Back-Up Profession: Doggy Bakery

Early into lockdown, I was baking a lot. (Who wasn't?) It got me on my feet, filling up a ton of that newfound free time. And with all the focus and precision involved, baking also gave me a measure of control in what was an otherwise turbulent and unpredictable time.

At some point, I thought it would be fun to shift gears and bake something for the pup instead.

(My increasingly tight jeans welcomed the change.)

I bought this set of cookie cutters and got to work on the easiest, seemingly healthy recipe I could find.

Reggie isn't the toughest food critic. He loves store-bought treats but will just as happily settle for discarded pizza crusts (among other, nastier things the sidewalk has to offer). He eats everything we feed him, and whatever else he can snatch off the floor before we notice.

That being said... He seemed to really liked his homemade cookies!

Regretfully, I don't have an after shot of Reggie with the dog treats. He normally won't even waste time chewing his food, so waiting to take a photo was out of the question.

A few call-outs to consider:

The recipe yielded A TON of cookies, and they came out rather large for a Reggie-sized dog, even using the smallest cutter.

The cookies also don't keep for very long since they're freshly baked without preservatives.

So... You might end up with way too many (like I did). Next time, if I'm making a batch just for Reg, I'll downsize the recipe to avoid any waste.

Otherwise, the doggy bakery was a big success! It was nice to make something homemade just for the little pup. And the treats turned out really freaken cute-looking too :)

As Reggie always says: First we snack, then we snooze.

Image credit (top): Play Bark Run