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• Method 1 of 2: Bake horse treats
• Method 2 of 2: Make treats without using the oven
• Tips
• Warnings

Horses enjoy a treat every now and then, or a special snack. There is a wide range of options that are easy to make at home and your horse will love. Oatmeal cookies, crunchy snacks, grass salad, and fruit treats are a few options. Keep the treats healthy and don't overfeed your horse.

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Method 1 of 2: Bake horse treats

1. Make carrot and apple cakes. You can bake simple fruity cake treats for your horse at home. Horses love apples and carrots, so this recipe is usually a winner. Gather a carrot, an apple, a cup of molasses, two and a half cups of oatmeal, and some vegetable oil. Grate the apple and the carrot, then mix with all the other ingredients.
   • Put the mixture on a shallow baking tin and put that tin in a preheated oven at 150 degrees Celsius.
   • Bake it for about 40 minutes, or until golden brown.
   • Remove the tin from the oven and let the mixture cool in the fridge for four hours before cutting the cakes.
2. Bake crunchy oatmeal snacks. For this recipe you will need a cup of dry oatmeal, a cup of flour, and a cup of diced carrots. You also need sugar, salt, vegetable oil and molasses. Start by cutting the carrots into small pieces and mixing them with the oatmeal and flour. Add a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of sugar and mix again. Then stir in two teaspoons of vegetable oil and then pour in a quarter cup of molasses.
   • Stir the mixture thoroughly until everything sticks together.
   • Use your hands to make small balls of the mixture and place them on a greased baking tray.
   • Place the balls in a preheated oven at 175 degrees Celsius and bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.
   • Make sure they are completely cool before feeding them to your horse.
3. Make oatmeal bars. Another variation of the baked oatmeal recipe is oatmeal bars. You will need one-third cup of oatmeal, one-third cup of sweet food, one-third cup of molasses, and one-third cup of flour. Combine all of these ingredients in a large bowl, adding the oatmeal first and then adding the rest one at a time. When the mixture is thick and sticky, form a series of bars. You can wrap each bar in aluminum foil, or you can use a cookie cutter or mold if you have one.
   • Place the bars on a greased baking tin and place in a preheated oven at 175 degrees Celsius.
   • Bake the bars for about 22 minutes, take them out of the oven and let them cool in the fridge or freezer.
4. Try some cob biscuits. You can make simple baked cookies using corn food (a mixture of oatmeal, corn, and barley). You will need eight cups of dry corn food, three cups of ground carrots, half a cup of corn oil, two cups of flour, and two cups of molasses. Gather all ingredients and mix well in a large bowl. Let the mixture sit for an hour to allow the grain to absorb more of the moisture, then stir again.
   • Scoop a teaspoonful amount and place on an oiled or greased baking tray.
   • Bake them in a preheated oven at 175 degrees Celsius for between 12 and 18 minutes.
   • Let the cookies cool on a cooling rack and store them in an airtight container.

Method 2 of 2: Make treats without using the oven

1. Try some “uncooked” cookies. You can make cookies and crunchy snacks for your horse without turning on the oven. A good recipe is for peppermint cookies. For five of those, you need a cup of crushed oatmeal, a quarter cup of water, 1-2 tablespoons of molasses, and five mints. Start by mixing the oatmeal with the water. Stir it until the oatmeal is completely moist.
   • After this, you should gradually add the molasses, stirring in the meantime, until the mixture is nice and sticky.
   • Make balls of the mixture and press a peppermint into each biscuit.
   • Put the cookies in the fridge and wait for them to harden before treating your horse.
2. Make a banana glazed apple. All you need for this treat is an apple, a banana and a handful of ice cubes. Start by peeling and slicing the banana. Put the banana pieces in a blender with some ice cubes and blend until the mixture becomes creamy. Then cut the top of the apple and carefully scoop out the inside.
   • Spoon the creamy banana mixture into the hollowed out apple.
   • Then spread some remaining banana mixture on the sides of the apples.
3. Make frozen grape lollipops. Another fruity treat only requires a few carrots and some grapes. Start by cutting the carrots into small sticks. Then press a carrot stick into each grape so that the grape is on the end of the rhizome, kind of like a lollipop. Then place the grapes in ice cube trays, so that the roots are sticking up, and put them in the freezer.
   • Freeze them for a few hours until cold, but not completely frozen.
   • Then you have a nice cool, fruity treat for your horse on a hot day.
   • Make sure the grapes are seedless or have the seeds removed.
4. Try a healthy grass salad. You can mix in a nice salad as a healthy and tasty treat for your horse. For this variety, you should start by collecting five chopped dandelion plants (in bloom, and without roots). Combine this with two handfuls of chopped young culm grass or thick-bladed grass, and two handfuls of oat grass.
   • Add four cups of young red clover (in bloom) and a handful of chopped parsley.
   • The last ingredient is two washed and finely chopped spinach plants.
   • Mix everything together well and you have a very healthy and tasty salad for your horse.
5. Make a fruit salad. To make a slightly sweeter treat, you can mix a tasty fruit salad. For this salad you will need two pears, an apple, four carrots, a quarter of watermelon and a plum. Cut all these ingredients into small pieces and mix them together. Add a spoonful of cod liver oil and mix well.
   • This will be a large salad that you can share with several horses.
   • If necessary, you can add extra vitamins and minerals to the salad.

Tips

• Unless you plan to store it in the freezer, don't make more than for a week or it could get stale or moldy.
• Don't overfeed with treats or your horse could get spoiled and always ask for them.
• Maybe you can sell them or give them to others.
• If your friends have a horse, give them some of these treats for special occasions like Christmas and birthdays.

Warnings

• Do not add too much sugar or sweet food
• Only feed what the owners (if it is a riding or grooming horse) tell you to feed