Recipes

Editor's note: Horses should not be fed peanuts, because they cannot digest them and it clogs their intestines. According to my vet, peanut butter will not hurt them.

Molasses Over Carrots

1 large carrot or 5 baby carrots
Molasses
Oatmeal
Sugar

Roll the carrot in molasses. Sprinkle oatmeal and sugar over the carrot. Let the molasses dry and serve. JJ and Laura

Poe the Goblin's Luvies

5 strawberries
1 cup Golden Grahms
2 1/2 cups Honey Nut Cheerios
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup applesauce
1/2 cup crushed peppermints
4 baby carrots
2 cut apples
1/2 cup cinnamon
1/4 cup peanut butter
raisins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour all ingredients into a big bowl, and mix well. Shape into balls and place on a cookie sheet. Cook for 15 to 19 minutes. Poe loves them so much. Maggie and Poe

Mikey's Yummy Apple/Carrot Treats

1 or 2 carrots
1 or 2 apples
Peppermints, more the better

Cut the apples or carrots into about 2-inch pieces. Crush mints and put the pieces inside the apple or carrot. My horse loves them. I put the crushed peppermints in a plastic baggy until I get to the barn. Then put them in the carrot or apple so they don't fall out. Megan and Mikey

Holiday Treats

1 cup flour
1 cup Grape Nuts cereal
1/4 cup light corn syrup (Karo)
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon peppermint extract
A few drops of food coloring (I use red)

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. Feed to your favorite horse or pony. Kris

Twin Willows Favorite

Sugar
Oats
Bran
Corn oil
Carrots
Apples

Put sugar, oats, bran, and oil all into separate bowls. Dip carrots and apples in oil then oats, bran, and sugar. This is a fast and easy snack for many, and horses love them. Rebecca and Hannah

Duncan, Rocky & Sunny's Sticky Surprise

1/2 cup applesauce
1/4 cup molasses
1 SMALL cut apple
4 chopped baby carrots, or 1 large cut carrot if you don't have baby carrots
2 cups flour
2 cups Cheerios
2 strawberries
2 cups oatmeal
1 cup Rice Crispies cereal
Add some of your horse's favorite treats to make it special!

Put ALL ingredients in a large bowl, and stir it together. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Let it cool for about 30 minutes before feeding to your wonderful horses! Carly & Duncan, Lindsay & Rocky, Jennifer & Sunny

Nightlight and BannDannaRamma's Cherrio Snacks

1 cup finely crushed Cheerios
1/3 cup oats
Grape juice

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Pour the Cheerios and oats into a bowl, mix well. Add just enough grape juice to moisten the mix and make a little sticky. Roll into 1/2 inch balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake for about 15-20 minutes. This is one of our horse's favorite treats! Victoria and Adam

Melody's Favorite Snack

1 apple and/or carrot, finely chopped
Bran (optional)
Thick Molasses

Mix oats, apples, and carrots. Add molasses until mixture is firm. Use less molasses if you are using bran. Keep in refrigerator. You may also bake them in a cookie shape at 325 degrees. Make sure you watch them so they don't burn. Dedicated to Chief Justice and Bask, Melody's Dad and Grandpa.

Barbie's Yummy Treats

Molasses
Flour

Use amounts according to how many treats you wish to make. Mix together until texture is like dough. Pull off pieces, place on cookie sheet, and back at 350 degrees until they look done. This is my horse, Barbie's, favorite treat. Megan and Barbie

Hamilton's Favorite Cookies

1 cup apples, cut small
1 cup carrots, shredded
1/2 cup oatmeal
2 teaspoons molasses
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar

Mix everything really good, and put small balls of mix onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Bake cookies about 10 minutes. Make sure the cookies are cooled before you serve them to your horse or pony. Have fun, Kelsey and Hamilton

Italics' Kissey Cupcakes
Makes 6 Cupcakes

What you'll need:
1 cup cinnamon oatmeal
1 tbsp. wheat flour
1/2 tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 tbsp. honey
1 shredded apple (not the seeds-these are poisonous!)
1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles
Crushed mints, golden raisins, some shredded carrots, grain, or a favorite treat inside also make these treats irresistible!

In a large bowl, mix the oatmeal, water, and honey. Put the mixture in the microwave for about 2 minutes. In a separate bowl, mix wheat flour, brown sugar, shredded apple, and extra ingredients. Combine the contents of both bowls, and put this mixture in the microwave for about 2 more minutes. Heat the oven to 375 degrees, and depending on oven they should finish cooking in 10 minutes. Then add sprinkles, and let cook for 5 more minutes to get them crispy. Italics loves these treats, she even gives me kisses after! From Katie Blackwelder

Kramer's Kickin' Treats

1 medium carrot
1 apple
3 tablespoons molasses
1 handful oats

Line a bucket with the oats, sprinkle with chopped apple and carrot, and drizzle with molasses. Enjoy! Kali

Sally's Warm Pona Mash

1/2 cup oats
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup brown sugar or white sugar
1/2 cup HOT water

Mix all ingredients together, and pour boiling water over it. My CUTE pony, Sally, loves it.

Wanna's Birthday Appleight

Large apples
Powdered sugar
Brown sugar
Honey
Molasses
Oatmeal
Large carrots
Cheerios
Peppermints
3 bowls

In one bowl, mix all the sugars together. In another bowl, mix the honey and molasses. In the last bowl, finely cut the apples and carrots and mix with the Cheerios and oatmeal. If you want, you can also add some of the horse's grain or favorite treats. Pour honey and molasses mixture into the bowl with the apples and carrots. Mix. Pour the dry sugar evenly over the apples and carrots. Top with peppermints in the container that you will be using to feed your horses out of. Wanna loves this on her birthday or at shows! Lauren

Munchie's Fav!

Molasses
Carrots, sliced extremely small
Apples, sliced extremely small
Raisins
Flour

Mix these ingredients until batter is stiff. Let the batter sit for 5 minutes. Put on baking sheet in small round balls, and bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 20 minutes until they look burned. Munch, my horse, loves them because they are crunchy and yummy! Korin

Alycia's Cookies

1 cup oats
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup molasses
1 tablespoon honey

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir all the ingredients and let sit for about 10 minutes. Scoop the mixture onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for about 20 minutes. Let them cool. They will look rubbery and burned, but they really are not. Horses love them warm or cold! Alycia

Yummy Horse Biscuit

3 cups buscuit mix (instructions listed below)
1 or 2 carrots, coarsely grated
2/3 cup water
1/2 cup sugar

Hint: Make biscuit mix first

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine biscuit mix, carrots, and sugar in a large bowl. Gradually add water to make a soft but not sticky dough. Knead about 15 times on a floured surface. Divide dough into 2 sections and roll each with a well flooured rolling pin to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with a 2 inch round biscuit or cookie cutter. Bake until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Makes about 40 biscuits.

Biscuit Mix

10 cups flour
1 2/3 cup instant non fat dry milk
1/3 cup baking powder
2 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 2/3 cups shortening

Combine all ingredients in a large Tupperware bowl (8-10 quarts) that can be covered and refrigerated. Add all ingredients and mix with a mixer VERY well. Mixture should look like fine crumbs. Store tightly covered in the refrigerator. It will last about 3 months. Makes about 15 cups of biscuit mix. They make a great gifts to hand out to your horse friends.

