How to Make Homemade Horse Treats

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Show your horse how much you love him by making your own homemade treats. Not only will your horse love them, but they also make great gifts for other horse lovers.

Sweet Feed Cookies

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of sweet feed
• 1/4 cup of brown sugar
• 3 cups of molasses
• 2 grated carrots
• 2 grates apples
• 1/2 a cup of flour
• powdered sugar

Instructions:

1Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

2Mix all of the ingredients except powdered sugar together well.

3Roll the dough into balls and roll in the powdered sugar. Place On A baking sheet and flatten out.

4Bake for 20 minutes. let cool before feeding to horses.

Apple Carrot Cakes

Ingredients:

• 1 carrot
• 1 apple
• 1 cup of molasses
• 2 1/2 cups of oats
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

Instructions:

1Preheat your oven to 300 degrees

2Grate the apple and carrot and mix them together.

3Mix the remaining ingredients in with the apple and carrot

4Put the the mixture in a baking pan and bake for 40 minutes

5Cool for several hours int he fridge before serving it

Apple Chews

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups of applesauce
• 1 cup of ground oats
• 1/2 a cup of flour

Instructions:

1Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

2Mix all ingredients together and pour into a baking pan.

3Spread the batter evenly and bake for 30 minutes.

4When cool, cut into squares and serve. Store extras in the fridge.

Peppermint Treats

Ingredients:

• 10 crushed peppermints
• 2 cups of flour
• 2 apples
• 1 cup of oats
• 1/4 cup of molasses
• water as needed

Instructions:

1Mix all ingredients together, adding enough water to stir.

2Cook at 350 degrees until hardened.

3Serve when cooled.

Banana Stuffed Apple

Ingredients:

• 1 apple
• 1 banana
• 1 handful of ice

Instructions:

1Peel and slice the banana.

2Put the banana slices and ice cubes int he blender and pulse until creamy.

3Cut the core out of the apple.

4Pour the banana mix into the apple center and serve.