Tasty Tuesday: Chicken & Liver Linzer Cookies for Dogs

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350F.

In a medium bowl, combine ground chicken, oil & egg. Whip together with a fork until well mixed. Stir in baking powder, quinoa and flour, a little at a time. Work flour into the dough until it is stiff and not sticky.

Flour our counter top and roll out dough to about 3/16" thick. Use your linzer cutter (or an basic shape cutter) to cut out an even number of cookies. Cut out the decorative inner shape in half the cookies only. (I used the round cookie cut out and used a straw to add the holes for "paws".)

Place cookies on the lined baking sheets. Place in oven and bake for 10 - 15 minutes.

Crunchy Liver Centers: In a food processor or blender, puree the raw liver. Once cookies are baked, remove from oven and turn down to 150F. Spoon a small amount of liver puree onto each cookie base and top with a decorative cut out cookie.

Return cookies to oven to dry the liver (or pop them into a dehydrator). Bake for 3-6 hours, until liver is crisp all the way through and no moisture remains in the center of the cookies. Centers will look dark and shiny (like in our picture). Store in an airtight container for up to a month.

Soft Liver Centers: Place liver in a pot of boiling water and cook through. Allow liver to cool. In a food processor or blender, puree liver into a thick paste. Spoon a small amount of paste one each cookie, spreading it evenly. Top with a decorative cut out cookie. Centers will look light brown and pastey. (Heck! Feeling lazy? You could even use liver canned food!) Store in an airtight container, in the refrigerator for up to a week or in the freezer up to a month.