Weekend baking project?

I haven't made dog biscuits for Kate in a long time.

I started thinking about home-made biscuits since the recent pet food recalls.

I actually haven't made biscuits for Kate — and some of her friends — since I was living in Shekomeko. That's over two year ago.

I'd clean off my long, stainless steel dining table, scrub it good, and use it to roll out the dough after it was kneaded in a stand mixer.

Actually making dog biscuits satisfies the baking urge without risking the "eating all the fruits of your labors" urge. In other words, it's a lot safer than baking Toll House cookies.

While I was preparing the treats, Kate always seemed to know that something special was up. She seldom, if ever, would hang around the kitchen when I was cooking for myself.

Just like a kid, she would eagerly try the raw batter — if any just happened to fall on the floor.

The two recipes I have — Cinnamon Apple and Carrot-Oatmeal biscuit — smell really good while they are baking. I am told, though I've never tried them, that they are bland tasting (A friend of mine tried to eat one, at great risk to his capped teeth).

Even during the summer, Kate would lie by the oven until the biscuits were done.

Of course, the proof is in the eating and Kate would gobble up as many of the biscuits that I would give her. I would even give some of the home-made treats to friends for their dogs. One guy sniffed, "Oh, my dog would never eat anything with cinnamon." Boy was he wrong!

I think I just talked myself into making dog treats this weekend.