Spicie Foodie ~ Spicy Foodie ~ Learn to cook~ ethnic cooking in Europe Healthy, Fresh and deliciou: Dog Treats

*Please make sure you read the warning at the end of this post.*
Panchito has a problem. Well, I'll just come out and say it...he... he is ... a junkie. Yes, a furry four legged long eared scruffy junkie. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a junkie as "a person who derives inordinate pleasure from or who is dependent on something" What is he so dependent on to achieve his inordinate pleasures you ask? It's miniature Reese's peanut butter cups. It all started innocently enough when his wonderful grandmother sent us a care package filled with all sorts of American goodies, and one of those goodies was miniature Reese's peanut butter cups. He begged mommy and daddy for a taste, just a little bitty taste please. He said come on you know it will take whole lot of milk chocolate to make me sick, pretty please. How can one resist that face?

Okay just one little taste. Uh Oh, Look at the crazed look in his eye.

That's when it all went horribly wrong. Every time we reach for one he nervously dances around us, licking his lips, drooling, just waiting for the next taste of the sweet chocolate and smooth peanut taste. Then he started to pull the bag off the counter. Just helping himself to the p.b. cups, constantly looking for his next fix, for his next trip to his happy place with purple flying rabbits to chase.

He won't even share a single crumb with us. Look at him, he won't let us near "his" p.b. cups, so mean!

Then after he gets his inordinate pleasure from the p.b. cups, he collapses. He won't move, he'll just lay amongst the pile of wrappers. Can you see that smug look on his face?

He'll even pull the bag close to him so he can double check it, just incase he missed any.

Time to drift off to his happy land (or p.b. cup induced trip) and it's best not to disturb him. We fear once our or rather his 6 bags of p.b. cups are gone, we will have a big problem on our hands. They say that withdrawal can be fatal. My husband and I are scared that we will pay for it, or that he may do something horribly wrong or inappropriate to get his next fix. Our dog has a problem! Does anyone have a number to someone that may be able to help him?

So now you know why I can't share a recipe for peanut butter cup cookies, my dog ate the key ingredient. Thank you Mom for the huge box of goodies. We love you, specially the junkie!

(Be warned, p.b. cups may cause your dog to have room clearing, dead of winter window opening syndrome (aka dog farts). Owners will have burning nostril syndrome.)

**Obviously this is all a joke, we don't allow our dog to eat large amounts chocolate. Chocolate is toxic to dogs and can have a range of side affects from vomiting to death. You can find more information on why dog's can't eat chocolate here on Pet Place. For specific amounts and types of chocolate harmful to your dog, based on your dogs size, check here on National Geographic**

This is Mr. S (one of his many nicknames), our furry bundle of love. Yesterday he turned 12 a great milestone for most dogs but particularly special for him due to the expectation that he wouldn't make it to this birthday. You see in the past couple of years we have seen our scruffy, scrappy, crazy energetic Terrier mix begin to wind down and have some medical issues. So needless to say my husband and I feel very blessed that our little "boy" is still here with us. Yes we call him our little boy or even our little man. Much to our families disapproval we haven't had children yet and so this little guy has taken the place of a child. I know I may be sounding a bit strange to some of you out there, but until you have a dog that has completely won you over it's a bit hard to understand. We aren't weirdos that treat or think our dog is a little human we just love him very much and he is a big part of our life. It has been us 3 for a very long time and it would be very hard for it to be any other way, ( even though we do realize that at some point it will be.)

We try or like to spoil our puppy with special treats,privileges and foods. One of his favorite meals is ...... wait I should actually say his all time favorite going crazy jumping up and down dinners is KFC. That's right Kentucky Fried Chicken! So it's been a family tradition that on his birthday we walk him to the pet shop to pick out a new toy and some treats then we head over to KFC and buy him his bucket of fried chicken. Yep the whole original recipe 6 piece bucket is just for him. OK he tries very hard to eat it all in one sitting but it ends up being a 2 day treat. This year being a milestone I wanted to do something extra for his birthday, bake him a cake. So here it is the Chicken Bacon Bit Doggie Cake with Cream Cheese Bacon Bit glaze. (Wow that's a mouthful! ) He also loves bacon so it was great to include these two ingredients.

Your Ingredients:
(Makes one 14 cm X 4 cm or 5.5 in X 1.60 in )

1/2 cup or 80 grams all purpose white flour
1/8 cup or 20 grams whole wheat flour
1/8 cup or 15 grams rolled oats
1/3 cup or 125 grams Chicken and Veggies Baby food
3.5 ounces or 100 grams bacon
1 medium egg
1 tsp. baking powder
pinch chicken bouillon granules (optional)

greased baking dish

1. Preheat the oven to 392F or 200C and grease a small baking dish. Cook the bacon and place on top of paper towels do drain off excess fat. Once it's cooled crumble into small pieces and set aside.

2. In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients and mix well, then a small handful of the bacon and again mix well. Try not to use too much of the bacon because you will need the rest for the glaze. Next add the baby food and egg and mix until well combined. Pour batter into the greased baking dish.

3. Bake for 25 minutes or until baked through, you can text the cake by inserting a toothpick in the center of the cake and it should come out dry. Remove and allow to cool completely. Once cooled you can prepare the glaze.
Cream Cheese Bacon Bit Glaze
50 grams cream cheese
pinch chicken bouillon granules
1 Tbs. milk
remaining bacon bits from above

1. In a bowl dissolve the bouillon granules in the milk. Then add the cream cheese and mix well until well combined. Spread the cream cheese mixture to cover the cake as you like. Then spread or sprinkle the bacon bits all over the cake or just on top. Feel free to be creative on how you use the bacon.

Serve the cake right away or place in the refrigerator.