Pumpkin Bones Recipe

October 28, 2009

Three Jacks Dog Bakery in Olmsted Falls, Ohio has a wonderful organic recipe sure to please our canine trick-or-treaters this Halloween. If you're too busy to bake these tasty treats, you can always purchase the doggie biscuits online at http://www.3jacksdogbakery.com/.

Ingredients
4 cups organic brown rice
2 organic eggs with shells
3/4 cup organic steel cut oats
1 cup organic canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon organic ground cinnamon
3/4 cup organic low-fat buttermilk
2 teaspoons organic ground rosemary
1 tablespoon organic blackstrap molasses
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
4 tablespoons organic shortening

Preparation
Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. Mix liquid ingredients in food processor, leaving egg shells in. Combine wet and dry ingredients in bowl. Knead until well-mixed, about five minutes. Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on rice flour-covered pastry board. Cut with 1-inch, small-bone-shaped cutter. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes, then for 10 minutes at 300 degrees, then for 10 more minutes at 250 degrees. This recipe makes about 320 pumpkin bones, depending on the size of your cookie cutter. Recipe may be cut in half.