How to Make Healthy Horse Treats

Making homemade horse treats is one way to make sure that your horse is getting yummy treats with fresh and healthy ingredients straight from your kitchen. Mix up some healthy horse cookies and replace those sugar cubes in your pocket with something more nutritious. Read on to learn how to make healthy horse treats.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oatmeal, uncooked
• 1 1/2 cups shredded carrots
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 tbsp. sugar
• 2 tbsp. safflower oil
• 1/3 cup water
• ½ cup molasses
• Large mixing bowl
• Cookie sheet
• 1/4 cups applesauce, unsweetened
• 1 1/2 cups ground oatmeal or oat bran cereal
• 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• Oil
• Baking pan, approximately 9 x 12

Healthy Molasses Horse Cookies

1. Mix all of the ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
2. Form the dough into walnut-sized balls and put them on a lightly oiled cookie sheet.
3. Bake at 350 F for about 15 minutes, or until the healthy horse treats are golden brown.
4. Store the healthy horse treats in an airtight container.

Healthy Apple and Oat Horse Treats

5. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
6. Lightly oil the baking pan.
7. Put the batter in the baking pan and spread it evenly.
8. Bake the healthy apple and oat horse treats for about 25 minutes, or until firm.
9. Cut the treats into squares.
10. Store the healthy apple and oat horse treats in the refrigerator.

Tips & Warnings

• The dough is very sticky, so it's helpful to put it on a sheet of plastic wrap and roll it into a log about the size of a nickel. Freeze the log for an hour or so, and you will be able to easily slice the healthy molasses cookies into uniform pieces.