Recipe - Dog Bisquits

1 Envelope dry yeast
One fourth cup Warm water
1 pn Sugar
3 One half cup Allpurpose flour
2 cup Whole wheat flour
2 cup Cracked wheat; =OR=
1 cup Cornmeal
1 cup Rye flour
One half cup Nonfat dry milk
4 teaspoon Kelp powder
4 cup Beef or chicken broth

GLAZE
1 lg Egg
2 tablespoon Milk

Place 2 oven racks in the upper & lower thirds of the oven. Preheat oven to
300F. Sprinkle the dry yeast or crumble the compressed yeast over the
water (110F if dry, 100F if compressed). Add the pinch of sugar & allow
yeast to sit in a draftfree spot for 1020 min.

The mixture should be full of bubbles. If not, the yeast is too old to be
useful. Stir well to dissolve the yeast. In a large bowl, place all the
dry ingredients & stir well to blend them. Add the yeast mixture & 3 c
broth. Using your hands, in the bowl, mix to form the dough, adding more
broth if needed to make the dough smooth & supple. Half a batch at a time,
knead the dough briefly on a lightly floured counter. (Keep the 2nd batch
of dough covered with a moist towel while shaping and cutting the first.)
Roll out the dough into 18 x 13 x 1/4inch rectangle. Cut into desired
shapes using 3 One half inch bone cutter or 2 One half inch cookie cutter. Reroll the
scraps. Repeat procedure with remaining dough. For an attractive shine,
lightly beat together the egg and the milk.

Brush the glaze on the cookies. Bake for 45 60 minutes or until brown &
firm. For even baking, rotate the cookie sheets from top to bottom Three fourths of
the way thru the baking period. Use a small, angled metal spatula to
transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Store in an airtight
container at room temp. cracked wheat & kelp are available at most health
food stores Use 2 cups of bran cereal (not flakes) in place of the cracked
wheat, if desired. If your dog is large, make larger cookies Allow the
cookie sheets to cool completely before using for the next batch Distribute
cookies evenly around sheet; avoid crowding or

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