Yummy Horse Treats!

The ultimate when it comes to horse treats! I couldn't resist, I even had to try it.

Stuffed Molasses Apples
Ingredients:
2 Apples
1 Cup Bran
1 Carrot, Shredded
3/4 Cups Molasses
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup Sweet Feed
2 Sprigs of Parsley or Green Carrot Top (We substituted with Alfalfa Blooms)
2 Seedless Green Grapes
Confectionery Sugar
Core two apples and dig out as much of the center as you can, as you would a pumpkin at Halloween. Set this aside.
Mix shredded carrot with bran, molasses, brown sugar and sweet feed in a large bowl. Add more molasses or bran to give mixture a stiff consistency. Scoop mixture out of the bowl and press into cored applies. Press fairly tightly.
To garnish: Drip a small amount of molasses over the top so it runs down sides of the apple. Add a sprig of parsley or carrot greens, top with a green seedless grape, sprinkle with confectionery sugar and serve immediately! Serve in a feed bucket as this is a gooey treat. Serves two horses.
Or serve: After you've cored apple, slice in hald and press ingredients into each half, garnish as in the whole apple recipe and serve four horses.
Super suggestion: Terrific for hiding worming medication or other veterinarian prescribed medicines.
Recipe is from "The Original Book of Horse Treats" by June V. Evers

Comments

[sue]

Looks delicious! I think I'll try to make them myself and give them to the horses when I go trail riding this weekend

[Mary Risavi]

They are fun to make and feed to your horse! Just be aware the recipe can get messy :)

[Mona]

That sound like a fun recipe for the kids to make. I will have to remember this for Christmas. My kids always want to give the animals gifts. I think this would be perfect.

[Mary Risavi]

Yes! It is a great recipe! Beware, it can be extremely messy.

[Svannah]

Do you have any recipies you can store the treat in the fride or freezer?
I might try this:)
;)
:>

[Mary Risavi]

I personally don't have any recipies that need to be stored in the fridge or freezer. I recommend checking out 'The Original Book of Horse Treats' by June V. Evers. There are some great recipies in there!

[miley]

your treats made my horse sick !!!!!!!!!

[Mary Risavi]

Oh no Miley! I'm sorry to hear that! What type of syptoms did your horse have?

[Sierra Lynch]

This really looks yummy. Can't wait to try it myself.

Sierra
http://www.horseiq.com

[Mary Risavi]

Sierra - The horses love these treats and they are very fun to make! Be creative and try changing out some of the ingredients. Enjoy!

[lucy]

OMG! this is great i'm totaly going to try this out! :) My new horses will love this!! :)

[Mary Risavi]

Hi Lucy!
Let us know how your treats turn out!!

[wendy brown]

my horse buzzy adored them thanks for poasting the recipe online it's the only thing besides me that keeps him from the mares

[wendy brown]

hey i bet i'm the youngest on here i'm 12

[Mary]

Hi Wendy!
So glad to hear Buzzy enjoyed the treats. Please feel free to post any other recipe you try out.
I think you're right about being the youngest one on here!

[wendy brown]

lol

[wendy brown]

Wind Song Horse Cookies
In memory of Donna’s Topsy, Missile and Wind Song

1 3/4 c. mixed grain (such as a corn, oats, and barley blend)
1 1/2 c. flour
3/4 c. unsweetened applesauce
2/3 c. dark brown sugar, packed
3 T. dark corn syrup
egg white from 1 large egg (well beaten)

Preheat oven to 375° F. Combine the grain and flour in a bowl and mix thoroughly. In a second, larger bowl, combine applesauce, brown sugar and corn syrup. Stir in egg white and then the dry mixture. Combine well. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, leaving 2 inches of space between each. Bake for 12-14 minutes, until dark brown. Remove to a wire rack and cool. Yield about 25 cookies.