Nightlight's Surprise

Half an apple cut up in VERY small chunks
1 cup malt o meal
3 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons cinnamon
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/3 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup molasses

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together all ingredients in order they are listed. Grease cookie sheet, and make about 3/4 inch balls out of your mixture. Place the balls on the sheet. Cook for 20 minutes occasionally checking on them. Wait for a pretty long time for the horse treats to cool before feeding to your horse. Enjoy! Victoria

Nightlight and Starlight's Icicle Treat

1 extra large carrot
Apple chunks, optional
2 tablespoons peanut butter
3 tablespoons honey
Powdered sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar

Hollow the carrot so that it looks like a small canoe. Spread honey all over the outside of the carrot, and roll it in powdered sugar. Spread the peanut butter inside the hollowed part. Sprinkle brown sugar on top of the peanut butter. If you want to use apple chunks, scatter them on top of the brown sugar. Drizzle honey on top of the brown sugar. Nightlight and Starlight love them. Enjoy! Victoria and Olivia

Starlight and Nightlight's Sweet Apple Fun

1 LARGE apple
Honey
Peanut butter
Powdered sugar
White sugar
Brown sugar

Hollow the apple. Spread peanut butter on the inside. Put honey on the edge, and let it drizzle down inside the apple. Put Brown sugar on the bottom. Add another layer of honey. Repeat that step but with sugar and powdered sugar. Victoria and Olivia

Cricket's Yum-Yums

1 or 2 sliced apples
2 handfuls of baby carrots
1 or 2 cups of corn
1 1/2 to 2 cups molasses
A squirt of apple juice
A touch of sugar (optional)
A touch of peanut butter (optional)

Slice apples and carrots into smallest pieces possible. Put the first four ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir well. Stir the last three items in well. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Leave in the oven until cool. My horse, Cricket, loves these! Laura

Nightlight's White Winter Trail Mix

1/4 cup powdered sugar
4 teaspoons salt
1 cup cheerios
1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal
1 cup corn
3 teaspoons brown sugar

Put everything in a zip lock bag, close the bag, and shake for 10 seconds. This treat is great for the trails! Victoria

Sparky Smacks

1 cup grated apple
1 cup grated carrots
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
2 teaspoons molasses

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients well. Spoon out small balls onto cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, cool, and serve. Enjoy! Hannah Burks wishes to dedicate this recipe to Sparky.

Craft's Crafty Cookie Treats

Molasses
Carrots
Oats
Raisins
Peppermints

Use desired amounts of ingredients. Cut carrots into cookie sized pieces. Roll the carrot pieces in a mixture of molasses and oats. Place peppermints and raisins on top in a desired pattern. Place in freezer for 10 minutes. Take out, give to your horse, and watch them chow down! Becky

Hershey's Arabian Apple Kisses

Apple slices
White/brown sugar
Oats
Apple sauce

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Set apples aside. Combine oats, sugar, and apple sauce in a large bowl. DON'T use too much apple sauce or else mixture will be too soggy. Line apple slices on a cookie sheet. Take mixture and dribble over slices so that each slice is thoroughly covered. Place cookie sheet in oven and bake for 5-10 minutes. Take out, let cool, and let your horse enjoy! Liz

Pony Pizza

Gingerbread dough
Peppermints
Molasses

Roll the gingerbread dough into a circle. On a pizza, there is a crust; so shape the edge into a crust. Bake at 300 degrees for 4 minutes. Take out and cool until room temperature. Spread molasses on the baked dough like sauce, and put peppermints on it like pepperoni. Cut into slices and feed to your horse. This is a good way to teach your horse to become attached to you! Enjoy, Katie and her horse who loves peppermints!

All That Jazz's Lip Smackin' Horse Treats

Gingerbread dough
Apples, grated
Carrots, grated
Oatmeal

Add apples, carrots, and oatmeal to gingerbread dough and mix thoroughly. Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet. Bake at 300 degrees until they look like gingerbread cookies. Let set until room temperature. Serve to your favorite pal as a holiday treat. Katie and All That Jazz

Breezy's Favorite

1 cup uncooked oatmeal
1 cup flour
1 cup shredded carrots or apples
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons corn or vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup molasses

Mix the ingredients into a large bowl in the order they are listed. Make small balls and place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Leave them in the oven until they are cool, and they will harden. I have found that horses don't like soft treats as much as if they are hard. This is one of my favorite recipes. All of the horses at my barn love it! Emily

Mrs. Paddock's Treat

4 cups wheat flour
3 cups oatmeal
1 egg
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 cup molasses
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 cup hot water
3/4 cup applesauce

Preheat oven to 300 degrees and grease a cookie sheet. Mix oatmeal, flour, and brown sugar together. Mix in the egg, vegetable oil, applesauce, and molasses. Add hot water and mix well. Roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut shapes using cookie cutters or make balls and flatten with a floured glass bottom to 1/2 inch thick. Place on a cookie sheet and bake 1 hour. Turn oven off when they are done and leave the door shut until they are cool. This will make them crunchy. My horse Jackie loves these treats. Linsey

Bonnie's Bonbons

Molasses
Crushed mints
Carrots

Cut carrots into 1/4 inch pieces. Drizzle molasses over carrots. Sprinkle with mints. Enjoy as my Bonnie does! Paige and Bonnie

Bandit's Favorites

2 handfuls of baby carrots
2 apples, diced in big chunks
2 handfuls mini pretzels
2 1/2 cups molasses
1/2 cup honey
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cinnamon
2 serving packages or 2 cups dry oatmeal

Mix together and leave on counter uncovered until it is room temperature. Serve to your favorite buddy on a plastic spoon, and let him lick the spoon. They love it! Kali

Nightlight's Delight

1 large hollowed apple
1 1/2 - 2 tablespoons oatmeal, uncooked
1 1/2 tablespoons molasses
1 - 2 tablespoons grain
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 grated baby carrot, optional

Mix together the oatmeal, brown sugar, grain, carrot and scoop into apple. Drizzle molasses on the top. Enjoy! Victoria

B JAY's Sweet Treat

Sugar cubes (as many as wanted)
Molasses

Pour molasses on top of the sugar cubes. Let dry. If desired, put the in the microwave to dry a little faster. Then give them to your sweet horse. Lynda

Smoky's Rice Crispies Snacks

1 box of Rice Crispies cereal
1 apple or 1 carrot, diced
Molasses
Sugar cubes, optional

Mix all together. Flatten to about 1/2 inch thick. Cut out with cookie cutters. Serve to your horse. In memory of my dear horse Smoky who died on April 1, 2002. Lynda

Peanut Butter Oat Cookies

1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup whole wheat flour

The mixture should be the consistency of cookie dough. If it is too thick, add more water.

Combine water, peanut butter, and flour. Mix well. Cut into shapes or roll into balls. Sprinkle oats on top, and bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Tina

Send me your favorite horse treat recipe, and it will be posted along with your name.

Bonne Appetit

Carrots
Apples
Molasses
Grain

Grate ingredients and pour the molasses and grain on top. Jen

Marcus & Bo's Colorful Horse Muffins

3 cups oats
2 tablespoons honey or molasses
2 cups water
1 shredded apple
3 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons brown sugar or white sugar
2 drops food coloring
Crushed peppermints (optional)
Raisins (optional)

In a bowl, combine oats, water, and honey. Mix well. Put in the microwave for 2 minutes. Add shredded apple, brown sugar, crushed peppermints, food coloring, flour, and raisins. Replace in microwave for 2 more minutes. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease muffin tins. The muffins will not rise. Put in oven for about 15 minutes or until lightly brown. These muffins are dedicated to Marcus and Bo, the sweetest horses on earth! Katie & Eliza

Chester's Choice Treats

1 cup flavored or non flavored oats
1/2 or 1/3 cup water depending on consistency, chewy or crunchy
2 to 3 baby carrots
Handful raisins or small apple chunks
1 teaspoon butter
1/3 cup brown sugar

Mix ingredients. Roll into balls or flatten and cut into shapes. Place on buttered cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Rachael

Bapples

1/2 cup peanut butter
2 large carrots
2 apples
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup oatmeal

Heat peanut butter in microwave until creamy. Grate carrots, chop apples. Add all ingredients except sugar in large mixing bowl. Mix together and sprinkle sugar on top of the treat. Store in a pie plate or bowl. This is Chief and Yogi's favorite treat after a big ride. It is also a great reward for good behavior! Nikole and Heather, chief and Yogi, horse and rider forever!

