Pup Treats

When I got Watson, one of the first things my mother said to me was, "You're gonna blog about him, aren't you?" He's made appearances, but he has yet to get an entire post to himself. So here it is.

Watson's Blog Post... aka Pup Treats

I love this little guy and he loves treats, so I decided to try my hand at making my own for him. A little homemade love.

A slightly more unique ingredient list than usual: whole wheat flour, nonfat dry milk powder, an egg, vegetable oil, beef bouillion cubes, boiling water and brown sugar.

But a typically simple recipe: Put all ingredients in a bowl, mix, cut and bake.

(Okay, maybe it's not THAT simple, but almost.)

Melt the beef bouillion cubes in the boiling water, creating beef broth, and let cool. I don't have a picture of this because melting bouillion cubes look gross. You can figure it out.

In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together.

Then add all the wet ingredients, including the new beef broth.

Knead the mixture until a dough forms. ...this will be messy, but fun.

THOROUGHLY clean your countertop. (This isn't actually in the recipe, but a vital step nonetheless.)

Lightly flour the countertop and roll out the dough until about 1/4" thick. This is also probably a good time to start preheating your oven to 300 degrees, if you haven't already.

Cut your dough into bite size pieces. If I were a good little Martha-wannabe, I'd have cute bone or fire hydrant shaped cookie cutters, or really any shape cookie cutters, but seeing as I clearly don't have it together as well as she does, Watson will have to live with squareish shaped treats. Somehow I think he'll survive.

Place the treats on a cookie sheet (or in a pan, if that's all you've got) and bake at 300 for 30 minutes.

Watson got very tired of waiting for the treats.

When the treats are done, let them cool and then let your favorite little guy devour.

 This is a very happy dog.

Pup Treats

2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

3/4 cup nonfat dry milk powder

1 egg, beaten

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 cubes of beef bouillion

3/4 cup boiling water

2 tbsp brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees and lightly grease a cookie sheet.

2. Dissolve the bouillion cubes in the boiling water and let cool.

3.Combine the flour, dry milk, and brown sugar. Add in the egg, vegetable oil and beef broth. Mix well.

4. On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4" thickness. Cut out shapes and place on cookie sheet.

5. Bake for 30 minutes and allow to cool.

6. Watch pup inhale treats. :)