This St. Patrick’s Day keep in mind a very important fact. One of the common spices in corned beef, paprika, can actually be harmful to dogs. Paprika and turmeric contain irritants that could cause irritation to your dog’s skin and gastrointestinal tract. So please do not give your pup any of your St. Patrick’s Day meal. INSTEAD make them their own special treats! We have included a holiday treat recipe that you can easily and inexpensive make for your four legged family member.
Maxwell would like to say “Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone!”Maxwell is ready for St. Patrick’s Day are you?
Shamrock Dog Cookies Ingredients – For Dogs
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons dry milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons flaxseed oil (or vegetable oil)
- 1/3 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/2 cup water, + 1 tablespoons water
- 1 1/3 cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup old fashioned rolled oats (uncooked)
- 2 teaspoons green food coloring or ¼ cup spinach powder
- 2 tablespoons chopped pumpkin seeds or pepitas
- 1 tablespoon anise seeds
Directions
- Place everything in your bread machine and set it for the dough cycle. Or, alternatively, use your heavy duty mixer with a dough hook.
to get a nice elastic ball of dough.
- When the dough is ready, roll it into sheets that are 1/4“ thick and cut out the pumpkin dog cookies, using a shamrock cookie cutter
.
- Bake at 275 degrees F for about an hour, making sure that the pumpkin dog biscuits don’t get too browned.
- Turn off the oven, and let the dog cookies sit in the oven overnight–so that they will get nice and dry. They will be hard to the touch can crunchy when your dog eats them.
- ENJOY!
