Just in time for Christmas, four recipes any horse will love.

We picked four tasty horse treat recipes from one of our favorite cookbooks, “The Original Book of Horse Treats,” by June V. Evers.

Be sure to share your own recipes in the comments!

Rolled Carrot Nibbles

• 3 carrots with green tops
• 1/3 cup cracked corn or feed
• 1/4 cup molasses
• Brown sugar

Cut carrots into 3-inch pieces. Cut carrot greens off but don’t throw them away. Set all aside.

Pour molasses onto a plate with a lip. Mix in enough brown sugar, about 1 to 3 tablespoons, to thicken the molasses. Onto another plate, spread feed or cracked corn.

Roll carrots in the molasses mixture until they are completely covered. Then, roll carrots in the feed or cracked corn. Place rolled carrots in feed bucket. Wrap the carrot greens around carrots. If you have extra sauce, dribble over the top of the treat.

Super cleanup suggestion: Make this recipe directly in the feed bucket. Mix the molasses and brown sugar on the right-hand side of the feed bucket; place the grain on the left. Do your mixing and rolling directly in the bucket. It saves on cleanup, and your horse will lick his bucket clean.

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Stuffed Molasses Apples

• 2 apples
• 1 cup bran
• 1 carrot, shredded
• 3/4 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sweet feed
• 2 sprigs of parsley or green carrot top
• 2 seedless green grapes
• Confectioners sugar

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 apples. Press fairly tightly.

To garnish, drip a small amount of molasses over the top so it runs down the sides of the apple. Add a sprig of parsley or carrot greens, top with a green seedless grape, sprinkle with confectioners sugar and serve immediately! Serve in a feed bucket, as this is a gooey treat. Serves two horses.

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Christmas Salad

• 6 apples
• 8 carrots cut in 3-inch pieces
• 2 cups Quaker Oats
• 1-cup sweet feed
• Molasses

Combine all ingredients together and fold in enough molasses to make the oatmeal and grain stick to the fruit. Chill overnight and serve on Christmas morning.

Foxi’s Cheap & Easy Horse Croutons

• Leftover bread
• ¼ cup honey or molasses
• ¼ cup of water
• Granulated sugar

Preheat oven to 450 F. Lightly grease cookie sheet or aluminum foil.

Cut leftover bread (any kind) into cubes, about 1 inch by 1 inch, and put in large bowl. In a separate bowl, mix honey or molasses with water. Sprinkle the diluted honey/molasses mixture on cubes and toss together until well moistened, but not soggy. Spread cubes on cookie sheet and sprinkle with sugar.

Place in oven and turn down to 200 F. Leave in the oven for several hours until toasted, stirring occasionally. Turn off oven and leave cubes in the oven overnight. Ready to feed the next day.

For more great horse treats, order “The Original Book of Horse Treats,” by June V. Evers today!

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No Excuse for Dirty Tack!

“Just because it’s cold doesn’t mean you should put up with dirty tack. Use a crock pot in your tack room to warm up your tack oil before cleaning time. You’ll have nice warm oil to clean and keep your tack protected, and it will absorb more easily than the cold variety.”

From Certified Horsemanship Association instructor and AQHA Professional Horsewoman Julie Goodnight

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