Homemade Bacon & Peanut Butter Dog Treats

Happy Valentine's Day!  Here's a quick recipe I made for my furry little friends to show my love -  homemade heart-shaped dog treats hot n' fresh out the kitchen.

I shared another homemade dog treat recipe a few weeks ago and I have since tweaked it a bit, added some ingredients, ran it by the bassets for a taste test, & am ready to share with you!  This new recipe includes two ingredients that my dogs go nuts for - peanut butter and bacon grease.  Like my last recipe, I love that everything I needed to make these was already in my pantry (or, in the case of the bacon grease, in a sealed jar underneath the sink so nobody can steal it, open it up, and hide in a closet while devouring it, FRED).

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups flour

1/4 cup bacon grease (heated slightly so it's liquid)

1/4 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup water

1 egg

Mix all ingredients together and knead the dough into a ball.  Cool in the fridge for half an hour and roll out onto a floured surface...

... and then cut the dough into shapes:

Bake in an oven at 375 for 20-25 minutes.  Remove when the edges of the treats are crispy and golden.  Like the last recipe, your kitchen will smell incredibly good (unlike the last recipe, I was not tempted to taste test since the memory of solid-to-liquid bacon grease was very fresh in my memory).  Allow the treats to cool, feed to your dogs, & stay hungry!

 

PS - Last year's pet-centric Valentine's Day craft...

DIY No-Slip Socks

As you can probably tell, I have baby on the brain.  I am starting to think about what to pack for my hospital stay and many people suggest bringing slippers or non-slip socks.  Since I don't want to potentially mess up my beloved LLBean slippers, looks like I am going with socks.  Unfortunately, just thinking about hospital-issue socks makes my feet itch so I decided to get creative and make some on my own.

Here's what I used... white socks, puffy fabric paint, and some leftover cardboard to use as a template (roughly traced from my feet).

As you can tell, my feet aren't exactly delicate little lilies...

From here, it's pretty easy.  Using the puffy fabric paint, draw out a pattern on the bottom of your socks...

...and let dry overnight.  The next morning, I slipped them on, tried to faux-ice skate on my hardwood floors (didn't work), and sat down so Jesse could take a picture of them.  The dogs were incredibly curious as to why I was sitting on the floor and wanted to get in on the action, too:

Have a great day, don't mind my furry floors, and stay homey!

(PS - I wash these like normal in the washing machine but hang to dry)