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Originally Posted by TammyJM  Thanks for your help,Brenda!! I looked at your webstore and I am soooooooooo tempted to buy some of your treats,but really had it in my head that it would be fun to make my own. Do you make the ones on your site?
The recipe that I was going to use calls for 8 cups (total) whole wheat flour and 3/4 cup cornmeal. Does that seem like a normal about of flour or too much? It makes about 36 treats. So if I substitute the whole wheat flour with oat flour, do you think this would work? Also,should I also sub the oat flour for the cornmeal?? Sorry for all of the questions....I just know that my dogs will eat what I give them so I want to know that I am not handing them something unhealthy.
Can I buy oat flour from the grocery store or is this something that I would eed to get at a health food store?
Tammy |
Yes, I make the ones on my site. I developed the recipes for them as well. I LOVE to bake so it is fun to make treats for the kids. Many people I know don't have the patience for baking so they don't view making treats as "fun"
I'm not sure where you live, but I was only able to but oat flour at "whole foods" which is a grocery store that sells organic stuff. it was a tiny bag for almost $5
! You can take oats--the old fashioned ones, not instant--and put them in a food processor until they become a 'flour' consistency. it will still be a bit coarse, not as coarse as wheat flour, but not as powdery as white or rice flour. Typically, you add flour to wet ingredients so try adding 1 cup of flour at a time, then mix it into the dough. When you get a good consistency--one that is easy to handle--not too sticky or too dry--then you've added enough flour. If the dough is too wet, you won't be able to roll it out and cut it onto bone shapes; if it's too dry, that means you added too much flour and the dough won't stick together properly to roll it out and cut it into shapes.
8 cups is a lot but it depends how much liquid is in the recipe. if the recipe makes 36 cookies, it may make 36 LARGE cookies. You will have much more cookies if you make them small/yorkie size
. I would substitute the oat flour for wheat flour. You can try substituting the flour for the cornmeal as well but i don't know if the dough will be too doughy/rubbery and difficult to roll out. You might have to experiment a bit.