Pumpkin Patch Dog Biscuits

Tonight we made Lacey Pumpkin Patch Dog Biscuits.This is one of two recipes for her Thanksgiving Treats.
Pumpkin Patch Dog Biscuits
Makes up to 24 dog biscuits
1 1/2 c Whole Wheat Flour
1 T brown sugar
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
4 T butter flavored crisco
1/2 c canned pumpkin
1 egg
1/2 c buttermilk
Preheat oven to 400.In the first bowl,combine 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour,1/2 tsp of cinnamon,1/2 tsp of nutmeg,and cut in shortening 4T of crisco.
In bowl 2,Beat egg with milk(buttermilk),1/2 c pumpkin.Then combine with flour by mixing well.Stir enough till dough becomes soft.Drop by tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake 12-15 minutes.Cool and serve.
One thing I liked about this recipe was that it’s very easy for her to chew not hard at all.It’s also tasty too.We’ll make these Pumpkin Patch Dog Biscuits every Thanksgiving for Lacey since she likes it so much!

Lacey hunts for Tricky Treats

This evening Lacey did her own version of hunting for Tricky Treats.It was dinner time at home and we gave her mac salad,cabbage,cranberry(she does eat cranberry but could it have a different taste from dried cranberries?),corn beef,chicken and hamburger in bits and pieces of course not one whole serving like for humans but she didn’t want to eat her own food…Instead she keeps going into the kitchen keeping her owner guessing what she wanted.Later my mom came home and ate her dinner.Lacey went by the kitchen and laid down but soon came to the living room where she whimpered as if saying”No one else is eating.”Turns out that she wanted the Tricky Treats.That’s what she wanted all along!Leave it to a dog to keep you guessing!

Tricky Treats for Dogs:

has gotten the Maltipoo approval from Lacey!The only thing about these tricky treats for dogs are that after it’s done baking it’s very hard to remove from the cupcake liner.What I did was just break the top half off and feed it.The other half I just toss it in the trash.

Tricky Treats for Dogs

Note:When you make this recipe make sure that you have the ingredients listed something like this:
**B1 means bowl 1 and B2 means bowl 2,W Ingredients means wet ingredients,D Ingredients means dry ingredients***
The reason I wrote it like this was the first time I made it I put everything together in one bowl,put too much applesauce and too much nuts.I didn’t want to jeopardize Lacey one bit so I remade it using this format.
B1 3/4 c sugar
B1 3/4 c canned applesauce W Ingrediants
B1 1/8 tsp vanilla
B1 1 egg +
B2 3 c whole wheat flour
B2 1 c white flour D Ingredients
—————
B2 1/4 c chopped nuts MIX
B2 1 T baking powder
B2 1/4 tsp nutmeg
B2 1/4 tsp cinnamon
B2 1/4 c oats

Preheat oven to 350.In a bowl,mix water,applesauce,vanilla,egg throughly(All of B1)
In a separate bowl(B2),combine flour,nuts.baking powder,nutmeg,cinnamon and oats stirring well
Add wet ingredients to dry and mix well
Spoon into greased muffin tins,filling each cup completely and bake for 1 1/4 hours.Cool completely and store in sealed container.

Pumpkin Patch Dog Treats for Thanksgiving instead?

We could not find Canned Pumpkin this time to make Pumpkin Patch Dog Treats so instead we will be making Tricky Treats for Dogs but hopefully we may be able to make Pumpkin Patch Dog Treats for Thanksgiving perhaps.We’ll see.

Tricky Treats for Dogs
# 2 cups water
3/4 cup
canned applesauce
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
3 cups whole-wheat flour
1 cup white flour
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup oats

# Preheat oven to 350 F.

# In a bowl, mix water, applesauce, vanilla and egg thoroughly.

# In a separate blow, combine flour, nuts, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon, stirring well.

# Add wet ingredients to dry and mix well.

# Spoon into greased muffin tins, filling each cup completely and bake for about 1 1/4 hours. Cool completely and store in a sealed container.

Pumpkin Patch Dog Biscuits for Halloween!

1 1/2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 Tablespoon butter flavored crisco
1/2 cup of canned pumpkin
1 egg
1/2 cup of buttermilk
Preheat oven to 400.Combine flour,cinnamon,nutmeg,and cut in shortening.Beat egg with milk,pumpkin,combine with flour by mixing well.Stir enough till dough becomes soft.Drop by tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake 12-15 minutes.Cool and serve.

I have looked at some other recipes but I wanted something to actually have a ingredient like pumpkin to represent Halloween.Just like for thanksgiving I am trying to decide between several recipes that have turkey or some “food” that represents thanksgiving.Question:Will it be maltipoo approved?Find out next week as it edges closer to Lacey’s first Halloween of many years to come!