A Girl and Her Dogs

Dog Treat Recipes #1: “Peanut Butter & Honey Dog Biscuits” and #2: “Cranberry Pumpkin Dog Treats”

Oh MAN did they love these!!

The Peanut Butter ones were their favorites (and mine, too, as far as the ease of prep and the yummy smell). This is my first time making homemade cookies, so they look a little frumpy. And the mini bone-shaped ones look deformed because Nia decided to run off with the little metal cookie cutter! (And I cut myself in 3 places trying to pry it back into shape - but I digress…)

Here’s the recipes:

Peanut Butter & Honey Biscuits

3/4 cup of flour (wheat or white - I used wheat)

1 egg (or1/4 cup of Eggbeaters)

1 tbs honey (or molasses)

1 tsp of creamy peanut butter

1/4 cup of shortening

1 tsp of baking soda

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

1/4 cup rolled oats (wheat or regular - preferably quick cook)

1/2 tsp vanilla

Heat honey & peanut butter until runny (about 20 seconds in the microwave). Mix all ingredients together and drop by the spoonful onto a lightly greased cookie sheet (or roll with rolling pin between 2 sheets of floured and/or greased wax paper and then cut into cookie shapes) and bake at 350 degrees F for 8 t0 10 minutes. The recipe says it should make 40 - 50 small biscuits, but I had to double it to get that many. But these were their favorites! Also, I added about a 1/4 cup of Reese’s peanut butter chips to the mix and it came out great! I even melted some peanut butter, table cream and honey together and made a coating to spread on top (and then I added sprinkles!) In the photo below, the PB & H ones are the tall skinny bones and the weird squatty bones. They are actually pretty soft, too - so great for puppies and older dogs!

Cranberry Pumpkin Treats

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

1 tbs brown sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/4 cup of dried cranberries (optional - but my dogs LOVE them!)

4 tbs Crisco or shortening

1/2 cup canned pumpkin

1 egg (or 1/4 cup EggBeaters)

1/2 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine flour, cinnamon & nutmeg then cut in shortening (I used a pastry mixing tool). In a separate bowl mix egg, milk, pumpkin and cranberries. Then combine both mixtures and stir well, until soft dough forms. Drop by the spoonful onto lightly greased cookie sheet (or roll with rolling pin between 2 sheets of floured and/or greased wax paper and cut into cookie shapes) and cook for 12 - 15 minutes. For a special touch, brush a mixture of egg and a dab of milk onto each cookie and sprinkle with cinnamon or carob powder to give extra shine and flavor. Makes 2 - 4 dozen cookies (depending on how big you make each cookie). In the pic below, I used a mini bone, heart and paw shaped cookie cutters - they came out cute! And they weren’t too crunchy, either!

Try these and let me know what your dogs think or if you added any other ingredients!

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