How to Make Molasses Treats for a Horse

Your horse will love munching on some crunchy and sweet molasses treats. They are easy to make, and made from healthy ingredients. You can use them as a reward after a hard day of training, or just to show your horse that you love him. Read on to learn more.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 1/4 cups old-fashioned oatmeal, uncooked
• ½ c. grated carrots
• ½ cup. brown sugar
• 4 tbsp. molasses
• Oil
• 2 cookie sheets

Molasses Cookie Horse Treats

1. Put the white sugar in a small bowl. Set aside.

2. Mix the molasses, grated apples and/or carrots, bran and flour in a large bowl. If the dough is too wet, add a little more flour. The dough should be fairly dry, but it should stick together.

3. Drop the dough by teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.

4. Put some oil on the bottom of a flat-bottomed glass and dip the glass in the bowl of white sugar. Press the dough with the bottom of the glass to slightly flatten the molasses treats.

5. Bake the molasses cookie treats for ten minutes at 375 degrees F. Store in a sealed container.

Oatmeal Molasses Horse Treats

6. Combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl.

7. Add water until the mixture forms a soft dough and mix until completely blended.

8. Form the dough into patties and place them on oiled cookie sheets.

9. Bake the treats at 365 F until crispy and brown.

10. Store the oatmeal molasses horse treats in a sealed container.

[CowgirlCal]

on 7/7/2009 Wow! That's neat!! I should try that. Thanks! How much oil do you put in?? I'm sure you mean Olive oil or Vegetable oil rite?