Pumpkin Molasses Dog Cookies
Counting down the weeks before Christmas and this year I am making lots of gift boxes, for charity auction winners, family, friends and clients. I go through a huge amount of ingredients, flour, butter, sugar, dried fruit, chocolate etc… I don’t really care to calculate how much goes into this because I’m afraid I would scare myself.
When making gift boxes or baskets I will always include dog treats if the recipient is a pet parent. I posted a recipe for dog biscuits with peanut butter and fruit, but for the holidays I wanted to do something with more holiday flavors and pumpkin, molasses and a dash of warm spice just screams holidays, at least to me. Why shouldn’t our fur babies have something a little different, special and holidayish. After doing a little research I determined that molasses in small amounts is not bad for our canine companions and we all know that pumpkin is very very good for them, I didn’t go grain free for these cookies, but used whole wheat pastry flour which given as a treat and not in large amounts is fine. I found a recipe online for pumpkin molasses dog treats and proceeded to put my own spin on it.
Pumpkin Molasses Dog Cookies
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup coconut oil
6 tbs water (more if needed a tbs at a time)
1 large egg
5 cups whole wheat flour or comination of whole grain flours
1/2 tsp baking soda (optional)
4 tsp dried milk
1/4 tsp powdered ginger
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Optional- sprinkle a little coconut palm sugar mixed with cinnamon and ginger on top before baking.
Heat oven to 350 degree’s. In small bowl mix together the wet ingredients, pumpkin, molasses, egg, oil and water. In large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, dry, baking soda and spices. Add the wet ingredients and combine until it is a cohesive dough, if you need to add more water do so in small amounts 1 tbs at a time until you reach the desired consistency.
Roll out to about 1/4 inch thick and cut into desired shapes. Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes until lightly browned. Let cool on rack.
Percy ate it but liked the bite of ginger molasses cookies for humans better
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