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Homemade Dog Treats

These easy 3 ingredient homemade dog treats are made with simple ingredients that your dog or puppy will love. For a gluten free version of this recipe swap out the wheat flour with oat flour.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Canadian
Servings: 80 cookies (1 inch by 1 inch)
Calories: 22kcal
Author: Jacqueline Piper

Ingredients

  • ½ cup mashed sweet potato, plain
  • ½ cup peanut butter, no xylitol
  • 1 ½ - 2 cups all-purpose see notes*

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • Peel, chop, boil until tender and then mash and cool the sweet potato.
  • Mix everything together to make a dough. It should be somewhere in between the softest cookie dough and bread dough - soft but not too sticky (slightly sticky though).
  • Set the dough on a silicone mat or parchment paper cut to the size of your baking sheet. Use minimal flour and a rolling pin to roll the dough out. Roll to about an 1/8 of an inch thick (about 2 quarters stacked together).
  • Carefully press lines into the dough to make 1 inch by 1 inch square cookies. Alternatively use a cookie cutter to press shapes. Remove extra dough around shapes and re-roll it in a second batch of cookies. Repeat until all or most of dough is used.
  • Bake cookies for 12-15 minutes, or until cooked. A longer cooking time results in crispier, crunchier cookies.
  • Let cookies cool completely before feeding. Store at room temperature for about 2-3 days and then move the remaining cookies to a container in the freezer.

Notes

Notes - Use certified oats (blended into flour) or oat flour for a gluten-free version.
Substitutions - Try swapping the sweet potatoes for pumpkin and the whole wheat flour for oat flour.
Storage - Store at room temperature for 3 days and then store in the freezer.
Nutrition - Nutritional information is an estimate only, intended for informational purposes, and not to be used as medical or dietary advice. The estimate is based on a nutrition calculator and every recipe will vary slightly depending on the products you use in your home such as peanut butter and the size of your cookie cutter.  This estimate is per serving for a 1 inch by 1 inch cookie that is rolled at about an 1/8 of an inch thick.
Disclaimer: I feed these cookies to my day every day but they may not be the perfect fit for every dog.  Read the articles I've link to in this post and check with your dog's veterinarian if you have any doubts or concerns before feeding these cookies to your dog.

Nutrition

Calories: 22kcal