Prudent and Practical

June 3, 2010

Tuna Treats

Filed under: food — K @ 9:52 PM

I’ve done quite a bit of experimental baking lately.  The animals, all five of them, have really enjoyed it as well.  Mrs. Klutzo (that’s me) frequently drops stuff on the floor.  I guess I get a little too enthusiastic ;-) To reward them for taste testing all of my creations, I made them some new treats :-) .  Now that I’m done being sarcastic, here’s a recipe for the cats, and yes, the dogs enjoy them too!

Ingredients:

  • 1 – 6 ounce can of tuna
  • 1/4 cup water drained from tuna
  • 3 tablespoons cooked egg white, chopped
  • 1/4 cup cornmeal
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour

cat treats 300x225 photo Tuna Treats

Instructions:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • The original recipe says to add ingredients in steps, but I just dumped it all in a bowl at the same time and mixed it up
  • Knead into a ball and roll to 1/4 inch thick
  • Cut into cat-sized pieces
  • Bake at 350 F for 20 minutes

Note: The original recipe says that this will make 12, 1-inch cat cookies.  Not only is 1/4 inch really big, especially for your cats mouth, how is he or she going to eat a 1″x1″ morsel?  I rolled my dough thinner and made them 3/4″x3/4″ and no, they would not eat the treats because they were so big.  Three cats, two of them will literally eat anything the dogs eat, none of them would eat them at this size.  I ended up cutting the treats into quarters and that worked for them.  These store well in an air-tight container in the fridge.  Oh, and if you roll them out thinner and cut them smaller, this definitely makes a lot more than 12 treats!

cat treats baked 300x225 photo Tuna Treats

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