Monty Snacks

[MC Sullivan]

After realizing I was spending $24.95+/lb. for my organic dog treats I decided that I would try to make my own or just give my canine posse strip steak because it would be cheaper. I came up with this recipe which all of my dogs love.

Monty Snacks

1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato
2 large eggs
2 cups flour (I use oatmeal and add more or less flour until it has the consistency of cookie dough.)
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup melted beef fat (I saved the fat from 2 lbs. of hamburger cooked for making chili.) I DO NOT recommend bacon fat.

Mix together in a bowl. This creates my base dough and I add different things to it.

The dogs' favorite is cooked venison or beef cut into tiny morsels (like choc. chips). I add about 1 -2 cups of the cooked meat to the dough and stir it in thoroughly. Sometimes I add 1/2 cup real maple syrup, its not necessary but its a great source of calcium.

Use a small cookie scoop and flatten with a floured spatula before baking. These cookies will not spread during baking so you can put a lot on one sheet.

Heat the oven to 350 degrees, cook for 20-25 minutes and flip once during baking. Pull out of oven and cut each cookie in half on baking sheet. Return baking sheets to turned OFF oven so cookies can dry out a little more as the oven cools down.

Hope your dogs enjoy them as much as mine.

 

[CMDRTED]

Sounds good, I'll have to try it.

 

[Murphy]

You are truly the best !!!!!! :icon_knuddel: Monty never liked milk bones so I suspect he is in dog cookie heaven...

 

[MC Sullivan]

Liver Cheese Treats

He certainly loves them. We bring them with us when we go to the vets since he sticks his nose up at anything they offer him. Funny boy.

I also have created a liver and cheese cookie recipe, which he really likes.

I have not found him to be a fussy eater, other than he did not like peanut butter, but even that he seems to be getting over. Must be the girls influence because they love the crusts from a pbj.

Liver and Cheese Snacks (Similar recipe to Monty Snacks)

1 lb. uncooked, chopped up liver (I used venison)
1/4 cup Water
2 eggs
2 - 3 cups oat flour
1 cup rolled oats
4 ounces grated or finely diced hard cheese (like a Parmesan)

Puree liver with the water. Pour into large mixing bowl. Add eggs, oat flour, and rolled oats. Mix well. Add cheese and mix well.

Small cookie scoop and flatten with floured spatula. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees. They end up looking like mini burgers. I cut them into quarters, they make good training bits.

Also pureed raw liver can be a gooey sticky mess so rinsing dishes or cookware immediately after using helps the cleanup process.

You can also halve the amount of liver and add cooked vegetables or even fruit to the puree process. I've done this with cooked carrots, squash, and fresh or defrosted blueberries.

 

[Brandie&Maggie]

What lucky pups! Thanks for the recipe!