Do you have a dog? If you do, have you ever made homemade treats for your dog? I thought it would be very hard to make dog treats but if you have peanut butter and a few ingredients, it's so easy to make these peanut butter doggie treats!
Have you met my Rosey? She's a feisty, protective, loyal, my, my daughter Em's best friend. Sadly, she passed away of an old age but when she was alive, she had very sensitive stomach. We were very careful with what we fed her since we knew all about what to feed her NOT to feed her but still, not all dog treats agreed with her.
So we used to make these Peanut Butter Nuggets and she loved them and didn't throw up! I substituted peanut butter with soy butter once and she was ok with them too. I made sure to give her only about 3-4 pieces a day since she only weighed about 13 lbs. I purposely made them small bite sizes but you can make them into any size or shapes you'd like, depending on the size of your furry kids.
We used an old olive oil bottle cap to stamp out the circles. Then, pinched the edges in to make little flower shapes. We even made heart shaped ones out of measuring spoon set we had. And we baked even the leftover bits and pieces.
Then, bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. And voila!
Warning: Uncontrollable panting, excessive whimpering, barking, begging, and targeted attack on the holder of the treats by your furry kid is a normal sign. Proceed with caution when giving treats and as always, watch for signs of "overindulgence" in the post-gastronomic product.
In other words, don't blame me if you have to clean up mushy poop after giving into your pooch's uncontrollable desire to finish a whole bowl of these treats.
Homemade Peanut Butter Doggie Treats Recipe
Peanut Butter Doggie Treats
Ingredients
- 1 C. Flour
- ½ C Flax Seeds rich in Omega-3
- ½ C Oats Fiber
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ C Peanut Butter or Soy Butter actual nuts are not good for dogs but butters are. good.
- ½ C Milk
- 2 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Large Egg and the shell ground up shells are rich in calcium
Instructions
- Beat the egg in a large bowl and set aside. Reserve the egg shells.
- Add Flax Seeds, Oats, and the egg shells into a blender and pulse well until all are incorporated and blended. The mixture will get a little moist since flax seeds will release oil. Scrape down the side and make sure oats are grounded and blended in well.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the large bowl with the egg and mix together well with a wooden spoon.
- Turn on the oven to 350°F
- Once all the ingredients are well mixed in, knead the dough on a cutting board until all the dried ingredients are well mixed in.
- Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and stamp out the desired shapes on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until the treats turn brown and become hard.
- Store treats in a glass container with a tight lid should last about a month or so. Give 2 treats per 10 lb dogs per day. As per all treats, watch your pup for choking. Also watch her/his bowel movement and always have a plenty of water in the water bowl when giving treats.
Angie says
Love this recipe, thank you! I'm going to try it with a non-wheat flour, as my dog is sensitive to wheat, and maybe even coconut oil. Your idea to use an olive oil bottle cap was very creative, and those treats (and your pooch) are so cute!!
ecokaren says
Thanks Angie!
Any flour would do fine. I think Rice flour might get too hard but that's OK for dogs - maybe even better, actually for plaque. Oat flour would work too.
Good Luck!
Good Girl Gone Green says
If I was a dog I would probably eat that! Are nuts too hard from them to digest?
ecokaren says
I tasted this treat, actually, and it was like cardboard dipped in peanut butter. Not bad for dogs and diabetics, if you ask me. 🙂 But yes, nuts are generally too hard for them to digest so they don't recommend giving nuts to dogs.