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A few weeks ago I was in the passenger seat, staring at Amelia’s reflection in the side mirror. Half of her body was hanging out of the window, tongue wagging in the wind and she was so content and so so silly looking. I was jealous. I turned around and roughly pet her on her head and told her she was cute and that her ears were so big that she should be embarrassed.
In that moment I decided to see what all the fuss was about and rolled down my window, took my seatbelt off and stuck my head out the window. And you guyssss….it felt amazing. The cool autumn-ish wind was delicious. I turned my head behind me to see Amelia looking at me with a bit of confusion but I think deep down she was like, I told you so.
I feel a little at one with my demon-corgi-pile-of-cuteness so I decided to whip her up some treats with some extra pumpkin I had in the fridge. If you’re at all baking or cooking with pumpkin, you’ll notice that most recipes don’t call for a whole can, which leaves you with a good amount of pumpkin that has no purpose. This recipe is perfect for that!
Like the other dog treats I made, these grain-free. I’m really in to using garbanzo flour because it’s cheap and high in protein but you could use other flours like quinoa, amaranth or potato flour.
I decided to get all October-ish and get a pumpkin cookie cutter and the dauschund is as close to a corgi I could get.
These cookies are one bowl kinda dough thing. They’re super sticky, so be sure to flour everything very liberally. But other than that these things couldn’t be easier. Get on it! Fido will thank you!
Have you ever met a real dog in real life named Fido?! Nobody actually names their dog Fido. I’m convinced.
Also, everyone knows that human names are kind of the best for dogs. I can’t think of anything funnier than a dopey Great Dane named Bob.
Amelia isn’t all that photogenic when she’s eating. She would KILL me if she knew I put this photo of her on the internet.
This one’s much better. Much more flattering.
Grain-Free Pumpkin Dog Treats
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups garbanzo flour
- 2 1/2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup canned pumpkin puree
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. In a medium bowl, add the garbanzo flour, peanut butter, eggs and pumpkin puree. Mix until completely combined.
- The dough will be sticky, so flouring everything is important: the wax paper, rolling pin, cookie cutter and your hands. Transfer the dough to the floured piece of wax paper and roll the dough to a 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out the cookies using a cookie-cutter of choice. Re-roll the scraps and cut out more cookies. (I used the pumpkin and dauschund cookie cutter and ended up with about 16 cookies.)
- Transfer the cookies to a parchment-lined baking sheet. These cookies won't spread so you can place them close together without worrying. NOTE: If you don't want to roll out the dough, you can always scoop a teaspoon of dough onto a baking sheet, flattening the cookie a bit and baking it from there.
- Bake the cookies for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Allow the cookies to come to room temperature on a cooling rack. Cookies will be good for up to 2 weeks in an airtight container.
I have a corgi named Eddie who is three and adopting a baby corgi next week who will be Jake! I’m going to make homade treats all weekend so the smell of food distracts them. Thanks for the recipe!
WHAA!! That’s amazing. Last year I got Amelia as an Xmas gift and it was mind-blowing. Enjoy Jake – they’re such a handful when they’re little baby pups but their smell is so amazing. Is that weird? I love how puppies smell. Hope they like these!
Hi there, can you freeze the dough, or the cookies, I am thinking about Xmas, and I always run short of time for everything. Love the simplicity of ingredients, less is more.
Yes, I’d recommend making the dough, cutting them out and then flash freezing them on a sheet of floured parchment paper in the freezer for 30 minutes. When they’re firm, I’d transfer them to a freezer-safe plastic bag and then bake ’em up, adding a few more minutes onto the recommended bake time.
this may be a silly question but can the treats be frozen? I’m thinking we don’t give many treats and I wouldn’t want them to go to waste.
Love the recipes! My two babies love cookies and I love that they are inexpensive to make!
Love this recipe cause its simple and super fast to make! Thsks you!!! Great idea to use garbanzo flour ..didnt have any on hand but will try that next time. To substitute I pulsed 1 1/2 cups oats, and used 1 cup rice flour. I also just rolled the dough into a long snake flattened slightly with my fingers and cut to fit in Nixies dog toys. We’d rather be out for a walk in the woods than in the kitchen using cookie cutters! 😉
Where do you get garbanzo or chickpea flour or how do you make it?
I bought mine from Whole Foods. I also include a hyperlink in the post above (highlighted in orange) to Amazon where it’s up for purchase.
thank you, and I was just there yesterday. will look next time I go.
Hahaha I was giggling throughout this entire post (especially at the first photo of Amelia, totally lost it). Love it. I sadly don’t own a dog, but so glad I read this — maybe this can come in handy for a gift idea for my friends who do. Thanks so much for this post!
LOL @ the Amelia-while-eating picture! And your caption, hahahahahaha. Our dog Wallace has a human name, I love it on him. He is a mini dachshund and he also has really short legs that make it difficult to hold a treat and chew on it at the same time. He would love these!! You’re such a good dog-mom.
Corgis are the best right! Our friends have a Corgi-Pit mix, he is so sweet — he will jump into your lap like a ninja to be snuggled, very gently even though he is quite large. He has a gigantic, heavy head and stubby legs, a swishy tail and soft ears. What a great and friendly pet he is!
I met a horse once who was named Dusty Ed! I loved that name! My dogs just have the crazy names I think are hilarious but wouldn’t name my children…Cinnominni and Barkevious. Although Barkevious IS actually a real man’s name. He plays on some random pro football team that I can’t remember. Poor kid.
ummm hilarious! I think Amelia wouldn’t be too pleased at all but that one eye shut makes me laugh. Lucky pup to have you as a mama.
Haha…there are like fifteen more super unflattering photos of her. It’s hilarious how unattractive she is when she eats. 🙂