Crusoe's Cookies
My husband, Dan and I had a great time playing in the kitchen last week, experimenting with several horse cookie recipes! I think we came up with a real winner - every horse I've offered them to has gobbled them right down and asked for more! All the ingredients are easy to obtain and most of you will already have them in your barn and house! You can do your own experimenting with different ingredients and make your own recipe! I’ve named them after my new Arab gelding, Crusoe, because he insists when he sees me feed them to other horses, “Those are MY cookies!” Enjoy! - Danelle S. 4/2/01

8 cups dry cob feed (corn, oats, barley mix)
3 cups ground carrots
1/2 cup corn oil
2 cups flour
2 cups molasses (use livestock grade from feed store - it's cheaper!)

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl until well mixed. Let stand for at least an hour (so the grain can absorb some of the moisture). Stir the mixture well. Drop by rounded teaspoonful on to a well oiled cookie sheet. Using your fingers and the teaspoon 'smoosh' the cookie into a round slightly flattened shape. Bake at 350° F for 12 to 18 minutes, depending on your oven. These will burn easily so be sure not to leave them in too long. I bake mine in a convection oven for 12 minutes and that's about perfect but you'll probably need to leave them in longer if you have a conventional oven. Put the cookies on racks to cool then store them in a tight container. This recipe makes between 6-9 dozen cookies depending on how big you want to make them!

Steamed Oat Mash
One of our horses' favorites served up on a cold winter morning!

1 or 2 T. salt
A ration of rolled, crushed or crimped oats
A few cut up carrots
A few cut up apples
1 c. molasses or 2 T. linseed meal for extra taste

Mix all ingredients in a feed bucket. Combine with suitable quantity of boiling water (completely soaked up by oats). Cover and let steam until cool enough to feed to your horse. (30-45 minutes preparation time).

Variation: Use applesauce instead of apples and carrots.

Bran Mash
Especially good for pregnant mares during the late months of their term!

8 - 12 c. wheat bran
1 c. rolled, crushed or crimped oats
1/4 c. corn oil
1/4 c. molasses
1-1/2 to 2-1/2 c. boiling water
1 carrot, sliced
1 apple, sliced

Combine bran and oats in feed bucket. Add boiling water to desired consistency. Stir in oil, molasses, carrot and apple. Cover and allow to sit. Serve when cool enough to feed.

Apple Horse Cookies
1 c. sweet feed such as Omolene®, Country Horse, Wet C.O.B. (molasses mixed with corn, oats, barley) etc.
2 - 3 c. wheat bran
1 c. flax seed
1 T. salt
4 large apples, shredded
1 c. molasses
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 c. applesauce

Mix molasses, brown sugar, apples and applesauce in bowl. Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Gradually combine wet and dry ingredients together, only using enough of the wet ingredients to make a thick dough. Add more bran if necessary.

Line cookie sheet with foil and spray with oil. Drop batter onto cookie sheet in tablespoon amounts. Flatten with a fork. Bake slowly at 300° F. for 1 hour, turn cookies over and continue to bake for another 45 minutes until thoroughly dried. Reduce heat if cookies begin to brown excessively or to burn.

Store in covered container or zip-locked plastic bag and dole out as special treats to your equine buddies.

[Mary]

Thanks for the recipes Wendy!! I'll try them out!

[wendy brown]

gess wat i got to do a demo cd today!=)

[wendy brown]

hey i got a new horse ~15 days ago and we made the treats and he loved them thx for the recipie
wendy
ps i also got a foal 6 weeks old diamond is the mom

[Ali]

I am the youngest, but I will try them for my brand-new horse I am getting this week for Christmas!!! All of the treats look good!

[wendy brown]

hey i hope u guys like the extra treat recipies i posted fo rya

[alyson]

i think a lot of horses will like the treats! and i thought it was a good idea to do the SEEDLESS grapes!

I LOVE HORSES!!!!!!!!!!!

[alyson]

i think a lot of horses will like the treats! and i thought it was a good idea to do the SEEDLESS grapes!

I LOVE HORSES!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mary]

I agree Alyson!!