Mukki's Favorite Liver Dog Cookies!

Rolls of liver dough baked and being sliced

My oven is still broken. But, since it's grill season, I'm in no rush to fix it! It has given a new perspective to my baking.

I thought I'd perfect a dog treat in the grill!
Here are detailed instructions for making Mukki's favorite cookies!

Mukki's Liver Treats

You can use liver but it's a pain and messy. I have discovered that Liver Pudding packs the same punch and the dogs love it! It's located in the hot dog section of you local supermarket. Look for a square block of Liver Pudding, it's near the Scrapple... Here is all you need to know...
You can probably use any of their products for this recipe. You will be adding flour and water, so it won't be as salty. Also, the ingredients aren't too weird compared to commercial dog food! When we were raw feeding our dogs, we'd give them each a 1/4 piece to amend their lack of organ meats. So, once you have the liver, pudding or scrapple, you are ready to cook!

Mukky's liver cookies

1 lb. Liver Pudding

2-3 Tablespoons Oil, they like peanut oil but any will do

2-3 cups All Purpose flour

1 cup Whole Wheat flour

2 teaspoons yeast

1/4 cup wheat germ

brewer's yeast (optional -high in Vitamin B)

garlic powder (optional)

1 egg, with crushed shell (optional)

enough water or broth to form dough

I use a Kitchen Aide mixer but you can use a food processor or mix and knead by hand. If you mix by hand you might. If you do mix by hand, I'd suggest using a potato masher on the liver pudding. Basically, you mix all ingredients until it forms a ball of dough, then knead it like bread, 2 minutes at speed 2 or 10 minutes by hand. Next, allow to rise covered for an hour. Cut into pieces and role into long ropes. Bake at 350 degrees, 15-20 minutes until browned. Use a long knife and slice into pieces, leave in warm oven until dry through... may take all night. If these aren't completely dry, they might get moldy. But, if you have 4 siberian huskies, they will never be around long enough to get moldy. You can give them to your dogs early but cool first!

Are you using your backyard grill? Warm grill with pizza stone and use a teflon sheet, close top and bake until golden. Use a sharp knife or pastry cutter, then leave in warm grill after turning off to dry the cookies. Don't worry about the burnt bottoms, your dogs will find them more tasty!