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Applesauce Chewies

1 ½ cups unsweetened applesauce
1 cup oat bran cereal or ground oatmeal
½ cup all purpose flour (approx.)

Preheat oven to 350F
Oil a 9inch x 9inch square cake pan
Spread the batter evenly in the cake pan and bake for 20-30 minutes. It is done when the batter starts to shrink away from the sides and it is firm to the touch.
Slice into squares while still warm. Keep in the refrigerator in an air-tight container.

Molasses Horse Treat Cookies

1 ½ cup all purpose flour
1 cup bran
1 cup molasses
1 cup grated carrot or apple

Preheat oven to 375F
Oil two cookie sheets
Put aside a small bowl of white sugar and a drinking glass with a flat bottom.
In a large bowl mix all the ingredients thoroughly. The mixture shouldn’t be too wet, and should stick together. Add more flour to make the mixture firmer and hold together if necessary. Drop by teaspoonfuls, about 1 ½ inches apart on a greased cookie sheet. Grease the bottom of the glass, dip it in the sugar, and stamp the cookies to flatten them slightly. Bake for about 10 minutes. This makes about 25 cookies, depending on the size.

Carrot Crispies

2 carrots, shredded
1 apple, shredded
1/3 cup molasses
3/4 cup flower
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup bran
3/4 cup oatmeal

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Generously grease a muffin tin. Mix carrots and apples into a bowl with molasses, bran, brown sugar, water, flour and oatmeal. Mixture should have a thick and doughy consistency. Add more bran if needed. Scoop dough into a muffin tin, sprinkle each muffin with brown sugar and bake in the over for 30-50 minutes.

Peppermint Treats

2 cups of flour
1 cup of oats
1/4 cup of molasses
10 crushed peppermints
2 apples

Mix flour and oats together. Add molasses if the mixture is not doughy. Add water slowly until it is doughy. Add peppermints and apples. Cook until golden brown at 350 degrees.

Peppermint Patties

1/3 cup oats
1/3 cup grain
1/3 cup molasses
1/3 cup flour
Peppermints

Mix all the ingredients except for the peppermints. Place a peppermint in the middle of a ball of the dough. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. This makes about 8 patties.

Apple ‘n Carrot Brittle

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 350 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 or break apart after they are baked, or roll the dough out and cut into cookie shapes. Cook for about 20 minutes. Let cool and serve.

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 350 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!

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

1-1/2 cups apples, cut small
1-1/2 cups carrots, finely chopped or shredded
3/4 cup oatmeal, Quick Oats works great
1/4 cup apple juice
4 teaspoons molasses
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon brown sugar
Some cinnamon sugar

Cut apples and cut or shred carrots and add them in a mixing bowl with oatmeal. Add apple juice, flour, brown sugar, and molasses. DO NOT put cinnamon sugar in yet! Mix together. If too runny add more oats. If it isn't sticky enough, add more molasses. Put mix into a lightly greased muffin pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 8 to 10 minutes. Check muffins for doneness at 8 minutes.

Holiday Treats

1 cup flour
1 cup Grape Nuts cereal
1/4 cup light corn syrup

1/4 cup water

2 tablespoons oil

1 tablespoon peppermint extract
A few drops of red food coloring

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together. Roll into balls or other shapes. These treats work well for holidays. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until crispy.

Birthday Cake for a Horse recipe

4 cups sweet feed or oats
1 cup molasses or honey
2 carrots, cut into carrot sticks
1 apple, cut into slices

Mix the honey and sweet feed or oats together in a large bowl. When fully mixed, place the mixture on a plate and shape into the form of a birthday cake. Use the carrots as candles and the apple slices as decorations. Horses enjoy this sticky delicious treat.

Horse Treats

Bran Mashes

Cold Winter Bran Mash for Horses

4 cups sweet feed
6 cups bran
1 cup molasses
Hot water

Mix sweet feed with the bran. Add hot water until it is the consistency of hamburger.
Add molasses. Let steep for 5 to 10 minutes and until cool enough to serve.

Thanksgiving Bran Mash

Hot Water
A dollop of molasses
A handful of brown sugar
2 carrots shredded
1 apple chopped
6 Cups of bran mash
Your horse’s grain ration
2 cups of apple juice

Mix all ingredients together in a large bucket. Pour enough hot water on top to resemble soupy oatmeal. Allow the mixture to sit until the bran has absorbed the water and is cool enough to eat. Pour the apple juice on top and serve. Be sure to discard any leftovers.

Fly Spray Recipes

Skin So Soft Fly Spray Recipe #1

6 caps full of Skin so Soft
1 cup white vinegar
just a good squirt of Ivory liquid soap
Fill remainder of 32 oz Spray bottle with water

Skin So Soft Fly Spray Recipe #2

4 oz Skin So Soft
1 oz citronella oil
12 oz vinegar
12 oz water

Skin So Soft Fly Spray Recipe #3

3:1 ratio of Skin So Soft to Water

Cheap Fly Spray #1

18 oz white vinegar
2 Tbsp dish washing soap.
Mix in a 32 oz spray bottle and fill remainder with water. Shake gently until well blended.

Oil Based Fly Spray

2 cups light mineral oil
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 tsp. citronella oil
2 tsp. eucalyptus essential oil
2 tsp. lemon dish soap

Saline Solution

1 tsp table salt

1 quart water
Mix in clean container until salt is completely dissolved.

Double-strength saline solution

2 tsp table salt

1 quart water
Mix in clean container until salt is completely dissolved.

Scab Softener

1 16 oz. bottle mineral oil (baby oil is okay)

1 16 oz. bottle 3 percent USP hydrogen peroxide

1 1/2 oz. bottle tincture of iodine
Combine all in large container. Do not close tightly. Mixture will bubble slowly and expand and can cause a messy explosion.

Epsom Salt Soaking Solution

1/2 cup Epsom salts

1 gallon warm water (like a hot bath)
Mix until salts are dissolved. Soak affected body part by immersing in a container (such as for a hoof), or by applying a wet dressing.

Poultices
1. Mix Epsom salts with enough warm water to make a paste.
2. Mix 1/2 cup Epsom salts + 4 cups miller's bran; mix with enough water to make a paste.
3. Kaopectate® mixed with enough flour or miller's bran to make a paste.
4. Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) mixed with enough witch hazel to make a paste.
5. "Sugardine": Table sugar mixed with enough Betadine® to make a paste.

Leg Sweat
Mix Furacin® liquid or ointment with an equal amount of medical-grade DMSO.

First Aid Remedies