Ben's family loves dogs. His parents have two Great Pyrenees named Buddy and Sugar. They are awesome dogs. While we lived in Nashville, Gus would get to visit with Buddy and Sugar from time to time. He loved them. I don't think the feeling was mutual. Gus is an acquired taste. During his visits, Gus became very fond of their treat jar. It was a large glass jar filled to the rim with treats. All you had to do was lift the lid and the dogs came running. They hear the glass lid clink as you open and they know it's treat time.
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| Izzie and Gus |
Unfortunately, Gus doesn't get to visit with his cousin dogs anymore. So he and Izzie got together and planned out a birthday gift for me....a glass jar to hold treats. I took some time this evening to try and fill it. I had pulled a few dog treat recipes. I combined several and threw in my own ideas to come up with the final recipe. While the jar is not even close to filled, the results were a success.
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| The New Treat Jar |
Recipe:
2 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
3 Tbl. peanut butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinamon
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oats (if you don't want to use oats, up the flour by 1/2 cup)
Directions:
1. Mix together eggs, pumpkin, peanut butter, salt, and cinamon
2. Mix in flour and oats and form into a ball
3. Roll out flat and use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until hard
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| Izzie anxiously awaiting the final product |
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