This was extremely sticky even when I added water.

I found that this recipe was impossible to roll out. Needless to say, there was a huge mess. How do I solve this? Also, I would like to know how many this recipe should make if you only make the balls. Even through all this, my dog loved them.

Chef's Answer ~ I'm glad to hear your dog loved them, but I'm sorry it didn't go very well.

If you choose to make this recipe again, especially since your dog appreciated your efforts, I have three troubleshooting ideas for you.

1. Try refrigerating your dough for 30 minutes. When dough has a chance to cool it is usually easier to roll out.
2. You will also want to liberally flour the rolling pin and counter where you're rolling the dough. Then, keep dusting with flour if things start sticking.
3. One trick to rolling out dough, that I haven't tried yet, is to place a piece of plastic wrap on your counter, then your dough, then another piece of plastic wrap. Then start to roll out the dough that is now sandwiched between the wrap. If you try this, and it works, please let me know! :)

If you made drop cookies instead of rolling out the dough you should be able to make approximately 3 dozen, 1 1/2" cookies. This number will vary depending on the size of the dog cookie.

I realized after reading your question that I did not have these tips in this recipe. I'll change that so hopefully others won't have the same troubles.

If you still have problems, be sure to let me know! :)