Find Recipes Instantly! (Type the Recipe name or any Ingredient) Birthday Bones (For the dog of course) Cookie cutters shaped like bones or fire hydrants are cute for this recipe. Ingredients 2 cups whole wheat flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 cup natural peanut butter 1 cup skim milk Directions 1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Stir together the flour and baking powder; set aside. 2 In a medium bowl, mix together the peanut butter and milk. Stir in the flour mixture until well blended. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Roll out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into shapes using cookie cutters. Place 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. 3 Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks. Good Puppy Cookies 1/2 cup powdered milk 1 egg, well beaten 2 1/2 cups flour 1/2 tsp garlic salt 1 1/2 tsp brown sugar 1/2 cup water 6 tblsp gravy Baby food meat Mix all ingredients and shape into a ball. Roll out on a floured board about 1/2" thick. (use extra flour if needed) Dip cookie cutter in flour and cut out shapes. Bake @ 350F for 25-30 minutes. Cool. Cookies should be hard. Dog-Gone Good Cookies 3 1/2oz Jar liver or beef baby food 1/3 cup Wheat germ 2/3 cup Non-fat dry milk Mix baby food, wheat germ and dry milk. Add a little water if too thick. Drop by the tablespoon-full onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated 350F. oven for 12-15 minutes. Let cool before giving to your dog. Refrigerate in a closed container. The reader said that several veterinarians whom she knew had approved these cookies as a treat for her "fat" dog. This recipe originally appeared in a Los Angeles evening paper in the 1950's and was credited to "Alice." Baby Food Soft Doggie Cookies 3 (2 1/2 oz. each) jars of baby food; either beef or chicken 1/4 cup Dry milk powder 1/4 cup Wheat germ (cream of wheat can be substituted for wheat germ) Combine ingredients in bowl and mix well. Roll into small balls and place on well-greased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with a fork. Bake in preheated 350F. oven for 15 minutes until brown. Cool on wire racks and STORE IN REFRIGERATOR. Also freezes well. *Variation: substitute cream of wheat for wheat germ and then used tablespoon to make cookie sized drops on plate. Microwave for 4 minutes on Medium-High. Suggest keeping an eye on them in microwave and perhaps start out for only 3 1/2 minutes. They do come out soft. Also suggested using Beef/Vegetable Dinner Baby Dinner instead of Beef or Chicken. Tester's note: Definitely something to howl about! Cookies are soft and chewy (good for older pets who have lost a few teeth). And they can be whipped up in no time. Cookies a la Rufus 3/4 cup Wheat germ 3/4 cup Powdered milk 1 Egg 1 Jar baby meat - preferably Liver or beef 1/2 Jar of water Mix well and drop on a cookie sheet. The cookies should be the size of a quarter. Bake for 20 minutes at 350F. or microwave on HIGH for 7- 12 minutes. Refrigerate. Tester's note: Nice crunchy texture (perfect for burying in sofa cushions). Apple Cinnamon Drops 1 Large Apple 1/4 C Honey 1/2 C Water 1/2 Tea. Cinnamon 1 C Oatmeal 1 1/2 C Wheat Flour 1/4 C Wheat Flour Preheat oven to 350 Core, slice and mince the apple (use a food processor if you have one). In a large bowl, combine the minced apple bits, honey, water, cinnamon, and oatmeal. Gradually blend in the wheat flour, adding enough to form a stiff dough. Spoon the dough by rounded teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing about 2 inches (5cm) apart. Using the bottom of a glass dipped in the wheat flour (to prevent sticking), flatten each spoonful of dough into a circle. Adjust the size of the drops based on how big a treat you like to feed your dog. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and flip each cookie to brown evenly on both sides. Reduce oven temperature to 325. Return to oven and bake for an additional 30 minutes. Cheesy Bone Cookies 2 C Flour 1 1/4 C Shredded Cheese 1/2 Tea. Garlic Powder 1/2 C Veg. Oil 4 Tab. Water Bake at 400 degrees for 10 or 15 minutes Combine flour, cheese, garlic & oil. Knead well, adding water as needed to form stiff dough. Roll out on floured surface to 1/2" thick, cut into bone shapes. Bake until bottom of cookies are lightly browned. Cool completely on wire rack. Chicken Liver Cookies 2 C Flour 3 Tab. Veg. Oil 1 C Cornmeal 1 - Egg Beaten 1/2 C Chicken Broth 2 Tea. Parsley 1 C Chop Cooked Chicken Livers 1 Tea. Brown Sugar 1 C Mashed Vegetables Bake at 400 Combine flour and Cornmeal. In a separate bowl, beat Egg with Oil, then add broth and Parsley; mix well. Add dry ingredients to bowl a little at a time, stirring well. Fold in chicken livers and mix well. Dough will be firm. Turn dough out on lightly floured surface and knead briefly. Roll out 1/2" thick and cut into shapes. Place on greased cookie sheet 1" apart and bake for 15 minutes or until firm. Store in refrigerator. Dog Biscuits #1 1 1/2 cups Flour 1 1/2 cups Whole wheat flour 1 tsp. Garlic powder 1 cup Rye flour 1 Egg 1 cup Oats 1/2 cup Vegetable oil 1 cup Cornmeal 1 3/4 cups Beef broth 1/4 cup Liver powder; available in health food stores Place oven rack in upper third of oven. Heat oven to 300F. Line a cookie sheet with foil. Mix flours and all other dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add egg, oil, and beef broth. Mix the dough, adding enough additional flour to make a dough that can be rolled. On a floured surface, roll to 1/2" thickness, then cut into heart shapes with floured heart cookie cutter or pattern cut from cardboard (2" dia. for small dog; 3 1/2" for large). If using pattern, flour top of dough first. Place hearts 1" apart on foil-covered cookie sheet. Reroll scraps. With a skewer prick a line of dots halfway through dough 1/4" from sides and down centers. Bake for 2 hours. Turn the oven off, and let biscuits stand in oven overnight to harden. Can be stored in plastic bags at room temperature up to 3 months. Makes about 24 - 3 1/2" hearts. Dog Biscuits #2 (Because it calls for such odd ingredients as rye flour and liver powder -- which may be hard to find - - it seems likely you could skip them and substitute more of the whole wheat or regular flours in their place.) 1 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1 cup rye flour 1 cup oats 1 cup cornmeal 1/4 cup liver powder (available in health food stores) 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 egg 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 3/4 cup beef broth Mix flours and all other dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add egg, oil, and beef broth. Mix the dough, adding enough additional flour to make a dough that can be rolled. On a floured surface, roll to 1/2" thickness, then cut with cookie cutter into desired shapes. Prick with the tines of a fork halfway through each biscuit and bake on foil-covered cookie sheets for 2 hours at 300F. Turn the heat off, but keep the biscuits in the oven till they've hardened. Store up to three months in plastic bag.