Rover's Reward

Rover's Reward

Ingredients:
1 package active dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups whole-wheat flour
2 cups cornmeal
2 cups oatmeal -- uncooked
1 cup fresh mint leaves -- chopped, loose packed
1 cup parsley sprigs -- chopped, loose packed
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
1 can beef broth -- (13 3/4 to 14 1/2 ounces)
3/4 cup milk

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In small bowl, combine yeast, sugar, and 1/4 cup warm water (105 degrees to
115 degrees F.). Let stand until yeast foams, about 5 minutes.
2. In very large bowl, combine all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, cornmeal, oats, mint, parsley, and wheat
germ. With wooden spoon, stir in yeast mixture, broth, and milk until combined. With hands, knead dough in bowl
until blended, about 1 minute.
3. Divide dough in half. Cover 1 piece with plastic wrap to prevent drying out. Place remaining piece of dough on
lightly floured surface. With floured rolling pin, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. With large (about 5 inches) or
small (about 2 inches) cookie cutter, such as bone* or mailman, cut out as many biscuits as possible, reserving
trimmings. With spatula, transfer biscuits to large ungreased cookie sheet. Reroll trimmings and cut more biscuits.
Repeat with remaining dough.
4. Bake small biscuits 30 minutes, bake large biscuits 40 minutes. Turn oven off; leave biscuits in oven 1 hour to
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dry out.
5. Remove biscuits from cookie sheet to wire rack. When cool, store at room temperature in tightly covered
container up to 3 months. Each large biscuit: About 90 calories, 4 g protein, 17 g carbohydrate, 1 g total fat (0 g
saturated), 1 mg cholesterol, 30 mg sodium. Make these treats large or small; the dogs in our neighborhood loved
them!
Do- Ahead: up to 3 months.
Yields: about 4 dozen large biscuits or 24 dozen small biscuits Work Time: 1 hour plus cooling Total Time: 30 to
40 minutes plus drying.
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