Twilight's Minty Molasses

Molasses
Mints
Sugar
Oats (optional)

Put a dab of molasses on a mint. Sprinkle with sugar and oats. Twilight goes crazy over them! Alicia and Twilight

Molasses Baked Apples

1 apple
1 tablespoon molasses
Brown sugar

Preheat oven to 365 degrees. Cut the apple in half, pour 1/2 tablespoon molasses on each apple, and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake at 365 degrees for 5 minutes. My horse LOVES them, and he is very picky about what he eats. Melissa and Scotch

Tasty Pastry

1 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup molasses
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
Shredded carrots
Diced apple
1 cup water
1/4 cup equi-pellets
1/4 cup smashed fruit loops
1 egg beaten

Mix all ingredients in a bowl. If dry, add more water. If watery, add more oatmeal. Make into balls or shapes. Bake at 350 degrees for 5 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 10 minutes. Put in a jar or baggy and give to horse. Makes great gifts. My two horses, Rusty and Callie, love them. Callie just had a baby and the baby is always trying to nibble on them. Amy

Oatmeal Muffins

3 cups quick oats
1 Tablespoon molasses
1 Tablespoon honey
2 1/2 cups water
2 carrots, loosely cut
Peppermints (optional)

In a bowl combine oats, molasses, and honey. Mix well. Add 2 cups water. Mix and put in microwave for 4 minutes. After 2 minutes, add carrots. Continue to cook. Take out and heat your oven to 375 degrees. In a greased muffin tin, add your mixture. They won't rise, so fill them to the top. Bake until the tops are lightly golden brown. When done, remove and add a peppermint on top of each muffin. Serve when cool. Carole, Shadow, and Sassy

Khally's Apple Mash

Sweet feed
Molasses
Oatmeal
Bran
Large chunks of apples
Warm water
Powdered apple cider mix

Amounts will vary depending on how many horses you feed and what their tastes are. Use your own discretion. Mix first 4 ingredients together in a bucket until coated with molasses. Sprinkle powdered cider mix and stir together. Add warm water to desired consistency. Stir in chunks of apples. Serve warm and take some rags with you. There will be a lotta' sloppin' goin' on. Note: You may use flavored apple oatmeal in place of powdered apple cider mix. Lori and Khally

Frozen Apples

1 apple
Honey (You could use molasses, but it's more liquid and less sticky)
Around 1/2 cup grain

Cut the apple into eighths. Roll the peeled side in a dish of honey and then in grain. Place on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper. Put in the freezer for 10 minutes or until the honey is less sticky. Feed during a warm day, but don't chance feeding it after a hard workout. Kelly

Chrissy's Sugar Rush

1 apple
2 large carrots
1 tablespoons sugar
Watermelon

Chop the apple into medium slices. Cut the carrots into small pieces. Put them in a bag or Tupperware container. Cut watermelon into small pieces. Put them in with carrots and apples. Add sugar. Close bag or Tupperware, and shake until sugar isn't noticed. This is a very addicting treat that Chrissy really loves! Jennifer

Winter Mash

Bran Mash
Beet Pulp (pellets soaked for 24 hrs.)
1/2 cup Corn oil
Sweet Feed
Feed morning and evening mixing with warm water for the cold winter days. This helps maintain weight for the hard keepers, gives a shine to the coat and fills their belly with warm mash. Mix ingredients to a consistency your horse likes, each is different. Beth

Horsy's Gottaloveum Treats

1 1/2 cup of molasses
3 large carrots
2 apples
2 cups of dry oatmeal

Slice carrots with cheese grader and mix well with molasses. Slowly add the oatmeal and set aside. Cut apples as small as you can, and add it to the oatmeal combination. Mix well. Roll a little mixture at a time into a ball. Flatten like a cookie. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Lightly sprinkle with sugar (optional). Horses love them! Mariel

Cool Strawberry Treat

1 apple
1 large carrot
molasses
oats
strawberries

Shred the apple and carrot. Chop the strawberries into small pieces. Mix the shredded mixture with as much molasses as you think reasonable. Mix in the strawberries. Take a dab of the sticky mix, flatten it, and pat some oats on top. Put in refrigerator. Serve fresh and cold. Good eating! Katie

Norwood's Stuffing

It couldn't get much easier! I like to feed my horse this treat after a long, hard cross-country ride. Just take an apple, cover it in molasses or honey, and roll it in a bowl full of dry oatmeal. He loves it! Can be stored in freezer or refrigerator.

Bucket-licker Horse Treat

1 apple
1 mega carrot
Oatmeal (optional)
Cheese shredder
Carrot peeler
Knife

Cut up half of the apple and carrot. Put aside. Shred carrot and apple with peeler and shredder. Leave a little bit of carrot and apple. Cut the last of the apple and carrot into fun little shapes if you wish. Put apple/carrot treat into a plastic shopping bag, add 1/4 cup of oatmeal if you really want to spoil your horse. Shake well. Monty and shad love it! Anna H.

Snowballs

Crushed ice
Snowball Syrup

I used to buy them from the snowball stand near my barn until our small barn invested in a snowball machine. I have peppermint, spearmint, and apple syrup for the horses and lemon for the humans. Crush the ice and pour syrup in a cup to your desire. Put in the freezer for at least 12 hours and let your horse enjoy. Either dump it in the feed tub or hand feed. Just make sure they don't try to eat the cup like my horse tries to do. Ben will eat it off a spoon. My horse, Stanley, and his best buddy Ben gobble them up.

Shoeless Joe's Treat

1/2 cup molasses
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oats
1 cup sweet feed

Pour molasses and water into a pot and turn on medium heat. Stir continuously until it starts to bubble but not boil. After it bubbles, turn the heat on low. Stir in the flour completely before adding and stirring in the oats. Take off heat and quickly stir in the sweet feed. Place on non stick cookie sheet or waxed paper. It should be the consistency of cookie dough. Let cool and roll into balls to feed to your horse. Shoeless Joe just loves 'em! Emily

Barnman's Healthy Delight

1 big apple
Bunch of little carrots
3 sticks celery
2 pieces lettuce

Chop everything small, and put it in a baggie. Store in the refrigerator as long as possible. Horses love it! Mallory and Barney

Competitive Trail Riding/Endurance Horse Shake

2 apples, cut up
5 carrots, cut up
Lots of water!

