Carob Cookie Cutter
Dog Cookies Recipe

Use carob as a chocolate substitute and pamper your dog with the taste and look of chocolate --without the dangers. Make sure you understand the dangers of mixing dogs and chocolate!

These doggie cookies look just like "chocolate" cookies! The recipe that follows will serve as a basic recipe for dozens of delicious chocolate-like treats for your pet! Mix up a batch of dough and choose the shapes that you want to use! Your dog will enjoy the cookies—whether you decide to decorate them with dog treat icing — or not!

The heart shaped dog treat cookies below are frosted with an icingand they look like chocolate on chocolate--yummy enough for you to eat!

Cookie cutter cookies take a little longer than most other kinds of cookies, but they certainly are worth the effort!

Think of all the shapes you can make! And then, consider all the ways you can decorate each shape. The combinations are endless.

Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup carob powder
• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup corn meal
• 1 cup unbleached white flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons dry yeast

Directions

2. Use the “dough” cycle

3. When the dough is finished, take it out of the machine and divide it into 3 equal portions.

4. Sprinkle flour onto a cutting board.

5. Roll the dough into a sheet that is about ¼ inch thick. Sprinkle the rolling pin with flour to prevent sticking.

6. Cut the dough into shapes with cookie cutters.

7. Place the cookies on a greased baking sheet.

8. Bake the cookies at 275 degrees F for 1 hour.

9. Turn off the oven and let the cookies dry overnight in the oven.

10. Decorate the cookies if you would like…

These are great dog treats to make and decorate for holidays. The cookies pictured above were made for Valentine's Day. They are approximately 2" across. And they were a hit with the dogs!

Try looking for special shapes for each holiday of the year--and plan to include your pet when you make special desserts for the family!

If you are conservative with the amount of icing or frosting that you put on the cookies, you will still be able to limit the amount of sugar that your dog is eating.

And, if you just make these cookies on special occasions, you don't have to feel guilty about not sticking strictly to his diet!

If your dog likes a chocolate-like taste, why not try Sandwich Cookies, or "Chocolate" Chip Cookies?

And, if you are looking for a chocolate-like dog cookie for Valentine's Day, why not try our carob Valentine Cookies?

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