Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats
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The easiest homemade dog treats ever – simply mix, roll and cut. Easy peasy, and so much healthier than store-bought!
I know. Dog treats on Damn Delicious? I never thought I’d see the day. But with this face, I just couldn’t resist.
No, but really, I’ve been spending a lot of time and money shopping for good-quality dog treats for Butters here, but then I thought, why not just make them at home?
Nothing beats the homemade version and I know exactly what’s going into his food instead of all those suspicious by-products.
Best of all, these homemade treats are incredibly easy with ingredients you already have on hand – peanut butter, some leftover pumpkin puree from the holidays, eggs and whole wheat flour.
And bone-shaped cookie cutters are just so much fun to work with. I used these and made several different sizes, although I certainly favored the smallest ones. They are just too cute.
But you can really use any kind of cookie cutter you want – hearts, stars, dog houses, paws, etc. It’s up to you! Just be sure to adjust baking time as needed – the longer they bake, the crunchier they are so it’s really up to your pups’ preferences.
And believe me when I tell you that your pup is going to LOVE these so much!
Please consult with your pet’s veterinarian regarding possible allergies your dog may have.
Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup peanut butter*
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ½ cups whole wheat flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat; set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat pumpkin puree, peanut butter and eggs on medium-high until well combined, about 1-2 minutes.
- Gradually add 2 1/2 cups flour at low speed, beating just until incorporated. Add an additional 1/4 cup flour at a time just until the dough is no longer sticky.
- Working on a lightly floured surface, knead the dough 3-4 times until it comes together. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut out desired shapes and place onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Place into oven and bake until the edges are golden brown, about 20-25 minutes.*
- Let cool completely.
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Super easy! Makes a ton! Had extra dough to freeze. My half lab half jack Russell loves them. I would like to have some meat in them though. Totally great to freeze.
These were fun and very easy to make. Thanks for the recipe and video. My two black labs loved them, but I must admit labradors are not the most discerning of canine groups! Ha! I’ve been working on low salt treats for one of them and this really helped. Any ideas about storage? Do folks freeze them? Can I just keep them in a cookie container? How long do they last?
Thanks again!
You can totally freeze the dough. Not so sure about the treats themselves though. Storing them in an airtight container works well.
These were amazing!! My Pomeranian loves them so much and when he finished his treats he was begging for more! They are the perfect texture for my pup! They also have the perfect amount of the ingredients! I 100% recommend theses dog treats for your puppy! My puppy can get enough of them!
What else do you do when you have been in quarantine for a month? Make your grand puppy dog treats. Followed directions, but only used 2 cups of white whole wheat flour. Pita loved them!
My dogs absolutely loved the treats. One of my dogs is gluten-free so I used half almond flour and half gluten-free flour and then I used almond butter instead of peanut butter. You can really mix up what you use depending on allergies your dog may have or just preferences. my other dog that doesn’t have any allergies to love to the recipe just as much as my other dog did.
Almonds are difficult for dogs to digest and not recommended.
Had to use a lot more flour than it said, My dog love’s them so much.
No whole wheat flour or wheat germ…can I just use white flour???
Got a little bored during quarantine so I decided to make these for my shih tzu pup. He’s obsessed. When he gets one he’ll beg for more and will wait until you give it to him! I’m sharing this recipe with all my friends and cannot wait to make him more of them. I don’t even think I used a cup of flour, I found 3 cups to be way too much, but they came together so well!
Got a little bored during quarantine so I decided to make these for my shih tzu pup. He’s obsessed. When he gets one he’ll beg for more and will wait until you give it to him! I’m sharing this recipe with all my friends and cannot wait to make him more of them.
Hi, these are awesome how do you store them and how long do they keep?
Treats came out great! I used larger cookie cutters in the shape of a star and it cooked just as well! If you do not have whole wheat flour you can use 3/4 cups of regular flour with 1/4 cup of wheat germ! My dog loved them.
Not impressed. Followed directions and the mix is so dry and crumbly you can’t work with it, you can’t knead it or roll it out. Threw the whole damn thing in the garbage. Waste of time and ingredients!!!
