Make dog biscuits for your four legged friends!

Guess what I made? DOG BISCUITS...but not for me!

Mami found a recipe from an old children's cookbook that belonged to my tía Denise and we decided to bake some for my grandma and grandpa's dog Jenna who was having her 15th birthday. Grandma said that in doggie years that's super old!

So mami and I made some and wanted to show you how to make them for your doggies too.

Here's what you will need:

Utensils

Cookie cutter in the shape of a dog bone

Pastry blender or two knives

Baking sheet

Pastry board or a clean kitchen counter

Mixing bowl

Rolling pin or an empty wine bottle (like mami used)

Ingredients

1 cup of flour

1 cup of wheat flour

1/2 cup of powdered milk

1/2 cup of wheat germ

1/2 tsp of salt

1 tsp of brown sugar

6 tbsp of margarine, lard or chilled bacon fat

1 egg

1/2 cup of water

Now for the fun part. Get your aprons and get mixing!

Step 1. 

Preheat your oven to 325 F or 160 C

In the bowl mix the flours, milk and salt

Add pieces of margarine, lard or bacon fat with knives or pastry blender and mix 

Because we used margarine, mami crumbled up some of Jenna's bacon treats to give it some extra flavour and added texture

Step 2.

Add sugar and the egg and gradually pour in water to make the dough stiff

Then knead the dough on a floured board or clean counter until it is smooth

Step 3. 

Use the wine bottle or rolling pin to roll the dough to 1/2 inch thick

Then use the dog bone cutter to make the treats!

Step 4.

Add bones to baking tray and put into the oven!

Bake for 30 minutes

Step 5. 

Take out
Let the treats cool before giving them to your dog and ENJOY!

The recipes make two entire baking sheets so we are sending some to my tío Tomás's dog Duke in a box.

If you are going to do this, don't forget to use the same cookie cutter and make special dog tag with your pets name using colored paper.

Jenna loves her treats and we know your doggies will like them too!

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THIS is how to make Betty Crocker Whoopie Pies!

Can you believe mami had never heard of whoopie pies?! I know! And she grew up in the USA...geez.

So of course she had never eaten one or made them - she even called them whoopie cakes. Silly mami.

But after digging around her goody bag from the MAD Blog Awards on Friday, I found a box of Betty Crocker Whoopie Pie Mix. I recognised it instantly because we had made some of her cupcakes before.

I was excited because I am a natural in the kitchen, I had a new apron to try out and I know that Betty Crocker makes it very easy to bake so even mami can do it.

But you know what? Let me SHOW you just how I made the Whoopie Pies - check out my video!



Yummy right?!

Thanks to you Betty I started baking with mami. We love you very much!

Real men bake!

Today I wanted to bake.

I got up this morning, went straight to the kitchen, stood on top of the bin to reach the box of cupcake mix and brought it to mami's bed. 

"Mamiiiiiiii!" I said to wake her up. She opened one eye. Then the other. She just looked at me, then said "¿Quieres hacer cupcakes ahora?"

 And I yelled out "Siiiii! RICO cupcakes!" 

Real men bake!

So we baked. 

And we ate them. 

¡Gracias mami!

Cupcake fun with Betty Crocker!

Mami actually let me IN the kitchen. I can't believe it happened! Yesssss!

Usually I'm not allowed in. Papi even put up a gate to keep me out when they are cooking. I do go in there every once in a while, but I haven't had the chance to actually make something.

This miracle occurred thanks to a lady named Betty Crocker. She sent us her new Lemon Cupcake and Icing mix to make together and mami thought "why not?"

This Mrs Crocker really believes in the benefits of Family Baking and Bonding and encouraging family fun. 

And all I can say is SO DO I!

We are all about family and friends fun!

To give her credit, mami has been thinking of getting me to cook, but just hadn't come around to it. (I did help her make my bread pizza once, but it was so long ago I can't remember it too well).

Anyway, mami invited my friends Little G and Little X to get into the baking action. We set up my table in the kitchen and we got to work.

It's really REALLY easy!

We mixed the yellow power with 2 eggs, oil and water. Little G and I stirred as fast as we could and we sang "mix, mix mix"

I was in charge of the icing. I tasted it several time to make sure it was just right.

We decorated them with the yellow sprinkles it came with and added a few other topping mami had bought for us.

Mami liked baking with me so much that she and her friend made plans to continue our 'baking Fridays".

Betty Crocker is a very nice lady and she has no idea how happy she made me, I have been begging to get into the kitchen!

P.S. Mami, I hope you keep your promise and bake more with me. I really love it!