Recipe Horse Cookies

We all would like to treat our horses from time to time. Positive reinforcement trainers are always on the lookout to find a special treat for their horse which they can use in training.

My horse Kyra was an extremely picky eater when it came to treats and she won’t eat commercial horse treats. I was very exited when I tried this recipe and discovered that she liked these right away. For Kyra this is a high value treat, so it makes it worthwhile to make.

Healthy Cinnamon Horse Cookies
The molasses is optional. Without the molasses these are very low-sugar treats. I make them all the time without molasses. I have yet to encounter a horse that doesn\’t like them! Sometimes I use turmeric instead of cinnamon.

Ingredients
 6 cups cooked rice
1 cup ground stabilized flax or ½ cup flax and ½ cup ground flax
3 tablespoons cinnamon
½ cup flour
½ cup water

Directions
Pre-heat oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit (135 degrees Celsius). Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Cook the rice and let cool down.

Mix all ingredients together. It will make a very sticky dough.

Wet your hands before making little balls of the dough. This is very time consuming.

If you don”t have much time you can also roll the dough simply onto the 2 cookie sheets with a rolling pin. Make it half an inch thick. Pre-cut the cookies with a pizza cutter into little squares before baking.

Bake them for 60 minutes. Turn cookies and bake for another 60 minutes. They should be crisp and not squishy. Let them cool down for several hours to harden.

 

If baked properly and stored in freezer or fridge, they will keep for up to several weeks.

Here is the connaisseur who did the tasting:

Sandra Poppema, B.Sc.

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