Dog Treat Recipe- Cherry Muffins

Emma & Rowan both love dried, sugar-free cherries as treats. Just make sure that they don’t have any pits in them.

Cherry Muffins

2 cups flour
½ tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. ground flax
1 Tbsp. hulled hemp seeds (optional)
¼ cup wheat germ or additional flour
2 Tbsp. nutritional yeast
1 tsp. vanilla extract
¼ cup applesauce
½ cup dried cherries (no sugar added)
1 cup water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray mini muffin pans with non-stick spray.

In a large bowl, combine flour, flax, baking soda, hemp seed, wheat germ and nutritional yeast. Add applesauce, vanilla, and water, mixing well. Add cherries & mix. Scoop batter into the muffin pans and bake for 30 minutes. Remove and let cool completely before serving. Store in the fridge.

Makes approximately two dozen mini muffins.

Variations

Biscuits- Reduce water by ¼ cup and eliminate baking soda. Knead into a stiff dough, adding ¼ cup of flour at a time until it can be rolled out without sticking to the rolling pin (add a bit of water if it gets too dry). Roll out onto a floured surface to ¼ inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutters or knife and bake on a greased cookie sheet until crispy.

Cookies- Add ¼ cup of flour at a time until dough is firm enough to form into balls. Place dough balls on a greased cookie sheet and press flat with your hand or a fork. Bake until crispy.

Bagels- Make the same as the cookies except do not press them flat. Dip your finger in water and poke a hole in the middle of the dough ball. Flatten slightly to form a bagel shape. Bake until crispy.