Homemade treats are an easy, delicious and cost-effective way to show your pet how much you care. By using simple ingredients and dog safe cookie cutters, these treats come together quickly.
Make these delicious treats your dog will wag his tail for more with just three pantry ingredients! He or she will thank you when he or she sees your smiling face.
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Ingredients
Make homemade pet treats easily with just a few wholesome ingredients for an economical alternative to store-bought snacks from the pet food aisle! Plus, these treats can even be great treats for pups with sensitive teeth!
These peanut butter cookies can be kept at room temperature for a week or in the fridge for several months – they make a fantastic treat for birthdays, holidays or just because! Perfect as gifts!
Begin by mixing together oat flour, pumpkin puree and peanut butter until a thick dough forms. Oat flour helps make these treats soft and chewy while peanut butter adds great flavor! For best results use natural peanut butter with no added sugars or artificial sweeteners such as xylitol (which can be toxic for dogs). Oat flour can either be purchased online or ground into flour using your blender – either way can work great!
Preparation
These dog treats require just a few simple pantry ingredients and less than 30 minutes of preparation time for delicious peanut butter dog treats!
First, mix together flour (I prefer whole wheat but all-purpose is fine), oats and an egg. Oat flour can be made by grinding regular quick or rolled oats in your blender or food processor until they become powder – similar to how quinoa flour is created.
Now combine peanut butter with pumpkin or sweet potato puree. Make sure that it is natural peanut butter without added sugars or xylitol (xylitol is toxic to dogs, leading to low blood sugar and other serious medical problems.).
Stir water into the mixture until a smooth, thick batter has formed. Once all ingredients have been well mixed, form small balls out of it and place on an unprepared cookie sheet for baking for 15 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Allow treats to cool before giving them to your furry companion!
Baking
These homemade dog treats are super simple to make in less than 20 minutes from start to finish, using ingredients available from your pantry and more cost-effective than store-bought bags of bones.
Your ingredients for making dog biscuits include all-purpose flour, oat flour (or another gluten-free alternative), mashed banana and natural peanut butter that doesn’t contain added sugar or artificial sweeteners such as xylitol – these substances can be harmful to dogs’ health.
Add the ingredients to a food processor and pulse until well mixed. If the dough feels sticky or dry, add more oat flour as necessary. On a clean work surface, roll out to about 1/4-inch thickness using a rolling pin before using bone-shaped cookie cutters or another creative shape to cut out treats from it.
Place the treats on a lined baking sheet and bake in the oven for 30 minutes, removing them once done and cooling before feeding to your furry companion! They should remain at room temperature for around a week; alternatively you can refrigerate or freeze them to extend storage life even further.
Storage
The shelf life of homemade dog treats depends on a number of variables, including recipe, ingredients and environment. Homemade treats typically keep for 1-2 weeks at room temperature depending on their recipe; those containing butter or other fats may spoil faster and should be refrigerated for the best results.
Peanut butter dog treats can be stored for several weeks at room temperature or two weeks in the fridge if stored properly in an airtight container, or they can even be frozen for long-term storage.
Rubbermaid Brilliance containers are BPA free, dishwasher safe, fridge and freezer safe stackable storage solutions that would work perfectly well as freezer containers. However, other suitable freezer-safe containers will work just as well.
Keep in mind that while treats may be good for dogs, they should only make up 10 percent of your dog’s diet. Otherwise, overfeeding could result in overweightness.
