Casper The Baker

Today we are baking doggie cookies! We are making Peanut Butter and Pumpkin cookies. Hana made these for me before and they were so yummy. We saw the recipe on Facebook recently so Mommie thought it might be a good idea for me to bake my own cookies so that I would know that the beast in the kitchen called Oven is my friend and that I should not be afraid of it. I have all my ingredients ready. Since I cannot reach the kitchen counter, Mommie let me sit on a high chair.

There is going to be a secret ingredient that will make my cookies a bit different, Eskie fur. Teehee! For sure there will be some in the cookies since I am making them. I hope my friends won't mind since I am sharing these cookies with them. I wonder if they will be able to smell me on the cookies. Heehee!

Here are the cookie cutters I will be using. A bone, a heart, a fire hydrant, a paw and a dog house.

First we start with the pumpkin, then we mix in flour, eggs, peanut butter, salt and cinammon.

Then we roll out the dough using this rolling pin. Mommie held me in place so I could use my paws to hold onto the rolling pin coz I kept slipping off my chair.

I hope I am doing this right.

After we finished rolling out the dough, we cut out the shapes. What fun!

Here they are ready for baking!

Mommie turned on the Oven and I tried to stay in the kitchen and be brave. But when the mouth opened, I ran upstairs to the bedroom and asked Daddy to keep me company up there until the danger passed. So Mommie put the cookies in to bake without my help. After some time, Mommie called out that the cookies were ready. Oh boy! I ran downstairs eager to see how they turned out.

The whole place smelled so good. And look! The cookies turned out great!

So now we get to the best part. The Oven has been put to sleep and I get to taste the cookies.

Yummmmm!!!! Fresh baked doggie cookies. They are sooooo good! We were hoping to make many batches to give away to all my doggie pals but Mommie said we would hold off baking for a while since I got so scared and stressed because of the Oven. So we were only able to make enough to send to some doggies. I will try to be braver next time.

Here is the recipe:

Peanut Butter and Pumpkin Dog Treats

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 40 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
Yields: 25 servings

INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Whisk together the flour, eggs, pumpkin, peanut butter, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl. Add water as needed to help make the dough workable, but the dough should be dry and stiff. Roll the dough into a 1/2-inch-thick roll. Cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
3. Bake in preheated oven until hard, about 40 minutes.