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Animal Crackers
SUBMITTED BY:
Terri Thompson
PHOTO BY:
CharityAmber
"Make your own animal crackers! Cut these tasty cookies into animal shapes. Made with buttermilk, oats and honey."
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PREP TIME
30 Min
COOK TIME
10 Min
READY IN
42 Min
Original recipe yield 2 dozen
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1/2 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter
2 teaspoons honey
1/4 cup buttermilk
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DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grind oats until fine using a blender or food processor.
In a medium bowl, stir together the blended oats, flour, baking soda and salt. Cut in the butter using a pastry blender or your fingers until the butter lumps are smaller than peas. Stir in the buttermilk and honey to form a stiff dough. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/8 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto cookie sheets.
Bake for 5 to 7 minutes in the preheated oven, until edges are lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
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Reviewed on Mar. 10, 2006 by GREYTGREY
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Mar. 10, 2006
I'd give this 5 stars based on how mine turned out, but since I didn't follow the directions exactly, I'll tell you what I did do: I used Butter Buds instead of butter, so they'd be fat free. I used 3 Tbsp. honey instead of 2 tsp. And I added 1/2 tsp. each vanilla and almond extracts. Then I used 1/4 cup whole wheat flour with the 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour. I ended up with a sticky dough, so added more of each flour. The cookies came out puffy and YUMMY! Just enough sweet to satisfy my daughter, and I thougt they were great! My daughter likes to roll and decorate cookies, but I don't want sweets too often, so these are a great compromise. You could decorate them with colored peanut butter or Nutella. For breakfast, my daughter dunked her name (we have letter cutters) in syrup and icing left over from some Dunkables. We thought these were really fantastic!
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Reviewed on Jun. 24, 2006 by
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happymommyx4
Jun. 24, 2006
I thought they were edible. My children didn't like them. I followed the recipe perfectly. I will not make these again.
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Reviewed on Nov. 5, 2004 by
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RRB21
Nov. 5, 2004
Very easy to make and fun to do with the kids! My 6 year old did all the mixing and rolling while the 2 year old loved to help color and cut the dough. We used playdoh cutters to cut the dough. I also added a teaspoon of vanilla to help with the flavor, and added about 1/4 cup more flour. They still didn't have all that much taste but the girls had fun making them. I also made them thicker. So I had the oven at 350 and cooked for about 8-10 min. otherwise the bottoms were burned and the top wasn't cooked. Thanks for the great recipe!
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Very easy to make and fun to do with the kids! My 6 year old did all the mixing and rolling...
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Reviewed on Jan. 15, 2007 by proudmomofmysons
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proudmomofmysons
Jan. 15, 2007
Very easy to make and tasted great (bland and not too sweet... which is what my family likes)! I followed the recipe exactly except I used 1/2 of butter stated in the recipe and other 1/2 used sweet apple sauce. My son loved it! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
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Very easy to make and tasted great (bland and not too sweet... which is what my family likes)!...
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Reviewed on Oct. 13, 2005 by
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CharityAmber
Oct. 13, 2005
I made them following the exact directions and was pleased with the outcome. They do have a hint of honey flavor- not too terribly bland!
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I made them following the exact directions and was pleased with the outcome. They do have a...
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Reviewed on Mar. 30, 2003 by chey
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chey
Mar. 30, 2003
Although it was easy to make, I ended up throwing out the entire batch of cookies. They were very bland and no one would eat them.
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Although it was easy to make, I ended up throwing out the entire batch of cookies. They were...
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Reviewed on May 27, 2008 by Gloria C.
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Gloria C.
May 27, 2008
I will never make them again. They tasted more like a biscuit and had very little flavor. I had to add some brown sugar and lots of cinnamon and they were more edible after that, but still not all that great. They didn't meet my expectations at all!
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I will never make them again. They tasted more like a biscuit and had very little flavor. I...
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Reviewed on Jun. 4, 2006 by GalantaEire
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GalantaEire
Jun. 4, 2006
not very good. tasted odd,nothing like animal crackers.
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not very good. tasted odd,nothing like animal crackers.
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Reviewed on Oct. 13, 2003 by WIFERABBIT
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WIFERABBIT
Oct. 13, 2003
my 2 year old loves these! i used tiny cookie cutters i found at a dollar store sand toy molds would work out great too :) (also you can add food dye for a extra kick)i made mine a bit thick so they were more cookies than crackers but made no differance to my toddler thank for the recipe :)