search just
then concluded that it was a myth)… I still use my antiperspirant which has
anywhere from 17 to 19% aluminum-chloride as its main active ingredient…but
again, I don’t care about myself half as much as I do for my dogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Okay, the real last ingredient was ¼ cup pepitas
(shelled pumpkin seeds). These were also leftovers from another recipe, and I
threw them in because I thought they’d add an interesting texture to the final
product. They do…but these pupcakes will be just as good without them. My local natural
food store also sells these in bulk roasted and unsalted (your dogs don’t need
any extra salt). Pepitas are really good for you and your dog; but if you don’t
have them, I’d suggest another seed or maybe some unsalted peanut pieces—the
outcome of the recipe isn’t all that dependent on this ingredient, and you can
easily omit it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you’re thinking about substituting nuts—I probably
wouldn’t. For your pets, stay away from nuts in general, as nuts, in general,
aren’t good for your dogs (peanuts are fine, but I remember reading that walnuts
are definitely not—also I just Googled, and cashews and hazelnuts are alright
so long as you roast them and only feed them in moderation; but most of the
others can cause problems).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once everything is mixed, I’d let it sit on your counter for
five minutes or while you preheat your oven to 350 and get your muffin tins
prepared. It could be a just a fluke, but I think wheat flour (and gluten-free
flours) benefit from the pause… I think it helps the flour absorb the liquids
and work out better… and while this recipe was originally intended to make only
6 pupcakes, it actually made 12 regular sized cakes when the final ingredient
was added. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When you’re preparing your tins, you have the choice to use
cupcake liners or to simply spray the pans. I went with the liners; but then
again, I don’t mind peeling them off the cake before I give one to my boys—it’s
probably just easier all the way around to just spray the pan. When filling the
molds, be sure to go about ¾ of the way up the pan as these will rise a bit.
After the oven comes to temperature, put in your pans and bake for 17-20
minutes—if you make mini-pupcakes, they’re smaller and will make more and cook
faster; and likewise, a larger loaf or cupcake pan will make fewer and bake
longer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you can’t tell by looking or by touch (the tops will
spring back with lightly touched), you can insert a toothpick directly in the
center and it should come out clean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After they’re baked, let them cool completely; and once cool
or while they’re cooling, you can make the icing. Yes, I iced them because
unlike my other treats I really wanted these to be something special. Besides,
the icing was super simple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Starting with a single-serve plain (low fat) Greek-style
yogurt, I mixed it in a bowl with ½ cup of peanut butter until it was super
smooth. Then as it was still fairly thick and not really much like icing, I
added 1 tablespoon of agave nectar—which I had on hand because I found it
fascinating while, again, in the bulk section of my local natural food market.
Honey would work here as well, or you could just use some milk (preferably,
skim). Agave nectar and honey are perfectly safe for dogs; however, they do add
sugar (albeit natural sugars) which can be disruptive to their diets. Since I
was mindful of the added sugars throughout the recipe (and since these are special treats they won't get daily), I didn’t think the agave
was a bad additive; and when you spread the small amount over the 12 pupcakes,
the per cake amount of sugar is minimal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I also added 1 tsp of cinnamon and a dash of ginger to the
mix to mimic the flavors in the cake itself; and rounded things out with 1 tsp
of vanilla. Once everything was mixed thoroughly, I set it aside until the
cakes were totally cool. Then I used a plain off set spatula to ice each
pupcake. The final flourish came with bacon bits which take the place of
sprinkles; and if you’re concerned about the salt or whatever in the bacon
bits, then I say just live a little… and if you don’t have them, you can always
kind of crush up one of those boxed doggie treats and sprinkle on top—because
four-legged or two, everyone likes sprinkles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When they were finally done, I peeled the liner off of two
and put one in each of my boys’ bowls; and as soon as they got the signal, both
of my boys wolfed down their pupcakes so quickly that I don’t think they even
tasted anything. With Presley, his reaction simply means that he was given food
from his daddy—he rarely hesitates when it comes to food; however, with Jesse
this means that either I’ve fooled him into eating something with all the pomp
from baking or that he really like it. Whatever the case may have been, I took
another one and broke it up into pieces and fed it to them slower…and they both
kept coming back for more—and once it was gone, they looked at me like they
knew there were 9 more of them on the counter. I call that a success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Overall, they smelled really good; and both the batter and
icing tasted pretty good by themselves (because, yes, I tried it). The icing had
a very strong peanut butter flavor and kind of left that lip smacking feeling you
get from peanut butter alone. The texture and consistency of the final baked
cake was nice too. It seemed soft and moist like a normal cupcake would have
been although I didn’t try a bite of it baked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Before I posted the picture of the finished product to
Instagram, I asked a friend (who is into clean eating) if I’d gone too far with
my dog treats (considering I worked on making a dog-friendly icing, as
well)…she said no, and then asked for the recipe for human consumption. As you
can tell, there’s nothing crazy or dog specific in the recipe; however, if I
were making them for myself, I would definitely either add white sugar
(probably ¼ cup) or some honey or agave (the same ¼ cup—I think would do)… and
I don’t think you’d even have to alter the other ingredients. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you make these, let me know! And be sure to follow Jesse
on Twitter @jdawg_yellow—there’s a follow button at the top right of the screen…and
as I never intended to return to blogging, I didn’t take more pictures of the
step by step. I’ll try to do that in the future because you know they’ll be
more dog treat recipes to come!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Check out the recipe <a href="http://www.thegrandchahee.com/2016/07/pupcakes-for-presley.html" target="_blank">here </a>or keep scrolling! </span><br />
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