Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Super Easy Homemade Dog Treats


We love our dogs and treat them like they're our children… so why not make them homemade all natural dog treats?! These are so easy you'll be making your dog yummy treats in no time! 










  
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Dog Treats

Ingredients
            2 cups whole-wheat flour
            2 small apples
            1 small banana

Directions
1.     Preheat oven to 350º
2.     Peel and chop apples and banana.
3.     Puree apples and banana in a food processor.
4.     Stir together pureed fruit and flour to form dough, add small amounts of water or flour to get non-sticky dough. Knead with your hands a couple times.
5.     Roll dough out on floured counter to about ¼ inch thick.
6.     Use a cookie cutter to cut out the desired shape.
7.     Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
8.     Bake for 20-25 minutes.
9.    Let them cool, store in a brown paper bag to keep hard.

She's a good girl and stayed and looked at me like I asked so she got a whole treat to herself!

These two are crazy and don't listen and they shared a treat.

Merry Christmas Eve! xoxo

Pecan Snowballs


My grandma and mom always made pecan snowballs during the holidays and this year I decided to make them. They are so easy and yet so delicious! Try them out and let me know what you think!

Ingredients: Pecans, flour, butter, and powdered sugar














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Pecan Snowballs

Ingredients:
            1 cup flour
            1 cup chopped pecans
            ½ cup butter, softened
            2 tbsp. powdered sugar

            Extra powdered sugar for rolling

Directions:
1.     Preheat oven to 300º.
2.     Mix flour, pecans, butter, and powdered sugar.
3.     Roll into small balls, place on a cookie sheet.
4.     Cook for 30 minutes.
5.     Remove from oven and carefully roll hot snowballs in powdered sugar.
6.     Let them cool and then roll in powdered sugar again.  



Thank you for coming and Merry Christmas! xoxo

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Whole-Wheat Garlic Cheddar Biscuits


These whole-wheat garlic cheddar biscuits are so good and so easy to make! 
































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Whole-wheat Garlic Cheddar Biscuits

Ingredients:
         2 cups whole-wheat flour
         4 tsp. baking powder
         ½ tsp. salt
         ½ tsp. garlic powder
         4 tbsp. cold butter
         3/4 cup grated cheese
         1 cup milk


Directions:

1.    Preheat oven to 450º.
2.    Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and garlic powder in a large bowl.
3.    Cut in butter with a pastry cutter, or a fork if you don’t have one.
4.    Stir in cheese.
5.    Pour in milk and mix until just incorporated. Do not over mix or you will end up with hard biscuits.
6.    Turn out onto floured surface; knead dough with hands.
7.    Flatten dough to about ¾ inch thick with your hands.
8.    Use a cookie cutter, biscuit cutter, or upside down glass to cut out desired biscuit size.

9.    Place on cookie sheet, bake for 10-15 minutes. Biscuits will be lightly browned.

*this recipe is adapted from 100daysofrealfood.com



Try them out and let me know how they were!
 Thanks for coming! xoxo