Monday, February 18, 2013

For those you love


I'm a bit late, but who says you can only bake something sweet for your sweeties on Valentine's Day? This is surely not the case in my house, and so although I'm four days past the holiday, why not whip up these cookies for someone you love? Better yet, have someone make them for you.

If you're a person, you'll want the salty dark chocolate hearts.

If you're of the canine persuasion, you'll prefer these peanut butter pumpkin biscuits.

I decided to make the biscuits because we recently discovered that our svelte little Soph had gained about 12 pounds since last June,  getting her up to a hefty 83! While it's generally indelicate to divulge a lady's weight, I actually think dogs really do adhere to the bigger is better philosophy. But, it was decided that in addition to more walks (good for all parties involved), we should cut down on her kibble, and give her some healthy, homemade snacks. Sophie was not happy when we told her about the diet...


but has been pleased by the addition of these cute biscuits, which I felt might be a novel if short-lived distraction for her grumbling belly. I'm 100% sure she doesn't appreciate the bone, heart, and dog-shaped cookie cutters the way I do, but the cook's happiness is not irrelevant.

The chocolate hearts can, naturally, be eaten on their own, but they are particularly delicious served alongside coffee ice cream. The biscuits are best literally snatched from the hand that feeds you, carried to another room, and crunched into a thousand crumbs over the rug that some moron just pointlessly vacuumed.

Enjoy!

14 comments:

  1. I bought my first set of dog bone cookie cutters---I'm excited!

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  2. LOL, Sophie really is the hungry dog now! But probably not when she gets a biscuit. (How did she gain all that weight? I'm guessing all those Parisian-inspired meals? ;-) I love the idea of salted chocolate cookies, and am getting a pint of coffee ice cream to go with them!

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  3. Sue: I hope your pup like them!

    Ben: It IS surprising--she always gets 2-3 walks per day, she's no couch potato. I think we were just steadily feeding her too much--literally using too big a scoop for her kibble. She was into it!

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  4. Cute post! Let's hope the new cookies satisfy Soph!

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  5. this post really tickled me--thanks for the chuckle. i agree that when a person has pets, vacuuming is a futile endeavor. :)

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  6. Barbara--they do!

    grace: I wish I could somehow rig the vacuum, or at least a dustbuster to soph, it would at least help pick crumbs up as she runs around...

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  7. That look on Sophie's face is heartbreakingly hilarious. Sometimes I wish it were possible to bake treats for cats, but they're not nearly as omnivorous as dogs, and anyway Snoopy's favorite treat is yogurt, so that's easy. :)

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  8. camille: yogurt! That seems very odd, but I'm not sure if it's because I don't have a cat or I don't really care for yogurt!

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  9. I love that picture of Miss Sophie! I hope she and Django can play sometime soon. Someday, when I'm a better dog mom, I will make him some homemade treats.

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  10. She is a cutie pie. No wonder you wanted to bake biscuits for her.

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  11. Thanks, Zoom! I think Cora would like these as well.

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  12. Love every single picture, so colorful and cute! My girlie cat is also on the round side... (I have to include a link to a picture of her because she kind of looks like a little piggie http://catmoji.com/foodhoe/collections/cat-in-the-kitchen/) but it's impossible to resist giving her treats.

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  13. foodhoe: Thanks! Your kitty is cute. Is that a big bunch of fennel she is trying to reach??

    And nice to see you here.

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