Gingerbread Mailmen (Pet Treats)

Ingredients

• 500 mL (2 cups) rice flour
• 5 mL (1 tsp) baking soda
• 2 mL (1/2 tsp) each cinnamon and ground ginger
• 50 mL (1/4 cup) water
• 50 mL (1/4 cup) canola oil
• 1 egg
• 50 mL (1/4 cup) dark molasses

Directions

Preheat oven to 180° C (350° F). In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger. In a small bowl, stir together water, canola oil, egg and molasses. Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until a soft dough is formed. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to about 5 mm (1/4 inch) thick. Cut into gingerbread men or any other shape using a cookie cutter, glass ring, or knife. Transfer to an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake until firm, for about 15 minutes. Let cookies cool on the cookie sheet, or turn the oven off but leave them inside for several hours to harden as they cool. Store in a tightly sealed container.

Yield:

About 30 cookies.

Source: "In the Dog Kitchen" by Julie Van Rosendaal.