Cut everything up and put in a blender. Blend until smooth and watery. Pour over some cut up apples and carrots. My horse, Beswick, and I do competitive trail riding, and it's great for horses that don't drink a lot of water. Even if you don't do competitive riding, it's great to cool off your horse after a ride. Try it. It's really simple! Bizzy and Beswick

Barney's Special Treat

1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup oil
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup uncooked Quaker Oatmeal
17 baby carrots chopped very small

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all the ingredients in big bowl. Keep foil on ungreased cookie sheet. Make the dough into about 1 inch balls. It will make about 17 balls. Put them on the ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12-13 minutes. Let them cool about 30 minutes. Place in a BIG Ziplock bag. Close the bag tightly and mash them all together so it makes big crumbs. Store at room temperature. Then serve to your hungry friend. I'm sure your horse will love them. I know my horse, Barney, sure does! Enjoy, Mallory Kolpin and Barney

Healthy Equine Popsicle

1 cup carrot juice
1/2 cup apple juice
Carrot bits and pieces and/or apple chunks
1 teaspoon sugar
About 2 long carrots (optional)

Mix carrot juice and apple juice together. Add the sugar and mix until it has dissolved. Add the carrots and apples. Place in ice cube containers for bite sized pieces or put a long carrot in the center of a small bowl half way through the freezing process. The carrot will act as a stick. Put in the freezer overnight. My horse Cheetah loves these! Hannah

DESI'S DELICIOUS HORSE COOKIES

1 cup oats
1/2 cup shredded carrot
1/2 cup finely diced apple
1 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup water
1 cup flour
teaspoon of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of salt

Preheat the oven to 360 degrees. Stir the ingredients into a sticky mixture. Roll the mix into balls with your hands. About a heaping spoonful of the mixture makes each ball. Grease a cookie sheet and arrange the balls on it. Bake for around 5 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool before feeding to your horsy pal. The treats can be stored at room temperature in a jar. They make a great gift for your favorite horse, or friend's horse. Enjoy the treats! Megan These treats are in memory of a great little mare named Desi, who died of colic in late June of 2002

Mister's Treats

This recipe was developed for Mister when he was losing his baby teeth. During that period, he could not eat carrots, apples, or hard commercial treats. He loved this special treat!

1 quart Nutrena Life Design Youth
2 cups Quaker Oats
1/4 cup salt (The extra salt helps to keep infections away from the teeth and acts as electrolytes)
3 carrots, finely grated
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup hot molasses
1/2 cup corn syrup

Combine youth feed with carrots, salt, and oats in a bowl. Mix well. Heat molasses and add with corn syrup to the mix. Add applesauce and mix. Roll into balls and bake on a greased cookie sheet at 200 degrees for an hour. Let cool and place in a container to stay fresh. Tyler

Stuffed Apples

1 apple
1 carrot
2 teaspoons of molasses

Cut a circle in the top of the apple where the stem is. Remove as much of the core as possible without going through the bottom of the apple. Cut the apple in half and remove as much of the pulp as possible without piercing the skin. Put the pulp in the blender. Add one chopped carrot and the molasses. Blend until it's smooth, but a few small chunks won't hurt. Pour the mixture into the apple and cover. Freeze the apple until it's cold but not frozen. Then feed to your horse! Carole

Amber's Favorite Treat

1 apple
8 baby carrots
2 teaspoons sugar
3 tablespoons water
2 heaping tablespoons Quaker Oats (optional)
1 sandwich sized Ziplock bag

Chop the apples into medium or small sized cubes. Chop the carrots into thirds or fourths. Put the chopped ingredients into the bag. Add the quaker oats, sugar, and water. Shake until all the ingredients are mixed thoroughly. Stephanie

Shortie's Strawberry Sweets

A few strawberries
Sugar
Molasses
Paper plate for mixing

Put some molasses on a paper plate. Take some strawberries, cut the tops off, and roll them in the molasses. Then sprinkle some sugar on the strawberries. Shortie Loves them! Hilary

Vicki's Muffins

1-1/2 cup bran
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup of molasses
2 tablespoons corn oil (it can be any vegetable oil)
1 egg, beaten

Stir together bran, flour, soda, and baking powder. Mix in milk, molasses, oil, and the egg. Bake in GREASED muffin tins at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Your horses might fight over these cookies! Tara

Magic's Pizza Treats

1 or more plain rice cakes
Molasses
Apples
Carrots
Any small treats your horse loves

Coat the rice cake with the molasses and decorate like a pizza with any small treats your horse loves. Magic loves them! Elizabeth

Lauren's Treat

My favorite horse treat is to cut an apple in half and sprinkle pieces of dried oatmeal or oats on the apple. Shred carrot pieces on it. Lauren

Cocoa's Treat

1 tablespoon sugar
2 cups water
1 sliced apple
5 baby carrots

Mix all ingredients and you are finished! Emma

Carrots, Apples, and Oats

Slice 1 apple into small chunks in a bag. Cut 3 baby carrots and put them in the bag. Add 1/2 cup of oats and 1/4 cup sugar to the bag and shake. My horse loves it! Emma

Jacob and Sage's Christmas Eve Surprise

Tupperware
Apples, large or small, any amount
Molasses, any amount
Cinnamon, heavy or light sprinkle
Oatmeal or bran, optional

Chop apples into pieces. Place in tupperware. Pour molasses over apples. Add cinnamon. If your horses don't like molasses, cinnamon sticks to apples well. Cover tupperware and shake. Sprinkle with bran or oatmeal and shake again. Serve chilled or unchilled. A guaranteed bowl licker! Abby

Elizabeth's Horse Treat

3 large carrots
Molasses
Oats

Cut the carrots into pieces about 2 inches long. Pour some molasses onto a paper plate and roll the carrot pieces in it. Pour the oats onto another paper plate and roll the carrot pieces in the oats. Chill until ready to serve. Elizabeth

Apple an' Oat Mush

2 small apples
2 cups of oatmeal (dry)
1/4 cup of vegetable oil
1/4 cup of molasses
2 teaspoons of sugar
1/4 cup of flour
1/4 cup of water

Shred the apples in a cheese grater. Put them in a bowl. Add the oats, vegetable oil, molasses, sugar, flour, and water. Mix well with an electric mixer. Add more oats or flour if too watery, or add more water if too sticky. My horse Beswick loves this after a ride. Bizzy & Beswick

Horse Treats

Again, I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this list of horse treat recipes. I never envisioned having three pages of treats to offer, and now I am beginning page five!

Rice Krispie Bars

1 cup Rice Krispies
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 shredded apple
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup water

Mix everything together in a bowl. Make a rectangle with some tin foil about the shape of granola bars. Pour mixture into the bars then set on a cookie sheet. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cook for 15 minutes or until they turn hard. Take out of tin foil and place in the refrigerator overnight or for 30 minutes before serving. Beswick Loves them! Bizzy & Beswick

Skylar's Summer Carrot Candies

3 large carrots
1/2 (one half) small red apple
2 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons unbleached flour
5 crackers, the dry, crunchy kind
3 tablespoons molasses
1/2 (one half) cup Quaker oats
raisins (optional)

Peel the carrots and cut them into chunks. Size really doesn't matter at this point. Cut the apple as well. You can include the core but try to remove all the seeds. Put the apple and carrot pieces into the blender and blend for a few seconds or until finely chopped. Add the crackers and the Quaker oats and blend again until all the pieces are about the same size. Pour the molasses in and add the flour and brown sugar. Blend again until fairly smooth. There can be a few chunks of carrot but try to get it as smooth as possible. If the mixture appears to be too dry, you may add a very small amount of fruit juice. Now grease a mini muffin tin using vegetable oil (as horses are vegetarians) and flour the pan. Fill the tin with the mixture and if you like top each "candy" with a raisin. Sprinkle lightly with flour and cover with plastic wrap and put in the freezer for 3-4 hours. Serve cold.

