There are Christmas Fairs, parties, and events looming, as well as Halloween and Bonfire Night. All of these require baking and support of one kind or another.
Experimental biscuits are my next small project, dog biscuits! I have a book which is packed with scrumptious-sounding recipes, for dogs. I have picked out two particularly appealing ones, appealing to me, that is. Not sure how they will go down with Dobson and his canine friends, so I shall have to make them and see.
The first one contains, rice flour, dates, walnuts, carob powder and other surprising ingredients. The book is devoted to canine health and nutrition, so I hope this holds true of the treats and that the dogs actually want to eat them. I'll let you know.
The second one contains garlic, parsley, oats, yeast and a meaty brew and I can well imagine them appealing to Dobson.
This kind of baking is ideal for in the Rayburn. After baking they need to be dried out in a warm oven for seven hours, so the lower oven will be the ideal place for them, they can be left in there overnight.
Then it is down to the dogs and the taste test.
I'll let you know.
it's a departure but lucky lucky dog!
ReplyDeleteHi Dom, I need to make a trip to the health food shop before I can try them out but I'm looking forward to having a go. Meanwhile, i have been baking cake, of course!
DeleteGood for you and Dobson. Something different! Nice to be thinking of Xmas bazaars
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, As long as I don't forget which ones are the dog biscuits, we should be fine! Just joking, it wouldn't harm anyone to have a munch on them, the ingredients are all good. Dobson is pretty faddy, though, so his opinion really matters.
DeleteI love Christmas Fairs and bazaars, they give me a great excuse to get creative and crafting.
It sounds like you should be demonstrating the dog biscuits on Dragon's Den. Love the picture of the dogs.
ReplyDeleteHi Dave, No fear of that, I'm afraid. This is almost certainly a one-off project to help with a fundraiser. The haybox project is much more interesting! When I was about eight or nine I read a book in which a family relied on their haybox for hot meals. I was utterly intrigued by it. Now, over 50 years later, I am finally about to get the chance to give it a go!
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Hello baili, Welcome and thank you! I was pretty upset about it at the time, especially as my blogs are always about my life - a kind of diary for me to look back on. Time marches on and I decided to blog again, at least this time I am aware of what may happen!
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