Christmas Gift Trays 2010

This year's Christmas trays have a couple new items in them. I have made posts for each thing and I will link them out for you. I call them trays, but none of them actually are on a tray. Originally they were though and the name has stuck. In any case, this year they had a mix of the following items (unless I knew someone in the family did not like a certain thing or if I wasn't sure they liked it).
Cranberry Orange Mini-Loaf
Dipped Pretzel Chips and Candy Canes
Pumpkin Spice Chex Mix
Mocha Cappuccino Mix
Peanut Butter Dog Treats

Here's a picture of my parents' bag-o-goodies. You can see the little ornament I put on some of them. I wrote the names and the year on the front, and our names on the back. I wanted to do this for everyone but it got a little too expensive for the Holiday coffers!

Peanut Butter Dog Treats

I found this recipe in a local grocery store's weekly flyer. With so many sweet puppies on our holiday list, I thought it would be a fun and easy way to make something just for them. I was right!
The Ingredients

1 cup flour (recipe called for whole wheat but I used all-purpose)
1 cup oats
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup milk
1 Tbsp molasses

In a large bowl, mix together flour oats and baking powder.

In a medium bowl, mix the peanut butter, milk and molasses.

Combine two mixtures.

Roll out dough on a floured surface and cut a bone shape out of the dough.

Place "cookie" on baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes or until browned.

My boys were a lot happier than they look, I promise. Something about the camera makes them look like they are being beaten, but they seemed to like the treats very much!