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Sweet and Savory Spice Snacks
Recipe by Audi Donamor, courtesy of Animal Wellness Magazine, December 2009

Ingredients:
4 cups whole flour (Use one whole flour or a combination of flours. E.g. whole brown rice flour, whole oat flour, whole barley flour, etc.)
1 cup filling (Choose from fresh fruits and vegetables. Or try unsweetened applesauce, organic canned pumpkin, butternut squash, banana or berries. You can make a vegetable and fruit blend like sweet potato and cranberries).
1 part spice or herb combination - Consider 2 tsps ground cinnamon and 2 tsps ground carob powder for fruit-based sweet treats. Here are a few more spicy combinations to try:
Apple pie spice - 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon, 1 tsp ground cloves, 1 tsp ground nutmeg, 1/2 tsp ground cardamon
Pumpkin pie spice: 1/4 cup ground cinnamon, 1 Tbsp ground ginger, 1 Tbsp ground nutmeg, 1 Tbsp ground cloves
Pudding spice: ground allspice, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground nutmeg, ground ginger

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cover a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Combine all ingredients in a food processor until the dough pulls away from the sides of the work bowl.

Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead well. Cut into desired shapes or squares and place on cookie sheet. Or, take small pieces of dough and roll out to the thickness of a pencil, and using a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut pieces appropriate to your dog or cat's size (like mini biscotti) and place on cookie sheet. Another alternative is to form the dough into a ball, place it in the center of your cookie sheet, and using a rolling pin, roll it out to the edges and score with a sharp knife or pizza cutter.

Bake for 20 minutes, then turn oven down to 175 degrees and bake for 40 more minutes. Turn oven off and allow the biscuits to cool completely in the oven, before storing them in an airtight container or Ziploc bag.

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