Damn Gail… Maybe a little perspective? #1 it´s pretty cheap ingredients #2 the world is facing a pandemic and you´re complaining about dog treats? At least you´re not in the hospital? At least you appear to have the time and money to be baking while other´s are fighting to save lives or their own lives? Sooo let´s calm down, yea?
A little on the harsh side. Not cool!
Yea Gail I agree with Mary. Also is it possible that maybe you cant follow directions properly. Where it calls for 2.25-3 Cups four, did you happen to just throw all three cups in at once, or did you add it in stages and visually inspect the dough. This is a very straight forward recipe that works great. So calm down and try to act a little more positive.
I stopped at 2 cups of flour as the dough felt perfect, but I used high-gluten pizza flour as it’s all I have. I don’t know if that made a difference. If you’re working with cookies or something similar and the dough is dry, add a little water. It’s something I learned last Christmas when I was making sugar cookies.
So the mix was dry and you didn’t try to add more peanut butter or pumpkin to save your batter before creating unnecessary waste? Wow, must be nice to have a life good enough to where a dog treat recipe set you off.
I thought these worked great. If you can’t say something nice, maybe just keep quiet. This time more than ever we should try to be kind to each other.
Gail you must not have a clue of what you’re doing in the kitchen because I made these cookies exactly as directed and then mix was not dry or crumbly so I think you need to stay out of the kitchen
Just made them for my French bulldog 🙂 hope she will like it!
Super easy to make and they smell delicious!
Thank you for lovely idea to keep my dog healthy and happy.
maybe you didnt use enough of something – i had 1/3 pumpkin one time n just reduced the amount of flour when i realized my mistake. this dough is amazing and i often end up using too much peanut butter and having to add flour. my dobie Rex luvs them!!! evey batch that comes out the over he has to come inspect… and get a taste lol. dough is so silky and soft!!!
When I made these following the recipe, I had the same result. The dough was really dry and crumbly, and I had too much flour, even though I only had 2 cups of flour in. You know what I did? I added two spoons of pumpkin and a spoon of peanut butter before adding the last 1/2 cup of flour, and it came out fantastic. Dough wasn’t sticky, and the treats baked beautifully. Whether or not you give this another try, don’t just dump the ingredients and call it quits. Try to make a solution on your own first! The nice thing about these treats is that the ingredients are very simple. Any mistakes made in the recipe are easy to fix!
With my little fix, they came out perfect and my dog loves them. Would absolutely make these again.
If I don’t have pumpkin at home, could I replace that with bananas instead? How many would you recommend?
Since it’s a puree, I would recommend mashing bananas into a mushy consistency and using the same amount once it’s measured out. But be careful doing bananas with animals, it can upset their stomachs.
My dogs loved this recipe. They go crazy for it. I make two different sizes because one of my dogs is pretty big and the other is fairly small.
Super easy and fast. I ended up only using 2 1/4 cup flour.
These treats are awesome! They’re so easy to make with very easy to afford ingredients that your dogs will love! I made mine very small in order to get the most bang for my buck and double the recipe to get as many as I could. It was totally worth it! Thank you!
Dogs love them!
My dog friends love these Cookies and I have more Dog friends because of the cookies. I always have extra Pumpkin so I decided to add extra pumpkin to the recipe and the cookies are chewy and MUCH easier to roll out!
My dog loved these treats! Everytime I go to the fridge door he will whine softly then I will grab the jar and he will start shaking. Once I pull a treat out he will start barking and running in circles. For the most part these treats are easy to make but they are very dry and it is hard to get the flour into the rest of the dough. I usually cut short on the flour. Other than that these are simple, fun, and very loveable. I am going on my 3rd time baking them today.
Currently have a batch in the oven. I added banana to the mix as I do not have any pumpkin. My two dogs were circling the counter like sharks. I think they’ll like them! 🙂
Out of three dogs one I’d highly allergic to eggs..what can I do to replace them…
Use 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce for every egg.
Works for baking whether for humans or our furry
loved ones 🙂