Recipe: Homemade Carrot and Oat Treats

It has been such a cold and snowy winter here in Massachusetts for the past few months. I look for any excuse to fire up my oven. Prior to visiting my horse Bug last weekend I decided to make her a batch of fresh horse treats to snack on, in hopes of lessening the winter blues for her and warm my house up a bit! These were so easy and fun to make!

Ingredients:

1 cup Oatmeal
1 cup whole wheat flour
½ cup Molasses
1 cup of chopped carrots
3 tsp flax seed oil
¼ cup brown Sugar
½ cup warm water

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Directions:

1. First Pre-Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
   Gather all of you necessary ingredients.
   
2. Begin by chopping carrots into small pieces. (The horses don’t mind if they’re not perfect!)
   
3. Next mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
   
4. Add the wet ingredients and mix well. The mixture should be sticky and able to form into balls.
   
5. Use a scoop or spoon to place on a lined cookie sheet. The treats will not expand but it is important that they do not touch or they will bake together.
   
6. Bake for 30-35 mins. If you would like softer treats bake for 30 mins, for crunchier treats bake for 35 mins.
   
7. Ta-Da! You just made your pony homemade cookies!
   
   Bon Appetite SmartPak Ponies!