Carrot and Apple Horse Cakes AKA Horse Crack!!

With the temps close to 100 degrees it was a good day to stay inside and enjoy the nice cool A/C.  

Since we couldn't be outside riding or hanging out with the horses, and we happen to have some excellent little helpers visiting this weekend, we decided we would bake the horses some homemade treats.  

We decided on Carrot and Apple Horse Cakes!

Our ingredients:

1 apple, grated

1 carrot, grated

1 cup of molasses

2 1/2 cups of oats

2 Tbsp oil

My niece, Caroline, started off grating the apple while my nephew, Jonny handled the molasses and the oil.

I grated the carrot while C & J measured out the oats.

The sticky molasses made for a tough job mixing it all together, but Jonny and Caroline got the job done!

We flattened our horse cakes onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet... now that was a messy job!

Teamwork!

Now they were ready for the oven.  We baked them for 35 minutes at 300 degrees.

They came out golden brown and smelling pretty delicious!  Now we just had to wait for them to cool before they were to pass the ultimate test.

It was finally time to let the horses sample their homemade treats...

The results were pretty clear, we had created horse crack!!  None of them could get enough.  

Rowdy, to be expected, was especially animated when it came to his excitement about this new delicious treat.  

   

The horses were very appreciative of all our hard work, Sadie even gave Jonny a hug to thank him :)

Celebrating our success!  

Stay tuned, we were on such a roll we also baked bunny treats and dog biscuits! We'll share our recipes and find out if they were as well received as the Carrot and Apple Horse Cakes.