| Dog Biscuits |
From "DIY Kids"
episode DIK-113 |
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People aren't the only ones who enjoy homemade treats. Kent Lindsey, host of DIY Kids, Buddy the dog and the DIY Kids show how to make biscuits for your favorite dog. Materials: 1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour
1 cup white flour
1/2 cup powdered milk
6 tablespoons butter
One egg
1 cup cold water
1 cup cornmeal
2 tablespoons wheat germ
1 1/2 tablespoons brewer's yeast
Two large mixing bowls
Small bowl
Knife, fork and spoon
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Large mixing spoon
Sifter
Rolling pin
Cookie cutters
Cookie sheet
Note: Dog-bone-shaped cookie cutters are great. But any shape will do, as long as it doesn't have sharp edges that could hurt your dog. You can find brewer's yeast at health-food stores. - Measure 6 tablespoons of butter, using the mark on the side of the wrapper (figure A). Let it sit for several hours until it reaches room temperature and is soft enough to mix.
- Put the butter in a bowl, and stir until it's creamy. Break the egg into a small bowl, and beat it with a fork. Make sure to remove any bits of eggshell. Stir the beaten egg into the butter and mix the two together (figure B).
- Use measuring cups to measure 1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour. Use a spoon to add flour to a measuring cup, a little at a time (figure C). Use the back of a knife to push the extra flour off the top of the measuring cup (figure D).
- Lay a sifter over a bowl, and pour the whole-wheat flour into the sifter. Don't load it up too much. Tap or shake the sifter to get the flour to fall through (figure E).
- Measure 1 cup white flour and sift into the bowl with the whole-wheat flour. Measure 1/2 cup powdered milk and sift into the bowl with the flour. Scrape any lumps through the sifter with the back of a spoon.
- Set the sifter aside, and add 1 cup cornmeal, 2 tablespoons wheat germ and 1 1/2 tablespoons brewer's yeast to the flour mixture. Stir all dry ingredients together until they're well mixed.
- Add a little of the dry mixture to the bowl containing the butter and egg mixture (figure F). Stir it in with a mixing spoon, then add a little of the cold water (1 cup total). Add more dry ingredients, then more water, and stir to blend very well.
- Use your hands to work in the rest of the dry ingredients (figure G) so there are no dry spots (figure H). This takes only a minute or two. Continue working the dough for another two or three minutes. If you want, share the job with a friend.
- Shake a little flour onto a table or a countertop. Place the lump of dough in the middle, and roll it into a circle with a rolling pin. The dough should be about as thick as your little finger.
- Dip a cookie cutter into flour, and stamp out shapes (figure I). If you don't have a cookie cutter, you can just cut the dough into rectangles. Dogs don't care about the shape--they just want to eat the treats.
- Peel the extra dough away from the shapes, pat or roll the dough out again, and cut more biscuits until you've used all the dough. Put the dog biscuits on a cookie sheet (figure J).
- Have a grown-up place the cookie sheet into a preheated 350-degree oven. Bake the biscuits for 30 to 40 minutes, depending on how big they are. They're ready when the bottom edges have just started to turn brown.
- Have a grown-up take the cookies out of the oven. Let them cool right on the pan.
- Store your best pal's homemade dog biscuits in a container with a lid, and you'll always have a treat ready (figure K).
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