Today, not only is it the first day of our No Tricks, Just Treats, for Shelters, it's also Shopping Around the World hosted by Bacon and Da Phenny! To celebrate both, we are going to make some cookies for our local shelter using Pumpkin!!
We chose a recipe we found HERE and, being the rebels that we are, we made a few adjustments to it! Here are the base ingredients that we used.
( 2 1/2 cups)Whole Wheat Flour - $4.00 USD ($3.43 Euros) for 5 pounds
(2)Eggs - $2.00 USD ($1.72 Euros) for 1 dozen
(1/2 cup) All natural pumpkin - $2.00($1.72 Euros) 16oz can
(2 tablespoons) All Natural Peanut Butter(that we got from Hailey and Phod's Lady and Man). It would cost $5.00 USD($4.30 Euros)
Also the recipe calls for Cinnamon and Salt. We didn't use the salt and we had cinnamon in the pantry!
Here are the directions:
First, have your Mama preheat the oven to 350 degrees!
1. Combine the eggs, pumpkin and peanut butter.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure to give your puppy snoopervisors a taste of the peanut butter
2. Mix the wet ingredients until well blended
3. Mix in 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and the flour.
4. The batter should be very thick, so don't worry if there is flour on the sides of the bowl!
Here is where we made some modifications to the original recipe.
5. Instead of rolling out the dough we had Mama roll the dough into 2 inch balls.
6. Then you flatten the balls with the bottom of glass(you can dip it in flour so it doesn't stick to the cookie dough)
7. Pop them in the oven
8. Set the timer for 40 minutes
...then wait
...like EIGHT SEVEN DAYS...or forty minutes. Then wait another thirty minutes for the cookies to cool, which seems like EIGHT SEVEN MORE DAYS!
While we were waiting, we came up with another idea!
Why not put our most favorite training treat on top..and stick it there with PEANUT BUTTER!
Our furiends at the shelter will love these for sure!!
9. Take a cooled cookie
10.-11. Your favorite training treat(we used PB Zuke's) dipped in peanut butter.
12. LAUGH REALLY LOUD at the finished product. They may look silly....
BUT... they are delicious!!
We volunteered to be taste testers. Someone had to make sure they were nommy enough to bring to the shelter, right?
It was a tough job, but some puppy had to do it!
These cookies aren't too crunchy, have minimal ingredients and are good for pups of all ages. This made them perfect to bring to our shelter.
Please note: Call your local shelter ahead of time to make sure they will accept home made cookies.
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