Stuffed Carrots

1 apple
Large carrots (not baby carrots)
Sugar

Cut the ends off the carrots so that the piece is one inch long. Hollow it out. Dice the apples into very small pieces. Dice the carrot centers and mix them together with the diced apple until it's a paste. Roll the hollowed out carrot pieces in sugar. Stuff the apple and carrot paste into the large carrot pieces. Feed to your horse. Can be stored in the freezer. Kristina

Horsy Trail Mix

Apples
Carrots
Sugar

Dice the apples into large pieces and cut the carrots into medium pieces. Add one half teaspoon sugar and shake for 10 seconds. Can be stored in the freezer. Kristina

Shem's Winter Warmer

1 cup equi-pellets or oats
2 cups molasses
1 cup wheaten chaff
1 cup oaten chaff
1 cup lucern chaff
1 cup bran
Hot water
Carrots and apples

Mix chaff and oats together in a bucket. In a separate bucket, mix water and molasses and pour over chaff mix. Mix it all together thoroughly. How much water and molasses you use is up to you. Add the carrots and apples. This feed can be split to use for 2 or 3 horses or just add a handful to their normal feed, because it is quite rich; and you don't want your horse to colic. My Arabian, Shem, likes this in a thick consistency like a regular feed, but my little welsh, Penny, likes it wet and runny. All the horses I've fed it to love it, and yours will too! Cobie

Apple Pulp

A favorite treat of my horses is apple pulp. A man who owns an apple orchard near us gives us buckets of the apple pulp for the horses. The pulp is what remains after you press it for apple cider we all love to drink. He hates to see it go to waste, so we pick up a huge bucket from him every week. I just thought I would share that with you. Melanie

Nasty Weather Treat

My horses absolutely love this easy idea recipe especially on cold winter days or cold rainy days. Amounts can vary depending on how many hungry mouths you are feeding.

Bran
Sweet feed
Chopped carrots or apples
Molasses

Mix together and serve warm (not hot). The horses love it! Melanie

Holly's Homemade Horse Jerky

1 apple
2 carrots
6 strawberries
1 cup oatmeal
1/2 (one half) cup molasses
1/3 (one third) cup feed (optional)

Take the apple, carrots, and strawberries and dice them. Put in a large bowl and add molasses. Mix well. Then stir in oatmeal and feed. Put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Next feed to your horse. Horses go crazy over them. Kristina and Jerica

Tony's Apple Snacks

Large Apple
Bran
Molasses
Diced carrots (optional)

Hollow large apple as if it were a pumpkin. Mix the other ingredients together and place in the apple. Freeze overnight; and the next day, warm it up in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Cut it up and serve! Dana and Tony

Beauty's Apples

Apples, chopped
Honey
Cinnamon
Plate
Knife

Mix honey and cinnamon together. Then take the knife and spread the honey and cinnamon on apple chunks. Sutter and Beauty

Falima's Sweet Tooth Treat

Quaker Oats
Sugar
Salt
Carrots
Molasses
Water if necessary but not too much

Heat oven to around 350 degrees. Mix everything together in a bowl. Have cupcake trays greased. Once all ingredients are mixed, scoop evenly into cupcake trays. Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes. They usually break up and look like sweet feed. Try to pack them down in the pan. Your horse will enjoy them! Theresa Ruland

Amazingly Good "Soup"

Exact amounts variable:

Carrots
Lettuce
Minced apples
Tomatoes

T.T.F.N. Tigger's Early Morning Breakfast

2 chopped up carrots
1 chopped up apple
1 handful of sweetfeed
1 handful of pellets
4 sugar cubes
molasses

1. Mix the chopped carrots and apples with the sweetfeed and pellets.
2. Soak the mixture with molasses
3. Freeze over night.
4. Bring to your horse early in the morning.
5. Put the frozen mixture in your horse's food bucket.
6. Place the sugar cubes on top.
7. Let your horse enjoy.

Sara and Tigger

Some Horse Treat

1 cup flour
1 handful horse feed
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 (one half) handful oats
1/2 (one half) cup molasses

Anonymous

Snow Mash

If you have snow where you live, mix about one or one and a half cups of grain with some snow. Save it in a sandwich sized Ziplock bag and store in the freezer. In the summer when it is hot, give your horse a half a bag or so. My Haflingers loved a nice sweet, cold snack on a hot summer day. (Editor's note: Do not feed anything this cold to your horse after a hard workout as it could cause colic.)

Sunnygirls Smart Snacks
(Medicine ball)

1 packet of instant oatmeal
1 handful of oats
1/2 (one half) cup molasses
4 tablespoons peanut butter
Any medicine they don't like to take

Mix all together in small balls so it all sticks together. Sprinkle sugar if you want. Serve and watch them gobble it up while taking their medicine. They won't even notice! Lindsey Winters

Carrot Horse Cookies

2 cups feed (sweet or pellets)
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups shredded carrots or apples
1 1/2 (one and one half) cups raisin bran cereal
1 cup molasses
1/4 (one quarter) cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets. Combine all ingredients and drop small spoonfuls on sheet. If mixture isn't clumping, add water and try again. Cookies don't rise, so place as many on a sheet as possible. Bake 1 hour, turn off oven and let cookies sit for another hour before removing from sheet.

These cookies are hard, numerous, and they won't go bad any time soon. You may want to make a half size recipe. This is an all day project, but you will have treats for months. This is a great recipe that I want to share with all my horsy friends! Meghan, Va Tech

Lone Star's Pony Pizza

1 plain rice cake
Applesauce
Carrot slices
Apples slices

Spread some applesauce on the rice cake, and then take your cut apples and carrots and put them on top. Horses love them! Helen M. Richardson

Swan's Mash

1 packet of instant Oatmeal
1/4 (one quarter) cup molasses
5 baby carrots

Prepare the oatmeal, chop carrots, and mix all ingredients together. My pony, Swan, loves it!

Maggie's Ice Cream Cones

Mix about 1/4 (one quarter) cup applesauce and a small handful of horse feed. Put in an ice cream cone and sprinkle with a bit of sugar. Add some oats and grated carrots and/or apples on top. This is Maggie's ice cream cone and she loves it. My girls enjoy feeding it to her. We also put her pills inside if she has to take any type of medicine, and she just crunches away never noticing the medicine. Yum, yum... good! The Bryants

Sugar And Rice Crispies Coated Apples

2 apples
1/2 cup sugar
Small bowl of molasses
1 cup Rice Crispies

Cut apples into about 5 slices each. Put sugar and rice crispies in a big zip lock baggy. dip apple pieces in molasses and add to baggy. Once all are added, zip shut and shake. My horse loves them. Diana Suhr

Copper Treats

15 mini carrots or 2 large carrots both chopped
1 cup applesauce or one chopped apple
1 packet Quaker instant oatmeal - regular

To make cookies, add a little bit of water to the oatmeal. Mix all ingredients together and put on baking sheet. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, bake for 10 minutes.

Store in a container at room temperature.

Copper loves em! And so will any other horse!!! By seacat1820

Roxie Bites

Here is a nice cookie recipe from Heather Criddle of South Carolina. She usually uses 12 percent pellets and 10 percent sweet feed mixed.

1 cup flour
1 cup molasses
1/2 (one half) cup honey
1 handful of your horse's feed
1/2 (one half) apple, chopped
1 cup water

Mix all together until it looks like mashed potatoes. Roll into small balls and bake for 30 minutes. Let cool and store in refrigerator until ready to serve. This is a two in one treat. Your horse will love them, and it will leave your house smelling good!

