Homemade Cookies for Your Horse

As a horse owner I know that some companies like to make larger than average profits from us simply because they think we can afford it. After all horses are a "luxury". The horse treats companies seem to feel the same way. To those horse owners that are on a budget - like me, I have put together 3 homemade horse cookie recipes. All of them do need baking.

Let's begin with an easy one, shall we? This recipe was handed to me by a fellow horse owner at the boarding stable I kept my horses at years ago. I have "tweaked" it just a bit because she use to have trouble with them always burning.

Boarder biscuits
2 cups dry oatmeal
¾ cup grain
3 cups bran
1 cup molasses
Mix oatmeal, grain and bran together in bowl. Slowly add molasses until you get the mixture feeling like clay. Place tablespoon size balls of dough on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. If they are too soft for your liking then decrease the amount of molasses next time. Molasses will preserve the cookies for a long time.

I've been a good horse today treats
2 sticks of butter
¾ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup dried apple slices, chopped
2 cups dry oatmeal
1 cup alfalfa pellets
Mix eggs, sugar and butter together until thoroughly mixed. Add rest of ingredients slowly and mix. Spoon out cookie sized drops on to cookie sheet, bake at 350 for 8 minutes or until brown.

Oatmeal carrot cookies
1 cup uncooked oatmeal
1 cup flour
1 cup shredded carrots
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp corn oil
¼ cup water
¼ cup molasses
Mix everything together in a bowl. Make small balls of dough and place on a greased cookie sheet, flatten them with a fork. Don't make them too thin or they will burn. Place in oven at 375 for 8-12 minutes or until brown.

Some of those recipes sound good enough for humans to eat. In fact I have tried them and they are not half bad. I think it is my sweet tooth talking to me.