Heart Biscuits 

1 1/2 cups Flour
1 1/2 cups Whole wheat flour
1 cup Rye flour
1 cup Oats
1 cup Cornmeal
1/4 cup Liver powder (available in health food store)
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Garlic powder
1 Egg
1/2 cup Vegetable oil
1 3/4 cups Beef broth

Place oven rack in upper third of oven. Heat oven to 300 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with foil.

Mix flours and all other dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add egg, oil, and beef broth. Mix the dough, adding enough additional flour to make a dough that can be rolled.

On a floured surface, roll to 1/2 inch thickness, then cut into heart shapes with floured heart cookie cutter or pattern cut from cardboard (2" diam for small dog; 3 1/2" for large). If using pattern, flour top of dough first.

Place hearts 1" apart on foil-covered cookie sheet. Reroll scraps. With a skewer prick a line of dots halfway through dough 1/4" from sides and down centers. Bake for 2 hours.

Turn the oven off, and let biscuits stand in oven overnight to harden. Can be stored in plastic bags at room temperature up to 3 months.

Makes about 24 - 3 1/2" hearts.

Chicken In a Biscuit

3 1/2 cups Flour
2 cups Whole wheat flour
1 cup Rye flour
1 cup Cornmeal
2 cups Cracked wheat
4 teaspoons Salt
1/2 cup Dry milk
1 Egg
1 package Dry yeast (1 T)
1 pint Chicken stock

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 c warm water. Add chicken stock and pour into dry ingredients. Knead for 3 minutes, working into a stiff dough. Roll dough into a 1/4"  thick sheet and cut with cookie cutters (cutters shaped like dog biscuits are available).

Bake in 300 degree oven for 45 minutes, then turn oven off and leave biscuits in oven overnight. In the morning the biscuits will be bone hard.

Note: This dough is extremely stiff to work with, but the end product is excellent.

Wheat Biscuits

3/4 cup Hot water or meat juices
1/3 cup Margarine
1/2 cup Powdered milk
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Sugar
1 Egg -- beaten
3 cups Whole wheat flour

Pour hot water or juice over margarine. Add powdered milk, salt, sugar, and egg. Gradually add flour, about 1/2 C. at a time till you have a stiff dough. Knead 3-4 minutes. Roll out 1/2" thick and cut into shapes. Bake in 325 degree oven for 50 minutes.

Brown Sugar Wheat Biscuits 

21/2 cups Whole wheat flour
1/2 cup Powdered dry milk
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 teaspoon Garlic powder
1 teaspoon Brown sugar
6 tablespoons Meat drippings
1 Beaten egg
1/2 cup Ice water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a cookie sheet. Combine flour, dry milk, salt, garlic powder and sugar. Cut in meat drippings until mixture resembles corn meal. Mix in egg. Add enough water so that mixture forms a ball. Using your fingers, pat out dough onto cookie sheet to half inch thick. Cut with cookie cutter or knife and remove scraps. Scraps can be formed again and baked.

Bake 25-30 minutes. Remove from tray and cool on rack.

Farmer's Biscuits

3 1/2 cups Whole wheat flour
3 cups Rolled oats
1/2 c Powdered milk
1/2 cup Bacon grease
2 teaspoon Cod liver oil
2 Eggs
1 1/2 cups Beef or chicken bouillon

Combine all ingredients into a sticky dough. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 325 degree F for 50 minutes. Cool on rack and store in plastic bag. Makes about 30.

Origin: The Old Farmer's Almanac: Hearth and Home Companion for 1993.

2 1/2 cups Flour
1/2 cup Powdered milk
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Garlic powder
2 teaspoon Brown sugar
1 teaspoon Granulated Bouillon (fish)
6 tablespoons Meat drippings
1 Egg, beaten
1/2 cup Ice water

Some dogs prefer fish flavored granulated bouillon, but you can use any flavor you wish.  Combine it and the rest of the dry ingredients.  Cut in drippings until mixture resembles cornmeal.  Mix in egg.  Add just enough water to make mixture form a ball.  Pat (or roll) dough to 1/2" thick and cut into desired shapes.   Small dogs like bite-sized pieces like stars about the size of a quarter.   The general rule is, the bigger the dog, the bigger the "cookie."   Makes ten 6 inch bones. 

Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 25 to 30 minutes, until hard and dry. Cool before serving.

Dog Gone Biscuits

3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/3 cup water
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup soy flour

Combine flours, mix water and oil in thoroughly, roll the dough out and cut into cookies. Bake at 350 degrees F until brown.  Cool, store in refrigerator.

Garlic Bites

1  cup flour
4 cloves garlic
1/2 cup hot water
1/8 cup chopped nuts or seeds
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 egg
milk

Mix all ingredients in bowl and add enough milk to make firm dough.  Roll out dough to thin sheet.  Sprinkle flour on sheet and cut dough with cookie cutter.

Place on oiled cookie sheet.  Bake at 300 degrees F for about 45 minutes.   Biscuit will be lightly toasted and hard. 

Gourmet Liver Treats

12-16 ounces raw liver
1 1/2 pounds white flour
8 ounces Quaker Oats
3 bouillon cubes, meat or chicken flavored
1 cup water - approx.
2 eggs, beaten

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease 3 cookie sheets.

Chop the liver finely, or put briefly in a blender.  Mix flour and oats, crumble in the bouillon cubes, add eggs and the chopped liver.  Add enough water to make a firm but slightly sticky dough. 

Spread evenly on the cookie sheets, about 1/2" thick.  Dip a small dog-cookie cutter in flour before cutting out each portion.  Bake 1 hour.  Can be kept for about 2 weeks. Store in refrigerator.

Liver Brownies 

1 lb Raw liver
2 Cloves garlic
1 Box corn muffin mix

Heat oven to temperature listed for the corn muffins. In blender or food processor, mix liver and garlic until liquid. Mix in the box of muffin mix.

Put the mixture on a cookie sheet and pat to about 1/2 to 1 inch thick. Bake until very firm but not burned. Cut into squares. Store in refrigerator.  May be frozen.

Honey Cakes 

2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup soybean flour
1 cup skimmed milk or water
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon Canola or sunflower oil
1 teaspoon sea salt

Mix dry ingredients.  Add liquid and honey. Mix and let the dough rest in a warm place for 15 minutes.  Add oil and allow to sit another 1/2 hour.

Take walnut size portions of dough and flatten into small cakes.  Bake in oven at 400 degrees for 1/2 hour.

For cats, roll dough into 1/4" thickness and bake on a sheet scored into small sections 1/4" square or smaller.