Strawberry's Special Burrito

1 regular burrito
2 large carrots
1 large apple
Molasses

Cut the carrots into little pieces and put them on the burrito. Cut the apple into bite size pieces and place them on the apple. Make sure the carrots and apples are mixed together. Then pour molasses in to make it gooey. Horses love them. (given to this page in honor of Strawberry who was put to sleep. I miss her very much) Rachel Wilson

Casper's Trail Mix

1 or 2 crushed pretzels
1/2 (one half) carrot shredded
1 handful of Quaker Oats
1 handful of honey and oats cereal
1/4 (one fourth) apple cut in small pieces

Mix up in a bowl. Put in a plastic baggie. Store in refrigerator until served. Great for the trails or just to give to your horse as a treat. My horse loves it and yours will too. Jacquelyn Forscht

Casper's Oat Cookies

1/2 (one half) cup of flour
1/4 (one quarter) teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 (one quarter) teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 (one quarter) cup of oil
1/4 (one quarter) cup of granulated sugar
1/4 (one quarter) cup of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of milk
1/4 (one quarter) teaspoon of vanilla
1/2 (one half) cups of uncooked regular Quaker Oats oatmeal
1 1/2 (one and one half) grated carrots

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Don't grease the cookie sheet. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheet. Bake for about 15 minutes. After baked, let it cool and sit out for about 1 hour. Put in a plastic baggie and store at room temperature. Then serve and let your horse enjoy. All horses will love this special treat. Jacquelyn Forscht.

Casper's Dry Treat

3 handfuls of oat and honey cereal
1/2 (one half) handful of crushed cheerios
1/2 (one half) handful of bran
1/2 (one half) large carrot grated
1 handful of uncooked regular Quaker oatmeal

Put in a small bowl. Put lid on bowl and shake or mix well with a spoon. When done mixing, put in a plastic baggie and store in the refrigerator until served. Then let your horse enjoy! This mix is great for lunch break on the trails. Jacquelyn Forscht

Casper's Carrot Cake

1 cup of sugar
1 cup of light brown sugar
1 cup of flour
1 cup of bran
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
3 cups of grated carrots
1 1/2 (one and one half) cups of corn oil
4 eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 apple, cut in little pieces

Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease a 13 by 9 inch baking pan. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients and then add carrots, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Beat until there are no lumps. Pour into prepared baking pans, and bake for about one hour. Check often. Remove from pan when cool. Garnish with apple slices sprinkled with brown sugar. Serve cool. Jacquelyn Forscht

Dixie's Delights
1 cup oats
1/2 cup sweet feed
1 carrot grated (cut in small pieces)
Molasses

Mix the oats and sweet feed together first. Stir in the carrot pieces. Just add enough molasses to make it just past gooey. Stir well and feed. Rachel

Smeadly's Treat

50 small carrots (cut up)
1 cup of molasses
1 1/2 (one and one half) cup of any grain
10 sugar cubes
1 cup of oats

Mix in a large to medium bowl. Smedly loves it. Enjoy!

Baby's Bran Mash

1 cup sweet feed
1 cup plain oatmeal
A double handful of grain
Applesauce
A shredded Carrot
1 tablespoon molasses

Mix the oatmeal, sweet feed, and grain together. Mix together and boil until mushy. Check it often. When mushy, pour into a bucket. I use my horse's feed bucket. Now pour in the applesauce and shredded carrot. Mix together. Add the molasses and mix. Now it's ready to give to your horse! Paige Farris

Pacos Bill's Horse Cookies

You do not need exact amounts

Oatmeal
Sweet Feed
Molasses
Applesauce
Cookie cutters if desired

Pour sweet feed, oatmeal, applesauce, and molasses together. Mix up until it looks pretty good. Pour out onto a pan, and put it in the oven until light brown at 350 degrees. Check every few minutes. Take out and let cool for about 5 minutes. Use cookie cutters to cut into shapes after cooled. Give to your horse! Paige Farris

Mandy And Cassandra's Oatmeal

Oatmeal
Apples
Carrots
Sugar or molasses
Pears (optional)

Directions: Cook oatmeal. Then put squished apples, carrots, sugar and pears in oatmeal. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Check constantly.

Harley's Sweet Treats

2 1/2 (two and one half) cups of sweet feed or 1 1/2 (one and one half cups of sweet feed and 1 cup of oats)
1 2/3 (one and two thirds) cups of flour
1/2 (one half) to 3/4 (three quarters) cup of molasses
1 1/2 (one and one half) cups of water
1 1/2 (one and one half) cups of Malt O Meal

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheet with Pam or butter. Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl with a spoon. Add wet ingredients to bowl. Mix with electric mixer on medium until batter is mixed well. Batter will be thick. Spoon batter onto cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes. Mix batter between batches. After baking refrigerate cookies.

Your horses will love them. I know mine do. Erika

Molasses Squares

Carrots, cut up
Grain, couple of handfuls
Apples, cut up
Molasses

Mix all the ingredients together, and shape them into squares. Then put them in the fridge until they get a little hard. Beth Hughes

Horse Treats

I am trying to keep only 35 horse recipes per page, and it's time to start filling page five. Isn't this fun? Once again, thank you to everone who shared their favorite recipes!

Al's Carrot Oatmeal

Ingredients:
Shredded Carrots
Regular Quaker Oatmeal

Instructions:
Cook the Quaker Oatmeal (regular flavor only). Sprinkle little shredded carrots on top. THERE YOU GO! A special winter treat for your horse! Al sure loves it!

Al's Special Milkshake

Ingredients:
Your regular horse grain
Hot water
A mixer or masher device of some kind
Shredded carrots, apples, or molasses (optional)

Instructions:
Heat a quarter bucket of water. Mix the grain and water. Take your mixer or masher and mix into a fine gruel. If you want, add shredded carrots, shredded apples, and molasses. Al loves this stuff! Don't give them a lot of it though or your horse might get a tummy ache. Only give about a bowl full. Put it in the feed bucket.

MOLASSES MUFFINS

1/4 (one quarter) cup molasses
1/4 (one quarter) cup water
2 cups sweet feed
1 cup Quaker oats
1 handful bran

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add the water and molasses. Mix until all grain is covered in molasses. Spoon the mixture into well greased mini muffin tins. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean and the center if fairly hard. These treats last forever and are great for trails as they don't smush. Lindsay J.

HORSE OR HUMAN TREATS

1 cup oatmeal
1 cup flour
1/2 (one half) cup wheat germ oil
1 cup water
1/2 (one half) cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 apple, peeled
2 large carrots, finely chopped
2/3 (two thirds) cup dark molasses
10 peppermints, crushed

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl, and bake until crispy and dry. Horses love 'em and so do humans!!

CARROT MASH

Molasses
Grain
Shredded carrots

Just mix carrots, molasses, and grain until it looks good. The horses love it!!!!! :-) Megan Torrie

ALI'S FAVORITE TREAT

1 cup of Legends sweet feed
1 cup of bran
2/3 (two thirds) cup of dry oatmeal
1/3 (one third) cup of syrup
1 apple cut into slices
2 big carrots cut into chunks
5 sugar cubes
1 cup of water

Mix right in your horse's feed bucket. My horses love it, and so will yours! Marshall Clement

E-Z SWEET FEED

2 apples chopped into quarters
2 shredded carrots
2 carrots chopped into quarters
2 cups molasses
horse oats

Mix all ingredients then add the molasses. ALL horses love it. Windy

BUDDY'S YUM YUM TREATS

applesauce
quick oats
oatmeal cookies
carrots, shredded

Mix together in a medium sized bowl:
1 can smooth or chunky applesauce
1 1/2 (one and one half) cups Quick Oats

Place oatmeal cookies on your countertop in a row. Cover the cookies with the applesauce/oatmeal mix. Sprinkle shredded carrots on top, and refrigerate the cookies until used. Horses devour these treats, and they are simple to make. Megan H of Pennsylvania

CHRISTMAS CAKE

1/2 (one half) cup oats
1/2 (one half) cup horse mix [I use horse power]
1/2 (one half) cup bran
1 cup lucerne chaff
1 cup oaten chaff
3 cups molasses

