I decided to buy the Cooking the Three Dog Bakery Way (by Mark Beckloff & Dan Dye) for my mom as she has gone down there & spent over $100 on dog cookies.  All of the food there, is "clean" so humans can eat it too  ~I never tried any of them~  but figured it would be neat to bake dog bones & present the book to my ever loving mother.  her schnauzers mean the world to her.  I saw this in the Reader's Digest.

Mongrel Munchers

1 c. all purpose flour   -  2 c. rolled quick whole oats   - 1/2 c. chopped unsalted peanuts 

1 large ripe banana, mashed  - 1/4 c. applesauce  - 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350*.  Combine first 3 dry ingredients together.  In another bowl combine wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients to wet, stirring together, until dough forms.

Roll dough into walnut sized balls & flatten (shape) in hand or using spoon onto ungreased baking sheet.  Bake 15 minutes or until golden in rolling oven.  Cool on rack before serving.  Will store in air-tight container for a week & freeze up to 2 months, well wrapped.

I didn't have the banana & was too lazy to go buy one or even I thought of baby food bananas - I "created my own recipe" seeing this & one other from the cookbook, based on what I had here at my house (necessity is the mother of invention!) ~ K's Christmas Milk & Honey Doggie Bones ~ I'll let you know how they come out!!! ~  I hope they work!