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NAME

     DOG-BISCUITS - Homemade meatless dog biscuits
     This strange and wonderful recipe appeared in  our  hometown
     paper's   consumer   column,  for  making  doggie  Christmas
     presents!  Although  they  are  meatless,   they   are   not
     vegetarian, as they contain chicken broth. However, your dog
     is quite unlikely to be a strict vegetarian.

INGREDIENTS (Several dozen)

     350 g     all-purpose flour
     250 g     whole-wheat flour
     100 g     rye flour
     200 g     cornmeal
     300 g     cracked wheat (bulgur)
     100 g     non-fat dry milk powder
     20 g      salt
     5 dl      chicken stock
     7.5 g     active dry yeast (one package)
     1         egg
     15 ml     milk

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Preheat oven to 150 deg. C.   Combine,  in  a  big
               bowl, the flours, cornmeal, milk powder, and salt.
          (2)  In  a  separate  bowl,  dissolve  yeast  in  5  cl
               lukewarm  water;  let  it  sit  for a few minutes,
               until it bubbles.
          (3)  Add the chicken stock to the  yeast  mixture.  Mix
               well.
          (4)  Add the liquid  to  the  dry  ingredients.   Knead
               about 3 minutes. The dough should be stiff.
          (5)  Flour a board with cornmeal and roll out the dough
               to  a  thickness  of  5 mm.  Cut out biscuits with
               cookie cutters in appropriate shapes, and place on
               ungreased cookie sheets.  Mix the egg and milk and
               use to brush tops of biscuits  (for  shine),  then
               bake the biscuits for 45 minutes at 150 deg. C.
          (6)  Turn off the heat and leave biscuits in  the  oven
               overnight.   This  will make the biscuits be bone-
               hard.

NOTES

     Though these are intended for dogs, people find them  better
     tasting than many health foods.
     These make a dandy birthday or Christmas  present  for  your
     favorite friend's dog.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 30 minutes preparation, 45  minutes
     cooking,  overnight hardening.  Precision: approximate meas-
     urement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Anne Hill Wiebe
     University of Texas Computation Center, Austin, Texas, USA
     wiebe@ut-ngp.arpa