Cat Cookies

I do a lot of cooking and baking, and recently found this great site with hundreds of animal cookie cutters, including several in the shape of cats, including this adorable design to the left.  I thought that since I was treating myself to a batch of cookies that I should whip up some treats for my cat, Jack, too. Most of the cat shaped cookie cutters will make cookies that are too big, so I found a teensy fish shaped one at Copper Gifts (they also have an oh-so-cute mini cat one too). 'GoldFish' Crackers for Your Cat

• 6 ounce can of sardines, drained
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 egg whites, cooked and chopped into small pieces
• 1/4 a cup of cornmeal
• 1/2 a cup of whole wheat flour. (Refined, white flour is just as bad for cats as it is for humans, if not worse, so don't substitute it.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together the tuna, egg white and water. Add the cornmeal and flour and mix thoroughly until it becomes a dough. Knead the dough well before rolling out to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut as many cookies as you can with the mini cutter, or just slice into small pieces (about 1 inch or less). Bake at 350 degrees in a preheated over for 20 minutes. Depending on the size of your cookie cutter, this can make a batch of up to 3 dozen cat cookies.  Store them in an airtight container, or a zip lock back to keep them fresh. Be sure never to leave these crackers where a curious and greedy cat will find them.  Jack can open a pizza box with one paw, so a zip lock bag poses no security problems what so ever.