"How Do You Treat Your Horse" Contest - Summer 2008
Every horse lover discovers a special way to “treat” their
special friends. Sometimes it’s a few minutes longer with the
curry, a scratch under the chin or a yummy treat like the
example here.
Kim Hennessy of Honey Brook, PA, knows how to treat her horses right. Her winning entry of Happy Horse Cookies, made with textured Legends® feed, gets her crew grinning when she comes around with a plateful. Try all these recipes to give your barn-full a feast. There are a couple here that we wouldn’t even mind trying ourselves. (Oatmeal Surprise, anyone?)
Hennessy's Happy Horse Cookies
Kim Hennessy - Honey Brook, PA
- 5 cups textured Legends feed
- 4 cups flour
- 12 oz. molasses
Mix all the ingredients in mixer, add 1/4 cup water if needed to make mix like thick cookie dough. Press into jelly roll pan, about 1/2 inch thick.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, take pan out. Cut into squares with pizza cutter. Break squares apart, replace on pan.
Turn off oven, put pan in oven for 30 minutes to harden up cookies. Serve!
Oatmeal Surprise
Lisa Fidler - Rock Cave, WV
- 1 cup oats
- 1 1/2 cup of molasses
- 1 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of diced apples
- 10 baby carrots cut into small pieces
- A couple of crushed peppermints
Put everything in a bowl and stir together well. Serves 2-3 horses.
Oat & Honey Pops
Autumn Paul - Chesapeake, VA
- 1 apple
- Baby carrots
- 1 cup oats
- Honey or molasses
- Ice cube tray
Blend or use food processor to chop up 1 apple and a few carrots. In bowl, mix 1-cup oats with the apples and carrots. Add some honey or molasses - just enough to wet all the oats. Spoon mixture into ice cube tray spaces. Stick a baby carrot into the center of each square. Put ice tray in the freezer for overnight. In the morning, pop them out and serve.
