Dental Soft Dog Cookies

Those of you in the healthcare industry will know what I mean by "dental soft". These are a remodelled version of my Better Bikkies (Peanut Butter Bacon Dog Cookies) recipe, these ones I made smaller and softer for our old mutt who hardly has any teeth left, is chronically constipated and has bad joints! Note for would be bakers: I cut the chilled dough into the pieces and freeze them on baking sheets so that I can bake off as needed. 350F for about 11-12 minutes works from frozen.

• Ready In: 1 hr 40 mins
• Serves: 190
• Yields: 190 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups rolled oats
• 3  tablespoons buckwheat groats (kasha)
• 1  cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1  cup  chicken stock
• 1⁄3 cup olive oil
• 1  tablespoon honey
• 3⁄4 cup  smooth  natural-style peanut butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups boiling water
• 1  egg
•  rye flour
• 1  cup  barley flour
• 1⁄2 cup  quinoa flour
• 1⁄4 cup  ground sunflower seeds
• 3⁄4 cup  soy flour
• 1⁄4 cup  psyllium, fibre husks
• 1⁄4 cup teff flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon guar gum
• 2  tablespoons ground flax seeds
• 1⁄3 cup wheat germ
• 1⁄2 cup minute tapioca
• 1⁄4 cup  whole flax seed
• 1⁄2 cup bacon bits

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine oats, kasha, applesauce, chicken stock, oil, honey, peanut butter and boiling water, stirring well. Set aside for 10 minutes.
2. Beat in the egg and glucosamine (if using), followed by the remaining ingredients.
3. Chill dough 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with parchment or foil.
5. Working in batches, roll out the dough between sheets of waxed paper and cut into small squares or rectangles.
6. Bake, one sheet at a time, for 10 minutes. Cool on the sheets.