Directions:
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl; mix well, your hand are the best too mix this with. Put into a cake tin and flatten down. Put into preheated oven for 1 hour at 180C or 350 degrees. Take out of the oven and let the cake cool carefully as the molasses really sticks. When cool, add a little more molasses over the top and serve. Your horse will really love you.!!!! Regards Val Lapham

STUFFED MOLASSES APPLES

2-3 apples
1 cup of bran
1 shredded carrot
1/3 (one third) cup molasses
1/2 (one half) cup sweet feed
1 green carrot top
1/2 (one half) cup cob grain or cracked corn

Core the apples, removing as much of the center as possible. In a large bowl, mix the carrot with the bran, molasses, sweet feed and cob grain. If necessary, add more molasses. The mix should have a stiff consistency. Scoop the mixture into the cored apples and garnish with carrot top. Serve in feed bucket. Emily Shoemaker

RAINY DAY TREAT

1 apple sliced
2 carrots chopped
1 or 2 cups grain
Alfalfa flakes
1/4 - 1/3 (one fourth to one third) cup molasses
2 handfulls chopped cow cake (optional)

Mix together and feed
Anonymous

LINDSAY'S CAKE

4-5 cups dry oatmeal
2-3 cups applesauce
2 eggs
1/2 (one half) stick of butter
1-1 1/2 (one and one half) cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
chopped apples and carrots (optional)

Blend all together until mixture forms. Stir in apples and carrots. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes, let cool.

WHITE APPLES

1 sliced apple
powdered sugar

Cut apple into small pieces, roll in powdered sugar.

NUMMYS

You need:
1 large bowl molasses
Stale bread
Cookie cutters (optional}
Sugar

Directions:
Pour molasses in a bowl, cut pieces of bread with a cookie cutter, soak bread in molasses 10 seconds. Preheat oven to 350, sprinkle sugar on a greased cookie sheet, and bake for 1 hour.

OATIE SWEET FEED BARS

1/3 (one third) cup oats
1/3 (one third) cup sweet feed
1/3 (one third) cup molasses
1/3 (one third) cup flour

Directions: Mix ingredients in a bowl as listed. Take tin foil and mold into a rectangle about 2 inches wide and about 6 inches long with sides about an inch and a half high. Spray tin foil with Pam. Scoop ingredients into tin foil. Put on a pan and place in the oven. Bake at 350 degrees for about 22 minutes. Let cool in the freezer for 15 minutes. Turn tin foil over and the bar should fall out. My horse loves these and hopefully yours will too! Makes 1 bar.

SASSY, LADY, AND EMILY'S HOLIDAY BRAN MASH

3 pounds bran - you can buy wheat or oat bran at the grocery store
1.5 pounds sweet feed (optional)
1 box apple and cinnamon oatmeal
1 box maple and brown sugar oatmeal
1 big can of regular flavor oatmeal
1 box Kellogg's Craklin' oat bran cereal
9 carrots
3 apples
bag of horse nibbles
large jar of grandmas molasses - room temperature
-or-
log cabin maple syrup
hot water

Take three buckets, divide all dry ingredients equally among the 3 buckets. Add hot water to just above the mixture, let steep 10 to 15 minutes. Add generous amount of molasses to each bucket, stir, drizzle a little bit just on top and serve. Be sure it's not too hot before serving.

My retired Belgian thoroughbred cross likes this really soupy, but my girls like it better when it has a thicker consistency; so you can add more or less water to your horse's preference. This is meant as a replacement of a meal. I feed it for breakfast on Christmas morning instead of their regular grain ration. Happy Holidays! Michelle Drum

APPLE CHIPS

Ingredients:
Apples
Molasses
Shredded Carrots

Cut or slice apples into chip shapes. Let apples sit while you shred the carrots. Mix molasses and shredded carrots together in a bowl. The amount depends on how many horses you want to serve. Mix until you get a mixture that sticks together. Spread the molasses mixture on half the apple slices. Put another slice on top of the mixture. Sprinkle sugar on top. (Optional) When you are done the chips should look like an Oreo. Tracey West Chester, PA

Makes: about 4 dozen

CINDY'S PEANUT BUTTER FUN

You don't need an exact amount for this
Oatmeal
Molasses
Peanut butter
Pinch of salt
Sugar
Apples and carrots
An oven

Mix everything together and cook for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Have fun!

ROOTSIE COOKIES

Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 (one and one half) cups sweetfeed
1 and 1/2 (one and one half) cups oats
1 and 2/3 (one and two thirds) cups flour
3/4 cup molasses
1 and 1/2 (one and one half) cups water (add more as needed)
4 tablespoons crushed peppermints
1 and 1/2 (one and one half) cups crushed rice chex
Instructions:
Mix all the dry ingredients together. Then add the molasses and water. Using an electric mixer helps, the dough is quite thick. Plop on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 15 minutes. Refrigerate in between batches and mix often. Kassi Zuerner and Lydia Thomas

KC'S HOMEMADE HORSE TREATS

1 cup of oatmeal
1 handful of Cheerios
honey

Crush Cheerios in small pieces. Put the oatmeal and cheerios in a dish and spread honey all over. With your hands, make into small balls and put in the refrigerator over night... Horses love 'em.

SWEET PEA TREATS

Sliced apples
Honey
Shredded carrots

Slice the apples into small pieces. Cover with honey and then cover with shredded carrots on top of the honey. My horse loves them! Tor

GOLDEN MUFFINS

Molasses or honey
Sweet feed
Bran
Rolled oats
Water
Flour
Flax seed
Oat bran
12 grain cereal
Dried apple pomace is optional (small pieces of dried fruit)

Mix ingredients together in a bowl until they stick together but are not sticky to the touch. Let stand at least 15 minutes before feeding to the horses. My horses go absolutely CRAZY for them! These are the best treats ever made for horses! Tie

ZIP’S SPECIAL DAY TREATS

Ingredients:
1 packet of Quaker oatmeal (dry)
1 handful of sweet feed
2 spoonfuls applesauce
1 spoonful honey or molasses
1 handful Cherrios
4 sugar cubes
a pinch of brown sugar
½ cup water (one half cup)

You can mix this right in your horse’s feed bucket. Mix the oatmeal with the water. Add sweet feed and applesauce. Stir together. Add the Cheerios, brown sugar, and honey or molasses. Mix again and place sugar cubes on top. This serves one horse.

SUNDAY COOKIES

Ingredients:
1 cup uncooked oatmeal
1 cup flour
1 cup shredded carrots
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons corn oil
¼ (one quarter) cup water
¼ (one quarter) cup molasses

Mix ingredients in a bowl in the order listed. Make small balls and place on cookie sheet sprayed with Pam. Bake 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Horses love ‘em!

CUPBOARD COOKIES

I was planning on making horse treats but found out I didn't have any molasses! So I invented these and even one of the pickiest of my horses likes them.

3 small to medium apples, peeled
3 medium sized carrots, peeled
3 tablespoons of granulated sugar
1 1/2 (one and one half) cups of uncooked Quaker oats
3 slices of plain white bread
3/4 (three quarters) cup of powdered sugar
1/4 (one fourth) cup water
1/4 (one fourth) cup of vegetable oil

These measurements don't have to be precise I know mine sure weren't!
1. Shred the apples and put them in a medium bowl. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the granulated sugar.
2. Shred the carrots and combine them with the apples.
3. Pour in the rest of the sugar.
4. Mix in the Quaker oats.
5. One at a time tear apart the bread into tiny pieces and drop into the mixture.
6. Add the powdered sugar.
7. Stir in the water.
8. Stir in the vegetable oil and mix well.

