Recipes

Dr Harry’s canine cookies

Mar 07 04:57pm

Prep Time	Cook Time	Serves
20 mins	30 mins	about 36 biscuits

Ingredients

2-3 cups finely chopped/minced fresh parsley
1/4 cup finely chopped carrot
1/4 cup grated Mozzarella cheese
2 tbsp vegetable oil (preferably olive)
2 3/4 cups wholemeal flour
2 tbsp unprocessed bran flakes
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 -1 cup water

Making your very own dog biscuits is fun and only requires a little effort. They make great presents for friends with any breed of dog and they are healthy to boot. With all that parsely your dog's breath will smell just great and there's a stack of Vitamin C and iron there as well!

Step 1 Preheat the oven to 180C. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets or put baking paper on them. In a small bowl mix the parsley, carrots, cheese and oil. In another bowl, stir together the flour, bran and baking powder. Add the parsley mixture and stir well. Gradually add 1/2 cup water. Mix well, adding more water if needed to make the dough moist. Knead for 1 minute on a floured surface.

Step 2 Roll the dough to 1cm thickness. Using a small dog-bone cookie cutter, or even a glass if you don't have cookie cutters, cut as many shapes as you can, re-rolling the scraps. Put them on the baking sheets. Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until biscuits have browned. Cool on a rack. The biscuits will harden as they cool. Store in an airtight (and dogproof) container for up to two months.

Shopping: bone-shaped cookie cutters are available from: www.bakerysugarcraft.com.au or www.icedaffair.com.au

Reader, Anita Bergmans writes:
"I just wanted to drop you a line to say thanks for the great
recipe. I've been baking dog biscuits for some time and it
had never occurred to me to include parsley and grated
carrot in the mix. My Siberian Husky Jack is crazy about
them. The second time I made them I added a little
crushed garlic and substituted stock for the water
and Jack is loving them!"

Source:Better Homes and Gardens, November 2005

12 Comments Report Abuse

1. megdonnelly11 - May 09 11:19am

I found that the biscuits tended to go moldy after 2 days, are there any natural preservatives you can use?

2. cooper_barlow - Jun 04 06:03pm

interesting

3. tuppencewoofer - Sep 13 03:29pm

Brilliant - we've been making these for a few months now, much healthier than the shop ones, plus we've been doing some variations - like using Garlic and Vegetable stock, adding fresh Mint, and if you use an airtight container they keep for weeks, all we need now is to find a recipe for Cat Cookies

4. beakysgal - Sep 16 09:08am

I've been making basically the same recipe for over a year now, but also add crushed garlicznd 2 eggs. t 9pm EVERY night, my Germ Shep and Border Collie head to the kitchen as tho' they have built in alarm clocks.

5. beakysgal - Sep 16 09:13am

Ran out of room last post and also should have edited my errors!!!! But I also roll out a slab of mixture then cut into 1 cm squares. I place them in small bags of 10 each and use for treats when out walking. They always do as asked.

6. beakysgal - Sep 16 09:17am

Back again. Megadonnelly11, It sounds as tho' you are not cooking them long enough as if there is no moisture keft in them they will not mould,

7. gomin1996 - Oct 31 04:29pm

can humans eat & like them?

8. debbiey07 - Nov 14 10:15am

I guess you could eat them if you really wanted to as there is nothing in them you cant find in your pantry anyway, but you might break your teeth!

9. bbmacka_stevemel - Nov 22 04:32pm

Thanks for another great idea Dr Harry, my new dog a St bernard absolutely loves them, we have just made a big batch for all our doggy friends for Chrissie.
Am hoping to bring my kids out to your farm next year for a visit, they would love it as they adore you.
Thanks again.