Saturday, July 13, 2013

Kookie for Cookies

A couple of weeks ago we saw our little buddy Freckles (Little Goose) had a recipe for some mint and parsley cookies that help freshen breath. Now it just so happens that we have and over abundance of both so mom decided to try the recipe with a few adaptations ....she just can't leave anything alone! (Note - Mom made the mistake of letting the parsley go to seed last year and now it is growing everywhere !!!!!)

Here is Freckles recipe with our adaptations in red

Ingredients:
1 cup of Beef, Chicken, or Fish Stock (make sure it doesn't contain onion)  (Mom changed this out for 1 jar of lamb and vegetable baby food because it has added vitamins)
1 cup of finely chopped Fresh Parsley
1 cup of finely chopped Fresh Mint
2 tablespoons Canola Oil
2 1/3 cups of Whole Wheat Flour (plus more for rolling out) (She changed this out for rice flour)
added 1/3 cup of water

Directions:
First you have to chop all the herbs - we did this by just putting in the food processor with the flour. Then just add the other ingredients and wizz until if forms a clump. You can do it by hand too - Mom is just to lazy :)

Next - roll out the dough - we made ours fairly thin. Mom made us some cool shaped cookies which are larger and are for special treats and then the rest she just cut into 1" squares to use as training treats. Pop them into a 350 degress F over for 30 minutes and then wait for them to cool. They don't really change color much - just go crispy.

Here are some of the shapes we used - the dog house, fire hydrant and shelties shapes. We each got to try the big sheltie shapes - Hey Mom - there is something not quite right about us eating our own likeness - but thankfully we didn't care cause dog oh dog those cookies taste great.

The other thing we found is they stay nice and crunchy if you pop them in a zip lock bag and the parsley and mint act a natural preservative so they keep well too. Now you are probably wondering do they actually freshen breathe - that is a big YES -  (not that we have bad breath so I am not sure how Mom knows this!!!!) Either way it is a yummy win win. Thanks Freckles for the recipe :)





18 comments:

  1. oMD OMD OMD..... We ALSO have BOTH of those... AND Bone shaped cutter upper thingys...

    MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM come see this... We want these...
    Look you can use your foodable processor thingy... and WHIZZZZZZ it all up until it is a Clump... THAT will make it EASY...

    Thanks guys fur this super recipe and how to change it up a bit too!! WE are gonna have mom put DEER BROTH that she has frozen .

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  2. Oh yum yum! We will have to try them. Did they brown much?

    Sam

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  3. Lucky you and enjoy the yum yums. Have a super Saturday.
    Best wishes Molly

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  4. Oh that looks good - and thanks for the recipe! I will try it - and if my staff would think I will share it...no way! Have a great saturday!

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  5. Oh wow! That looks delicious. And.
    Fresh and minty too! Have a great weekend!

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  6. Oh Chewy could use some breath freshening! I'll have to give these a try!

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  7. These sound great ...I like your Mom's changes too...and if they really work that's a bonus!

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  8. Over abundance of mint and parsley? Or over abundance of mint, parsley and bad breath?!! BOL!

    They look yummy and you are such a good boy posing in front of them without trying to sneak any.

    XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy

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  9. Those cookies look so yummy and they're so pretty - especially the ones that are Sheltie shapes!

    Love ya lots♥
    Mitch and Molly

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  10. Howdy Mates, mmmmmm, yum we just have to make our mum cook these. They sound delicious! Loved your different shapes too! No worries, and love, Stella and Rory

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  11. OMD!! Those are just beautifuls!!!!
    I like the sub of baby foods! Great idea!
    Ooooh, now I'm hungry....
    Kisses,
    Ruby ♥

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  12. Wow those look super yummilicious!!


    Loveys Sasha

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  13. Wow - not only can your human actually bake but she can make cookies in fancy shapes too??!! I'm so jealous! My human can't bake to save her life! :-)

    Slobbers,
    Honey the Great Dane

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  14. Oh those look sooooo yummy! I wish my mom would make some! Love Dolly

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  15. Yum yum! They look super, your Mom is very good and clever! My peeps won't make anything for me!
    Your sheltie cutter is actually amazing, where did you get it from?
    Pippa :)

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