Ten years ago, Lilly was the celebrity judge for a dog biscuit baking contest at a local animal shelter's fundraising fair.
Mel was disqualified for being insufficiently discriminating in her "food" choices. But she did a dandy demonstration of opening dog-proof containers.
This was the winning recipe, and I've never found a dog who disagreed with Lilly about it.
I usually make a double batch of these, and will cook some up tonight. I got a lot of shredded cheese very cheap -- the local stores are pricing them as loss leaders this week.
Lilly's Choice Biscuits
Ingredients:
1 cup rolled oats (oatmeal)
1/3 cup butter or margerine
1 cup boiling water
3/4 cup corn meal
1 tablespoon sugar
1-2 teaspoons bouillon (I use the paste-type soup base)
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
1 cup (4 oz by weight) shredded cheddar
1/2 cup milk
1 beaten egg
2-3 cups all-purpose or whole wheat flour
Pre-heat oven to 325
Grease cookie sheets
In large bowl combine
oats
butter/margarine
boiling water
Set aside for ten minutes while the oats swell up.
Mix in well
cornmeal
sugar
bouillon
milk
cheese
egg
Add flour one cup at a time, mixing each cup in well. This will form a stiff dough. Continue adding flour while kneading in to dough ball on a floured surface until dough is smooth and no longer sticky -- about 3-4 minutes of kneading. Roll dough* to 1/2" thickness. Cut out with cookie cutters.
Place 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheets. Bake for 35-45 minutes -- until golden brown. Smack Professor Chaos' hand with spatula as he steals them. (These are delicious, but once cooled, a bit hard for human teeth). Cool completely before storing.
* I use a pastry cloth and stockinette roller cover for all my pastry rolling needs now. Has made life much easier.
Please explain what they are/how to use pastry cloth and stockinette rolling cover. My rolling pin always has weevils on it and if I don't inspect prior to rolling out dough, I end up with weevils pressed in to the cookies.
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I only found out about these a few months ago -- read it in an older cookbook, and Hey! Look what Og do!
I found mine cheap at Ollie's, which is one of those stores where everything fell off the back of a truck and you never know what you'll find there. I bought two sets they were so cheap.
I wrap the pastry cloth around my biggest cutting board to anchor it. A little bit of flour on the cloth and the pin cover and the dough never sticks and cooperates beautifully.
I've been making a lot of pie crust (mostly for quiche and turkey pie) now that I have them. Plan to start messing with more esoteric pastry soon. These tools rock.
Please do not send any cookies.
TY.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I'm having a special on weevil print treats this month so let me know if you change your mind.
Chickens love weevil treats!
ReplyDeleteI made this recipe this afternoon. It was a hit! Now if I could just get Lucy to CHEW before swallowing! Thanks. It goes into the permanent file!
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