Bacon and Cheddar Dog Biscuits

These are my dogs, Lulu and Tessie. Lulu is from the Service Dog Project in Ipswich, MA, and she is one of Dog Bless You's office dogs (we're practically a doggy daycare). Tessie is a rescued pittie and general love bug.

They'll do anything for food. Lulu is a notorious lunch thief; once I caught her dragging a sandwich off a co-worker's desk by the corner of its wrapper. 

Since I'm often cooking her favorite meat (chicken) and never offering her a portion, I thought I'd satisfy her penchant for human food and bake some homemade dog biscuits. Now my dogs might never let me alone in the kitchen again.

Cheddar and Bacon Dog Biscuits

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup of cheddar cheese
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup of chicken stock (make sure there's no onion in it - it can be toxic to dogs)
2-3 slices of center cut bacon

Chop the bacon up into tiny, cubed bits and cook in a small pan until browned. Strain and pat the bacon dry.

Mix the flour, vegetable oil, chicken stock, cheese, and bacon in a bowl until you have a workable ball of dough. Roll out the dough and use a cookie cutter to create desired shape for each cookie. 

Lay the cookies onto a greased cookie sheet and cook at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. 

At this point, my dogs don't have any inkling that I'm making something for them. I shooed an inquisitive Lulu out of the kitchen while browning the bacon, but that's a pretty standard day in my kitchen.

Make sure to let the cookies cool before allowing your dogs to have one.

Lulu's had 1 1/2, and she keeps wandering to the kitchen to look for more. She's going to have to wait until tomorrow...