Apple and Carrot Dog Biscuits

I like making up recipes for my pooches, and they seem to love everything I make! I try to put in what I think is healthy, and tasty too, but then again, dogs will eat anything!

• Ready In: 3 hrs 30 mins
• Yields: 80 biscuits approx.

Ingredients

• 2  eggs
• 1⁄2 cup  oil
• 1 (14 ounce) can unsweetened applesauce
• 1  apple, grated (skin on)
• 2  large carrots, grated (unpeeled)
• 1  tablespoon cinnamon
• 2  tablespoons wheat germ
• 1⁄2 cup  rye flakes
• 1⁄2 cup  7  grain cereal
• 1⁄2 cup oats
• 2  cups  bran flakes
• 3  cups whole wheat flour

Directions

1. Using a mixer with a dough hook, put all ingredients into the bowl EXCEPT the flour.
2. Mix well.
3. Add flour 1/2 cup at a time mixing well in between.
4. Nearing the end, add by the spoonful until dough is in one big ball and easy to handle.
5. Place bottom oven rack ABOVE middle oven rack.
6. Preheat oven to 300 f.
7. Roll dough into little balls and place on cookie sheets, flatten slightly with a finger.
8. They can be close together as they do not spread out.
9. Place in oven and bake for 1 hour.
10. Remove from oven, turn biscuits over, and return to oven with cookie sheets on opposite racks.
11. Bake for 30 minutes more.
12. Reduce heat to 225 f.
13. and bake for 1-1 1/2 hours more.
14. keep testing-take one out, let cool, break apart and it should be hard like a milk bone.
15. when done, remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheets.
16. Store in air tight containers.