Recipe shared from DESPERATE HOUSEDOGS by Sparkle Abbey.
Tasty, gluten-free treats for your furry friend. Recipe from the Pampered Pet mystery, Desperate Housedogs, by Sparkle Abbey (shared with permission from the authors)
- 1/2 cup creamy unsalted peanut butter
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 cup brown rice flour (Caro uses organic
- 1 egg
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 1/2 cup finely grated carrot (Dogbert, Caro's dog, loves carrots)
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First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
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In a big bowl, combine all the ingredients with just enough water (I used 3-1/2 tablespoons) to make it the consistency of cookie dough.
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Once you've got your treat dough all stirred up, put it between pieces of parchment paper and roll it out to about 1/4 inch thickness.
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Then cut the dough with a cookie cutter. You can use whatever shape strikes your fancy. Caro often uses dog bone shapes with different sizes.
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Next, put them on a regular cookie sheet, lined with parchment paper, and bake them between fifteen an twenty minutes or until they are golden retriever brown.
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Let them cool on a wire rack and then put them in an airtight container. You can use store your Caro's Good Dog Treats for about a week (or you can freeze them for later use) but keep an eye on them. There re no preservatives, so watch for spoilage.
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If you wish, pulverize old-fashion oats in your food processor to make oat flour. Just don't use the sugary instant oatmeal.
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Use the food processor (no need to rinse out after processing oats) to finely chop your carrots. I forgot to buy a "big" carrot for grating and all I had was baby snack carrots on hand. 2-1/2 ounces made 1/2 cup of finely chopped carrots.
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I found it was easy to roll the dough out on a brown rice floured surface instead of using parchment paper. Don't use regular flour otherwise the treats will not be gluten-free.
When Caro Lamont, former psychologist turned pet therapist makes a house call to help Kevin Blackstone with his two misbehaving German Shepherd dogs, she expects frantic dogs, she expects a frantic dog owner, she even expects frantic neighbors. What she doesn’t expect is that two hours later the police will find Kevin dead, his dogs impounded; and that as the last person to see Kevin alive (well, except for the killer) she is suddenly a person of interest, at least according to Homicide Detective Judd Malone.
What clever titles! I’ll have to give these a try. Congratulations on the new pup in the family!
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Love the treats. But I will use some chicken instead of bacon. My girl loves anything chicken. The book looks like a great read I will have to get it. I really like the being “educated while being entertained” part.
Thanks for the heads up and the recipe