Frugal Dog Biscuits Recipe

A reader submitted this recipe for frugal dog treats.  He is a long-time pet owner and his wife works at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo.  The last line of his email was, "Pets are a huge money pit, but I am learning as I go." 

We do not have pets in our house, for one my husband is allergic to most furry friends and two, I can't be trusted.  I do not have a "pet thumb".  We won some goldfish at a school carnival earlier in the year and all three of them were dead within a week.  I fed them, changed their water and sang to them, but they still didn't survive. 

Anyways, I know people love their pets, but they do seem to be expensive.  Tony (our reader) says that this recipe yields about 60 treats, but you could probably get more by just making them smaller.  I guess dogs don't really care about the size of the treat, only that they are getting one. 

Here's the recipe:

Mix Together:

·         3.5 cups unbleached flour

·         2 cup whole wheat flour

·         1 cup cornmeal

·         ½ cup skim milk powder

·         1 TBSP (or 1 package) dry yeast

·         3.5 cups lukewarm chicken or meat broth

Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm chicken or meat broth. The richer this broth is, the better your dog will like the biscuits. Let yeast broth mixture set 10 min. Then stir in flour mixture. Roll resulting dough out ¼” thick. Cut dog biscuit shapes from dough. Apply an egg wash (basically just brush on a beaten egg) Bake on un-greased cookie sheets at 300° for 45 min.

Then turn off oven and leave overnight to finish hardening.
 Makes 60 medium-sized biscuits