Bone Recipe
Several of my friends have asked how Joan made my yummy dog bones. I asked Joan to write it down for all of you - here it is:
3 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup dry nonfat milk
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup (or more as needed) chicken or beef stock/broth
1 egg
Mix the milk and flour in a bowl. Cut in the shortening with a fork or pastry blender.
Mix the stock and egg together slightly in a separate bowl.
Add the stock mixture to the flour mixture and mix with a spoon or spatula or hands to form a sticky dough that moves away from the sides of the bowl. Add more stock as needed. (Joan says she probably used more like 1 cup of stock for ours.)
Roll out on a flat, slightly floured surface to 1/4" thick. Using cookie cutters, cut shapes into dough. Place cut shapes on greased cookie sheets (or parchment paper on cookie sheets). You may re-roll scraps and cut more shapes though the dough make get tougher the more you roll it out. Bosco says: Bake any left-over scraps because the dogs don't care if they are shaped or not!!!! The bone shape is really an aesthetic addition for the humans!!!
Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes until edges are brown and they look dry. Remove and cool treats on rack. After all baking is complete, put all the treats on one sheet and put back into cooling oven. Shut the door and leave for 8-16 hours. Then keep in airtight container.
Joan got this from the newspaper and it was attributed to someone's cookbook, but we don't remember who right now!
Comments
Hi Bosco! I like such bones, although ... not so much as heavenly-smelling Polish kielbasa :-)
Kind redards to you and Joan! Woof! :-)
Posted by: Tatra Sheepdog | March 21, 2007 5:26 AM
The Lab Brats are allergic to Chicken so the beef may work. Have you tried vegetable broth or do you think it won't give a strong enough smell to warrant Lab drool? :)
Lab smiles,
Sianan
Posted by: Sianan | March 21, 2007 10:33 AM
great tip
Posted by: bosco | March 22, 2007 3:02 PM
Thank you! This is great... I'm going to try it out this weekend.
Posted by: Melissa | March 22, 2007 4:28 PM
Bosco - thanks for the recipe! I just wanted to mention that if anyone buys their stock/broth, to make sure that there's nothing harmful to dogs in it - onions and onion powder are really common. Otherwise it's really easy to make your own - just get some chicken necks or wings - or beef bones - chop them up a little, cover with water, bring to a boil, then simmer for a few hours. (I just let my mom do it. ;) Thanks again!
Posted by: Karli | March 23, 2007 5:49 PM
WOW - I didn't know that onions are bad for doggies like me! Joan didn't know either. We surfed the web and also found out that grapes and raisins are bad for us in large quantities and macademia nuts and garlic, too. And we all know about chocolate. (I got into chocolate once or twice, myself.) Speaking of chocolate, Joan just made chocolate cupcakes and I will try to take one when she's not looking.
Posted by: Bosco | March 24, 2007 12:17 AM
I'm sending the recipe to my mom, Julia.
Hope she will make them!
Posted by: Buttercup Beagle | March 29, 2007 1:12 PM
i need to try this for my dogs! thanks for the recipe.
@bosco: I didn't know any of those foods were bad for dogs either! thanks for letting me know
Posted by: Daniel Errante | September 2, 2007 1:18 AM
wuih my rotweiller will love this, i have looking for this article for a week, and now i get it .. thanx .. i will try it this weekend
Posted by: Chris | November 17, 2007 12:22 AM