With our own food supply so corrupted with over-processing GM ingredients & syrup sweeteners, there is no doubt that our animal’s food supply is the same (and probably worse).
While I’m all for giving treats to your loving equine, but it’s important to make sure you are feeding them clean. The best way to do that is to make treats yourself (psst, it may even save you money).
So Many Lists
I scoured the web to find as many treat recipes I could, luckily I’m not the first to write about this so I was able to find some fantastic lists.
Some of the recipes call for peppermints & other candy. Yuck, you should avoid feeding processed candy to your horse. Be sure to also use organic and GM-free ingredients wherever possible for the best flavor & the highest health benefits.
Easy Horse Cookies
1 cup grated carrots
1 apple
2 tbs. corn oil
1/4 cup molasses
1 tsp salt
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix carrot, apple, corn oil, and molasses together. Fold in salt, oats and flour until well mixed. Spread dough out in one piece on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes till golden brown. Let cool and break into pieces and serve.
My Equine Source has a whole category dedicated to treat recipes.
Baked Carrot Crispies
2 carrots, shredded
1 apple, shredded
1/3 cup molasses
3/4 cup flower
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup bran
3/4 cup oatmeal
preheat over to 400 degres. Generously grease a muffin tin. MIx carrots and apples into a bowl with molasses.,bran,brown sugar,water,flour and oatmeal. Mixture should have a thick and doughy consistency. Add more bran if needed. Scoop dough into a muffnin tin,sprinkle each muffin with brown sugar and bake in the over for 30-50 minutes until well cooked
This recipe was submitted to Moniteau Saddle Club by Leah in Ohio.
Bandit’s Frozen Pops
1 sack of grapes 1 freezer
2 or 3 carrots (depends on how many pops you want to make)
Cut the carrots into very slim sticks. Stick them into the grapes. Put the grapes in ice cube trays (each grape in an ice cube spot). Put them into the freezer. Leave them in the freezer for however long you want, if you want them cold but kind of mushy, do a couple hours.
If you want them frozen solid, put them in for a day or two. If you are having a little trouble popping them out of the tray, run a little warm water over them.
This recipe is from over at Carolina Horse and Hound and they have a great list of recipes that include dog treats too.
Sweet Feed Horse Cookies
powdered sugar
4 cups sweet feed
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 cups molasses
2 grated carrots
2 grated apples
1/2 cup flour
Preheat oven to 400 degrees & mix together all ingredients, except powdered sugar. Form into large balls and press flat onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes, cool, then sprinkle with powdered sugar.
This recipe from Front Range Frenzy and is one of many on their recipes page.
Meadow Muffins
4 quarts sweet feed
2 cups bran
2 cups dry oatmeal
1 can frozen apple juice concentrate
5-6 chopped carrots
3 chopped apples
2 cups raisins
1 jar molasses
1 jar corn syrup
1 ¼ cups applesauce
2-3 cups corn oil
2 tablespoons baking powder
Flour
Water
In a huge bowl combine the sweet feed, bran, oats, apple juice, carrots, apples, raisins, molasses, corn syrup, applesauce, corn oil, and baking powder. Add flour and water, alternating until you have a cake like batter that is very chunky. Spray muffin tins with an oil and drop by spoonfuls. They will rise a little, so don’t overfill. Bake at 350º for 10-15 minutes. Cool on a paper towel. Or you may pour batter into a large baking pan (well-greased!) to make cookie bars. Bake until center is dry and firm (probably 30-60 minutes, depending on your pan and amount of batter). Let cool overnight. Cut into squares. This makes a huge amount.
Brownies
2 cups corn meal
3 cups sweet feed
1 cup bran
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons salt
½ cup applesauce
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 cup molasses
1/3 cup water
3 carrots
Preheat oven to 350º. Generously grease a cake pan and set aside. In a large bowl, mix corn meal, two cups of the sweet feed, bran, flour, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix applesauce, baking powder, molasses, and water, then fold into the dry mixture. Mix thoroughly. Peel carrots into thin strips with a potato peeler. Add to the mixture. The mixture will be very heavy and somewhat dry. Press dough into a greased cake pan. Sprinkle remaining cup of sweet feed on top and press lightly into dough. Bake for 30 minutes.
The two recipes above come from perhaps the most comprehensive list of treat recipes I could find on a rather small little site.
Many Thanks
Thanks to everyone who posted their recipes & if any of you have a great one to share, lets hear it! If you simply don’t have the time to create homemade treats, check out this .
