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Just for grins, I surfed the web for some exotic horse treats (as if Rosie needed any!). This one sounded so good, I’ve got half a mind to try it myself.

Take a look…


It’s called Stuffed Molasses Apples. Here’s the recipe…

Ingredients:
2 Apples
1 Cup Bran
1 Carrot, Shredded
3/4 Cups Molasses
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup Sweet Feed
2 Sprigs of Parsley or Green Carrot Top (We substituted with Alfalfa Blooms)
2 Seedless Green Grapes
Confectionery Sugar

Instructions:
Core two apples and dig out as much of the center as you can, as you would a pumpkin at Halloween. Set this aside.

Mix shredded carrot with bran, molasses, brown sugar and sweet feed in a large bowl. Add more molasses or bran to give mixture a stiff consistency. Scoop mixture out of the bowl and press into cored applies. Press fairly tightly.

To garnish: Drip a small amount of molasses over the top so it runs down sides of the apple. Add a sprig of parsley or carrot greens, top with a green seedless grape, sprinkle with confectionery sugar and serve immediately!

Serve in a feed bucket as this is a gooey treat. Serves two horses.

Or serve: After you’ve cored apple, slice in hald and press ingredients into each half, garnish as in the whole apple recipe and serve four horses.
Horse Bliss, the blog I found this idea one, offers a terrific suggestion: hide worming medication or other veterinarian prescribed medicines.

The Recipe is from “The Original Book of Horse Treats” by June V. Evers.

With the possible exception of confectioner’s sugar and brown sugar, this tasty treat isn’t really all that un-healthy. Between the carrot, parsley, grapes, and especially the bran, this would provide your horse decent horse nutrition and roughage.

If you really wanted to be healthy you’d leave out the sugar. Awwwe, nevermind. Leave the sugar in! Especially if your horse has been good lately!

Yours For Better Horse Care,

Sierra Lynch

Tags: Horse Supplements

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