Canine Cookie Jar

Can I just tell you how much I love that I am the "Go-to Gal" when it comes to people dejunking their houses? They either are too emotionally attached to their things to throw them out completely, or I am assuming they know that I love to snazzy-up old out-dated yuckies. A lot of the things in my house are hand-me-downs or "up-cycled" from garage sales, the DI or KSL. Guess what? I'm super proud of it.

Case in point:

This cheesy lovely canister - once belonging to a whole set (which, God knows where the other canisters in the set are) that resided on my Grandmothers kitchen countertop. Now, the cheese stands alone.

I thought about changing the color scheme of my kitchen to match...but decided better of it.

The shape of this canister was nice, and I knew that with a little TLC it could be wonderful again.

So, I primed it and painted it in hopes of starting with a blank white canvas. Sadly, it was just not meant to be. The chicken, eggs and flowers are not just painted on, but they are etched into the ceramic so even though the canister was all white, you could still see the patterns beneath.

I covered the canister in scrapbook paper, knowing that it was going to be used for doggy treats it would probably never be run through the dishwasher. (I keep my dog treats in zip loc baggies to keep them from drying out...and keep the stink in). I added a few little buttons, and before I knew it, I had a masterpiece on my hands.



"Houndstooth" for my dog treats...get it?! :)


I still haven't been able to make the lid cute enough to match the bottom, so as of now this is an open-top treat jar. I will let you know if that changes later. As of right now? This is great enough for me (and Toby, and Boozer)!

Canine Cookies

Ok, I've had a bajillion requests for this recipe since my first annual "Pancakes for Puppies" fundraiser.
For those who don't remember, I made a bunch of these homemade doggie treats and had them on a plate by the front door for all those in attendance to take home for their dogs. I know my dogs love them, from what I understand everyone else's dogs loved them, and all the little kids that were at the party (who thought that they were people cookies) seemed to like them, too. Don't worry, these are all natural, so no children were harmed in the consumption of these treats.

Bone-A-Puptite!

Toby's Peanut Butter Treats

2 cups whole-wheat flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 cup natural peanut butter -chunky or smooth.

(regular peanut butter has lots of sugar that is not good for your pooch)
1 cup milk (be it almond milk, rice milk, soymilk, goats milk, etc.)

*I like to break the batch up into several sections and use different additions to each. Bananas, bacon bits, carrots, steamed broccoli, etc.

Preheat oven to 375. In a bowl, combine flour and baking powder. In another bowl, mix peanut butter and milk, then add to dry ingredients and mix well. Roll out dough on floured surface to approx. 1/4" thickness and use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes.

Bake for 20 minutes on foiled cookie sheet. Let cool, then store in an air tight container.

Voila!