This Christmas I decided to do something different for a very special guy. His name is Kobe..my fiance's family dog. I've been together with my fiance for almost 12 years...since high school! and I've known his dog Kobe just as long. Kobe is not the most obedient dog...would pee in places he shouldn't, etc. but he definitely has his cute and good side as well. For the last 3 months, I've been cooking at his house on the weekend and he would be around in the kitchen. I would like to think he's there to keep me company but I know he's just waiting for me to accidentally drop food on the floor. haha. Nevertheless, I always look forward to seeing him on the weekends. Kobe is such a loveable fella! An important member of my family.
I've been searching online for some dog biscuit recipes and almost all of them require the use of wheat flour. I'm not sure if he's allergic to wheat but I know he's ok with rice...so I made these biscuits with the use of gluten free white rice flour. My original idea was to make him turkey dinner biscuits...with cranberries, potatoes, and turkey...but I wasn't sure if I have to keep the biscuits in the fridge coz of the meat. My in-law's fridge is always full of food. I decided to go with bananas and cranberries instead coz he likes bananas...and cranberries is part of typical Christmas dinner? After I made the first batch, I actually ate a couple...its not bad...definitely not much flavor...has a bit of sweetness to it...but it has a nice smell of bananas.
On Christmas day, we gave him one and he finished it quite quickly. That made me extremely happy! =D It was worth the time to make these!~
Kobe's Christmas Doggie Biscuit Treats
Makes: 6 dozen with 2" bone shape cookie cutter
Ingredients:
2 bananas
3/4 cups of sun dried cranberries
2 tbsp honey
640g gluten free white rice flour
1 cup water
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
cookie cutter
Instructions:
1. In a large bowl, mash bananas with a fork.
2. Add in egg, baking powder, vanilla extract, honey, flour, and water. Mix them together.
3. Add cranberries and mix. The dough will be a bit moist but its ok.
4. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 2 baking pan with parchment paper.
4. On a clean flat surface, take half of the dough and spread it out about 1/4" thick using your hands. Cut the dough up with a cookie cutter. Place them on the baking pan, leave about 1/2" apart. Gather up the leftover dough, flatten, and cut more till there are no more dough. Repeat with the other half of the dough.
5. Bake for 12 minutes. Flip each biscuit over, and bake for another 12 minutes, or until slightly golden brown. Remove from oven and let biscuits cool on a cooling rack. Bake the rest of the biscuits.
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