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Here are some great ideas to treat your cat with during the holidays:

CATNIP TREATS…

Catnip Cookies

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp catnip
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup powdered milk
• 2 tbl butter or vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup Soy flour
• 1 egg
• 2 tbl Wheat germ
• 1 tbl Unsulfured molasses

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix dry ingredients together.

Add molasses, egg, oil and milk.

Roll out flat onto oiled cookie sheet and cut into small, cat bite-sized pieces.

Bake for 20 minutes and let cool.

Store the cookies in a sealed container.

OTHER TREATS…

Kitty Kisses

• 1 Can (or bag) of cat food
• Ziploc bag with the corner cut
• cat nip (optional)

Put cat food and optional cat nip in A blender or food processor and mix until it looks to be like frosting.

Put the mixture into the Ziploc bag and squeeze little droppings, or “kisses” onto a cookie sheet and bake at

300 degrees F.

Time depends on how big the kisses are.

Small are about 15 minutes.

Mini-Cat Cakes

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup soybean flour
• 1 cup skimmed milk or water
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon Canola or Sunflower oil
• 1 teaspoon sea salt

Mix dry ingredients.

Add liquid and honey.

Mix and let the dough rest in a warm place for 15 minutes.

Add oil and allow to sit another 1/2 hour.

Take walnut size portions of dough and flatten into small cakes.

Bake in oven at 400 degrees for 1/2 hour.

Natural Crunchy Cat Treats

• 1/2 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
• 1/2 Cup Nonfat Dry Powdered Milk
• 1/4 Cup Wheat Germ
• 1/4 Cup Cornmeal
• 1/2 TBS Brewers Yeast
• 1/2 of a beaten egg
• 1/2 Cup Chicken Stock (or Can Chicken Broth)
• 1 to 2 TBS Catnip (optional)
• 5 OZ of any of the following meats Choose ONE:
• Canned Tuna, packed in oil
• Boneless Mackerel
• Cooked Chicken, finely chopped
• Cooked Liver, finely chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small glass bowl, mash up either, canned tuna, mackerel, cooked chicken or cooked liver and set aside.

In a medium glass bowl, mix all dry ingredients together well.

Add egg, oil and chicken stock and mix well.

Add meat mixture and blend together well to form a sticky dough.

On a floured surface, pour out dough onto it and knead dough well to get a smooth texture.

You may want to add more flour to achieve this.

Use a spoon or your fingers and form dime-sized balls of dough.

Place onto a greased cookie sheet.

Press with a spoon to flatten, you want to keep these treats small so that cat will enjoy.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes depending on the cooking time of your oven, until golden brown, turn treats once.

Let treats cool for at least 20 minutes before giving to cat.

Store extra treats in foil for three days. After three days, place remaining cat treats in an airtight container and store in the freezer for no more that two weeks.

Makes up to 70 treats.

NOTE: If you do not wish to purchase the Wheat Germ, you may substitute rolled oats (uncooked oatmeal) instead. If you do not wish to purchase the Brewers Yeast you may substitute ¼ tps. garlic powder instead