Pyramid Training Treats
You need: 1 x silicone pyramid baking mat (or lalang baking mat for round treats), a food processor & a large baking sheet
Dog-safe & tasty (smelly is good) ingredients such as fish, meat, cheese etc. flour – preferably tapioca or oat or similar as this makes less crumbly treats than wheat flour, an egg (to bind), liquid such as water, milk, the juices from fish. The aim is to combine the ingredients to a thick pancake batter consistency, so add less or more liquid as necessary.
Here I used about 1½ cups tapioca flour, 1 egg including the shell (laid at home by my hens), 1 small tin of tuna in water, 1 small tin of sardines in oil, and then used a few splashes of oat milk to get the right consistency. There are loads of recipes online if you search.
Whizz up the ingredients in a food processor until smooth and a thick batter. Lay the pyramid mat/s on a baking tray, pointy ends down. Fill the mould with the batter, smoothing it in with a spatula or the back of a spoon and scrape off any excess if you can (the individual treats will come out easier then).
Bake in a 350F / 175C oven for about 20 mins (use your judgement and give them longer if they look uncooked and wet)….. when they are cooked they will begin to loosen and lift from the mould. Then turn off the oven leaving the treats in there to cool and dry out more.
Gently turn the dry treats out of the pyramid pan and break any apart that are still joined together. If you have a dehydrator you can use this to preserve the treats for longer; otherwise the best way to keep these treats is to freeze them and just take out batches as you need them for training. They thaw out very, very quickly.
