Man's Best Friend

     What is, "Man's Best Friend?"  Many of you would immediately respond with, "Dogs!", and you would not be wrong because that is how the phrase goes!

     In honor of this beloved saying, or more accurately, in honor of our dogs whom we love so much, today we ventured to make Apple and Oat Dog Treats!

     For those of you out there who are not dog lovers, or perhaps like dogs but a different animal more, "man's best friend", for you, is entirely different.  
​     Not surprisingly, this was the case for several of our students today!  However, rather than be deterred by the fact we were making dog treats, they stuck around with their fellow dog lovers determined to make the dog treats into cat treats! ;D

     We doubled the recipe to make sure we would have enough treats for them to take home, and I'm pretty sure as we kept making treat after treat we all felt a little bit like the dough would never end, haha.  Despite that!  By the time we finished making them into shapes, baked them, and then divided them up between everyone, it was quite clear we had made the right decision!  Woo!

     A specials shout out to Bridget who stuck around long enough to egg wash almost every single dog treat!  Thank you, Bridget!  The ones that have the egg wash look the best! =D 

All in all, a fun, messy, twisty, pretzely event!  I hope we get to make some kitty cat treats next! =D
​Fun fact!  All the treats are perfect acceptable to be eaten by a person!  

by Nikki Bjorklund