July 31, 2009
Kitty Biscuits
Ingredients:
- 1 pound liver, organs, or other meat
- 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
- 2 cups bran
- 1/4 cup cooking oil
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
- Cover meat with cold water and bring to a boil.
- Immediately lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Remove meat from water and let cool; retain water.
- When meat is completely cool, chop into 1-inch pieces and grind in food processor, chop in a blender, or process through a meat grinder until it is finely ground.
- Mix ground meat, bran, oatmeal, and oil, adding the cooking water from the meat as necessary to make a thick dough.
- Avoid using any more liquid than needed to make a dough that is coarse and just wet enough to work with.
- Shape the dough into flattened balls or little bone shapes and arrange on an oiled baking sheet.
- Bake for 3 hours.
- Then, turn off the heat and let the biscuits cool in the oven to ensure they are hard and crunchy.
- Let the biscuits air dry for 24 hours and store in an airtight container on the shelf for up to 4 weeks.
- NOTE: When making this recipe for cats, shape the biscuits into tiny bits for easy chewing.
HINT: A good idea for getting the meat for this recipe is to save organs from chickens, turkeys, etc. in a plastic bag in the freezer until you have enough to make this yummy treat.