Horse Treats

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HORSE TREATS

For the true horse lover ... These have been sourced from around the Net...

These recipes are for horses only.
NOT for human consumption

NOTE: Horses should not be fed peanuts, because they cannot digest them and it clogs their intestines.

Head Bobbers

These treats are called Head Bobbers because when my horses eat them, they "bob" their heads with delight.

1/4 cup molasses
3 or 4 apples, finely chopped
1 cup carrots, finely chopped
2 tablespoons corn oil
1 cup flour
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup bran or grain of your choice, optional

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Lightly grease a large cookie sheet. Mix apples, carrots, oil, and molasses. Then mix in oats and flour. You can either spread the mix on a cookie sheet and break apart after they are baked, or roll the dough out and cut into cookie shapes. Cook for about 20 minutes. Let cool.

Cassidy's Carrots

1 carrot
1 golden delicious apple
Molasses

1. Core apple
2. Cover the inside of the apple in molasses
3. Shove the carrot inside the apple hole
4. Pour molasses into a large plastic bag and put in the apple with the carrot in the middle
5. Close the bag and shake very well
6. Wet hands slightly
7. Pull apple out of bag and feed to your horse

I hope your hose enjoys these treats. They are a great holiday treat too.

Holiday Bran Mash

2 cups of three different kinds of feed
1/4 cup rice bran, optional
1 tablespoon honey
2 cups water
Peppermints
1/2 cup sugar
2 carrots, chopped
1 apple, losely cut

Mix feed, honey, and water in a bowl and put in the microwave for 2 minutes. Add more water if needed. Add sugar, carrots, apples and mix well. Add peppermints. This mash can be refrigerated and reheated before serving. Be sure that the mash isn't too hot before serving to your horse.

Wonderful Bran Mash

1 1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal
1 cup Grape Nuts Cereal
1/3 cup molasses
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons canola oil
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1 package Oats and Honey bar, crushed
1 apple, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1/8 cup flour
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Pinch of salt

Mix ingredients in a big bowl. Let chill before serving, and only serve 1 cup a few times a week; because you don't want your horse to get a stomach ache. The good thing about this mash is that all the ingredients are optional. You may use whatever ingredients you want. This is just a guideline. I hope your horse likes it.

Horse Tacos

Tortillas
2 cups molasses
Sliced carrots
Sliced apples
Sliced grapes
Bucket of sweet feed

Mix sweet feed and molasses. Then mix in the sliced carrots, apples, and grapes. Wrap the mixture in tortillas and serve.

Halloween Horse Treat

I get a small pumpkin and remove all of the insides being careful to get all of the seeds. I then fill it with a mixture of sliced apples, carrots, grain and whatever other kind of fruit I have on hand. I put the top back on it and give each horse their pumpkin. They have fun squishing the pumpkin to get the treats out. Most horses will even eat the pumpkin.

Horsey B-Day Cake

4 cups sweet feed or oats
1 cup molasses or honey
3 carrots cut into sticks and shreds
1 apple

Mix the honey and sweet feed or oats together in a big bowl. When mixed fully together, place the mixture on a plate and shape into the form of a birthday cake or a carrot. Use your imagination. Use the carrots as candles and garnish the rest of the cake with apple and carrot shavings. Horses really enjoy this sticky but delicious treat, and it's really fun to make too!

Horse Oat Cookies

1/2 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup uncooked regular oatmeal
1 1/2 cups grated carrots

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes and cool for one hour. Don't eat! Only for horses! Safe cooking!

Whisper's Banana Apple Treats

Apples
Bananas, very finely chopped
Honey
Powdered sugar

Cut the apples into slices, and spread the chopped bananas onto the apple slices. Drizzle honey over the fruit, and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Store in the refrigerator until hard.

Apple Explosion

1 cup oatmeal
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tablespoon brown sugar
2 spoonfuls molasses
1/2 cup water
1/4 diced apple

Preheat oven to 350F. Mix all ingredients in order listed excluding the apple. Grab some batter and stick a piece of the apple into the batter so it cannot be seen from the outside. Do this to every cookie, and place them on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Jack's Snack

1 cup oatmeal
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 spoonfuls molasses
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup diced carrot

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Add ingredients in order listed. Place batter in round balls on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Pumpkin Horse Style

Grain
Molasses
Dried apple flakes
Oats
Apple
Any little things that your horse likes

Cut out all of the insides out of an apple like you are carving a pumpkin. Put in a layer of grain, molasses, and apple flakes. Add another drop of molasses. Add as many more layers as you can fit using anything you want, or use the same ingredients. Pellets, shredded carrots, bran, and alfalfa all work. Once you have made all of your layers, put the top of the apple back on like you would a carved pumpkin. If you add bran, make sure you add hot water to the bran first.

Surprise

Molasses
Carrots, sliced
Apples, one for as each horse you are going to feed
Oats
Raisins
Peppermints, crushed

Using a spoon, take the insides out of an apple. Mix what came out of the apple and all your ingredients together except the peppermints. Put the ingredients into the apple. Sprinkle the peppermint pieces on top.

Mikey's Yummy Apple/Carrot Treats

1 or 2 carrots
1 or 2 apples
Peppermints, more the better

Cut the apples or carrots into about 2-inch pieces. Crush mints and put the pieces inside the apple or carrot. My horse loves them. I put the crushed peppermints in a plastic baggy until I get to the barn. Then put them in the carrot or apple so they don't fall out.

Twin Willows Favorite

Sugar
Oats
Bran
Corn oil
Carrots
Apples

Put sugar, oats, bran, and oil all into separate bowls. Dip carrots and apples in oil then oats, bran, and sugar. This is a fast and easy snack for many, and horses love them.

Yummy Horse Biscuit

3 cups buscuit mix (instructions listed below)
1 or 2 carrots, coarsely grated
2/3 cup water
1/2 cup sugar

Hint: Make biscuit mix first

Preheat oven to 425F degrees. Combine biscuit mix, carrots, and sugar in a large bowl. Gradually add water to make a soft but not sticky dough. Knead about 15 times on a floured surface. Divide dough into 2 sections and roll each with a well flooured rolling pin to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with a 2 inch round biscuit or cookie cutter. Bake until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Makes about 40 biscuits.

Biscuit Mix

10 cups flour
1 2/3 cup instant non fat dry milk
1/3 cup baking powder
2 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 2/3 cups shortening

Combine all ingredients in a large Tupperware bowl (8-10 quarts) that can be covered and refrigerated. Add all ingredients and mix with a mixer VERY well. Mixture should look like fine crumbs. Store tightly covered in the refrigerator. It will last about 3 months. Makes about 15 cups of biscuit mix. They make a great gifts to hand out to your horse friends.

Nightlight's Surprise

Half an apple cut up in VERY small chunks
1 cup malt o meal
3 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons cinnamon
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/3 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup molasses

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Mix together all ingredients in order they are listed. Grease cookie sheet, and make about 3/4 inch balls out of your mixture. Place the balls on the sheet. Cook for 20 minutes occasionally checking on them. Wait for a pretty long time for the horse treats to cool before feeding to your horse. Enjoy!