If the mixture looks too thin, add more oats. If it looks too thick, add more water. Only do this about a tablespoon at a time. Oil two cookie sheets, and put the batter on them by spoonfuls. They should be an inch and a half apart. Bake for 17 minutes at 350 degrees or until golden brown. Let cool and serve them to your horse. If you have molasses, you could drizzle some over the treats; and put them in the refrigerator. Crazyhorse

BIRTHDAY CAKE

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

Directions:
Mix the honey and sweet feed or oats together in a big 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 really enjoy this sticky but delicious treat.

HORSE COOKIES

Ingredients:
1 cup uncooked oats
1 cup flour
1 cup shredded carrots
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
¼ (one quarter) cup molasses

Direction:
Mix ingredients in bowl as listed. Make little balls and place on cookie sheet. (spray the cookie sheet with oil or Pam.) Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

WINTER SALAD

Ingredients:
6 apples, quartered
8 carrots, cut in three inch pieces
2 cups Quaker oats
1 cup sweet feed
Molasses

Directions:
Combine all ingredients and fold in enough molasses to make the oatmeal and grain stick to the fruit. Chill overnight and serve.

COLD WINTER BRAN MASH

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

Directions:
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.

CARROT AND APPLE HORSE COOKIES

Ingredients:
1 cup sweet feed
2 cups bran
1 cup flax seed
4 large carrots, shredded
1 cup molasses
½ (one half) cup brown sugar
1 cup applesauce

Directions:
Mix molasses, brown sugar, carrots and applesauce in one bowl. In another mix the dry ingredients. Slowly combine the molasses mixture with the dry ingredients. Add only enough molasses mixture to form a thick dough, add more bran if necessary. Line cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Using a tablespoon, drop batter onto cookie sheet and flatten slightly to form portions about the size of a silver dollar. Bake at 300 degrees for about 1 hour. Flip and bake for an additional 45 minutes until they are dried out. Keep checking to make sure they don't burn.

APPLE HORSE COOKIES

Ingredients:
1 cup margarine
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup bran
1 cup diced carrots
1 cup diced apples
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups quick cooking rolled oats
2 eggs

Directions:
Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine flour, bran and baking soda. Blend into creamed mixture. Stir in oats, carrots, and apples. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets and bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove and cool. Makes about 4 dozen.

HORSE MUFFINS

Ingredients:
1 ½ (one and one half) cups bran
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
¾ (three quarters) cup skimmed milk
½ (one half) cup molasses
2 tablespoons corn oil
1 egg, beaten

Stir together bran, flour, soda, and baking powder. Mix together milk, molasses, oil, and egg. Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Bake in greased or paper lined muffin tins at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.

CARROT CRISPIES

Ingredients:
2 carrots, shredded
1 apple, chopped in small pieces
1/3 cup molasses
½ to ¾ cup bran (one half to three quarters)
salty crackers

Combine carrots, apple, molasses and bran. Mix thoroughly. Scoop a small ball on crackers. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

SIMPLE RECIPE

5 or 6 apple bits
5 or 6 pear bits
2 hand fulls of sweet feed
Mix in bucket or cup

MEADOW MUFFINS

In a huge bowl, combine the following
4 quarts sweet feed
2 cups bran or bran cereal
2 cups oats (I used Quaker oats from grocery store) *optional
1 can frozen apple juice concentrate
5-6 carrots, chopped (I use my food processor)
3 apples, chopped (optional)
2 cups raisins (optional)
1 jar molasses
1 jar Karo corn syrup
5 eggs
2-3 cups corn oil
2 tablespoons baking powder

Add flour and water, alternating until you have a cake like batter that is very chunky.

Spray muffin tins with an oil and drop by spoonfuls. They will rise a little, so don't overfill. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-15 minutes. Cool on a paper towel.

Or you may pour batter into a large baking pan (well-greased!) to make cookie bars. Bake until center is dry and firm (probably 30-60 minutes, depending on your pan and amount of batter). Let cool overnight or for several hours. Cut into squares.

This makes a huge amount (2 grocery bags full), so you may want to cut the recipe down by a factor of 2 or 4.

Horse Treats

This is the beginning of page five of homemade horse treats. I never knew there were so many recipes available! It's possible that I now have more horse treat recipes than human ones!

HORSE OAT COOKIES

1 cup of oatmeal
1 cup of bran
1 cup of water
1 tablespoon of salt
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
1/2 (one half) a cup of molasses (one half cup)

Mix ingredients together, grease a sheet of foil, and spoon on foil. Cook until hard on the outside. Leave out to dry and cool. Refrigerate any cookies that are not eaten promptly.

CARROT APPLE DELIGHT

3 Carrots chopped into small pieces
3 apples cut into small pieces
Cup of oatmeal
Drench cut up carrots and apples in molasses
Roll molasses over carrots and apples, put into oats, and shake.

Put in refrigerator, and serve to horse after working him, horse must be cooled off completely first.

HORSE COOKIES WITH OATS

BASIC MIX
1 2/3 (one and two thirds) cups dry milk
10 cups flour
1/3 (one third) cup baking powder
2 1/2 (two and one half) cups vegetable or corn oil
Make basic mix and store in refrigerator until ready to use

COOKIES
3 cups basic mix
1 1/2 (one and one half) cups crimped or rolled oats
3/4 (three quarters) cup water
1/4 (one quarter) cup sugar

Drop onto greased (or Pam) cookie sheet by medium teaspoonful. Flatten with fork dipped in water. Make as flat as possible so they come out very crunchy. Bake at 300 degrees for 20 minutes. Take out and turn the cookies over and bake for an additional 10 to 20 minutes or until very dry and crunchy.

Submitted by Suzy Black
From the book: The Original Book of Horse Treats: Recipes You can Make at Home For Your Horse by June V. Evers

APPLE CINNAMON SOUP

1 packet of apple cinnamon Quaker Oatmeal
2 apples, sliced
2 handfuls of Cracklin Oat Bran Cereal
1/2 (one half) of a small jar of apple sauce
3 cups of bran or the amount that you think suitable for your horse
Add cinnamon and sugar if desired

Mix with hot water until you get a gooey soup.
Submitted by Susan Kovac

AFTER RIDING COOKIES

4 cups wheat flour
3 cups oatmeal
1 egg
4 tablespoons brown sugar
3/4 (three quarters) cup applesauce
4 tablespoons oil
1/2 (one half) cup molasses
1 cup hot water

Bake at 300 degrees on a greased cookie sheet.

Mix flour, oatmeal, and brown sugar in VERY large bowl. Then add egg, oil, applesauce, and molasses. Finally, add hot water and mix well. I normally remove any jewelry and just reach in to mix like bread dough. Stirring with a large fork or spoon is too hard on my arms. Roll out the dough to one half inch thick on floured surface, and cut out shapes or press into the cookie sheet. Bake 45 to 60 minutes. Turn off oven and cut with a pizza cutter into squares and let cool in the oven overnight. My horses fight over these cookies. Karen Bodine

SWEET TOOTH MIX

Ingredients:
1 Cup Molasses
1 Cup oats or oatmeal
1/2 (one half) Cup chopped carrots
1 Apple (sliced)
4 Peppermints
1 Tablespoon sugar
Mix molasses, oats, carrots, and sugar in your horse's food bucket. Lay the apple slices and peppermints on top of the mixture, and you have a quick treat for a horse with a sweet tooth! Stephanie Scilingo

JACK'S SPECIALTY

1. Slice an apple into thin round slices.
2. Get Oatmeal cookies and put however many you choose, lets say you have 3 horses, you might want to give each 4 cookies, so you get out 12 cookies and put them in twos. Then spread apple sauce over each cookie.
3. Then put an apple slice on 6 of the cookies.
4. Then put the cookies without apples on a cookie which does have a slice on it.