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Bake these Homemade Dog Treats for your doggie best friend. These dog treats are filled with peanut butter, chicken broth, honey and oats. If you’re looking for a grain-free option, make these Grain-Free Pumpkin Dog Treats.
Remember when I posted my sweet “Meet Amelia“. She’s now a grown up dog that is feisty, full of attitude but SO sweet. She deserves a dog treat. I’ve made her everything from a Grain-Free Dog Cake, a regular Dog Birthday Cake and of course, these Homemade Dog Treats.
Ingredients You’ll Need for Homemade Dog Treats
- Peanut Butter. Is there anything else dogs love more? Definitely not.
- All-purpose flour. I use a mix of all-purpose flour and whole wheat. You can use all AP flour or all whole wheat. Both will work.
- Oats. This adds some good texture. And I love oatmeal in cookies (see my: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies) so I figured she’d love them too.
- Honey. This adds some good flavor to these dog treats.
- Chicken stock. You can use a homemade chicken stock or store-bought broth or stock.
For the rest of the ingredients, please see the recipe index card below!
How to Make Homemade Dog Treats
- Mix together the peanut butter, honey, oil and chicken broth. We want this to be smooth and cohesive.
- Pour in the flours. Add in the flours and oats. Mix it until it comes to be a dough.
- Flour your work surface. Add the dough to the counter and roll it out until it reaches a 1/4-inch thick.
- Stamp out the cookies. And then transfer them to your prepared baking sheet.
- Re-roll the scraps. And stamp out more cookies.
- Bake the cookies. Let them cool on a cooling rack.
Recipe Tip
- Peanut Butter. Feel free to add a creamy almond butter instead of peanut butter.
- How to Freeze Cookie Dough. Freeze this cookie dough by placing the baking sheet in the freezer for 30 minutes. At the 30 minute-mark, transfer the cookies to a freezer-safe bag and keep in the freezer for up to 6 months. Bake them from frozen.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can use a gluten-free all-purpose flour. If you want to make a grain-free option, check out my Grain-Free Pumpkin Dog Treats.
They should last up to two weeks when stored in an airtight container.
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Homemade Dog Treats
Equipment
- 1 spatula or wooden spoon
- 1 bone-shaped cookie cutter or another shape you like
- 2 Baking Sheets
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment and set them aside. In a large bowl, whisk together peanut butter, honey, oil and chicken broth until smooth. Pour in the flours and oatmeal. Mix until combined.
- Add some flour to your work surface. Turn the dough out onto the work surface and roll the dough until it's about 1/4-inch thick.
- Using a small bone cookie cutter (or any other shape you have), stamp out the cookies. My cookie cutter was a 5-inch bone-shaped cookie cutter. If you have a small dog, feel free to use a 2"-inch bone-shapped cookie cutter. Use a small bone
- Stamp out as many cookies as your cutter allows and transfer to the cookies to the prepared baking sheet.
- Roll up the leftover scraps and re-roll it. Cut out as many as possible. Bake the cookies for 14-16 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack. Store them in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
Notes
- Peanut Butter. Feel free to add a creamy almond butter instead of peanut butter.
- How to Freeze Cookie Dough. Freeze this cookie dough by placing the baking sheet in the freezer for 30 minutes. At the 30 minute-mark, transfer the cookies to a freezer-safe bag and keep in the freezer for up to 6 months. Bake them from frozen. Â
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
*This post was originally posted on April 29th, 2010. This post and recipe has since been updated with new photos.
Thanks for the recipe. They turned out great. The dogs loved them!
amazing to hear!
Easy, and our Samson loves them!
I made these for my pup and she loved ’em!
Can I not use Honey for this recipe or should I use a substitute?
that should be ok! dogs can have honey 🙂
DO NOT use almond butter. Most nuts cause intestinal distress in dogs. Peanuts are not nuts and are ok for dogs.
Don’t use Honey. It’s extremely toxic to dogs and to much could lead to death. Please be careful and take care
That is not true. It is not toxic and a small quantity is totally fine. As confirmed by my vet (and any reputable online source).
how should these be stored after baking and what is the shelf life?
everything I ate it
Can I use apple sauce instead of honey.
Love this recipe but just wanted to give a heads up regarding the substitution note. Dogs can not have almond butter.
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