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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 large bowl
- 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.
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.
Wondering about how you measure * sorry for typos
I was wondering about for you measure the coconut oil, do you heat it up and use it as a liquid, or as a solid?
These look great–I’m about to try them now!
Just wondering… do you know what breed your dog, Chuck, is? His face, head shape, and ears loos EXACTLY like my dog’s, and I’ve been trying to play detective and figure out what he might be 🙂
We think he’s a canaan dog! But obviously not sure since he’s a rescue. Take a look at ’em:
https://www.google.com/search?q=canaan+dog&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=S3XpVJnIA8jqoAS1pIHoDg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1248&bih=654
I’m way to lazy to roll them out. I drop them like you would oatmeal cookies and they always work just fine. Last batch I made, I added a whole bag of carrots I ran through the food processor and my dogs loved them!
These treats didn’t work for me as the dough was way too wet and no matter how much flour or oats I added it didn’t get anywhere near the consistency that I would be able to roll it out!! Very disappointed and waste of time and money to have even tried them!!!!
Hi Christine, Sorry this recipe gave you trouble. Not sure what happened since many people in the comments have made them with success. Unfortunately since I wasn’t there I can’t tell you what went wrong.
I did use liquid honey, because that’s all I had, could that be why?
I used liquid honey, that should’ve been fine. Hmm…is there anything else you changed?
No 🙁
Do you think I could substitute molasses for honey (which has gotten so expensive)? Thanks!
Hmm…not sure. I’m not even sure if molasses is ok for dogs. Sorry about that!
Molasses is fine for dogs. In fact, honey is bad for dogs in large quantities. I never use more than 1/4 cup or so for a full recipe of treats.
These look so awesome! We are going to make a whole batch of these and sell them at the local Christmas Fair!! I think they will definitely sell!!! 😀
I was wondering if you have tried freezing or vacum sealing them and if so, what would the freezer life be? I am going to make these for xmas gifts for friends, great recipe thank you!
Oh I haven’t tried this, if you do, please report back.
I am doing the same thing. I am going to store them in foodsaver bags. My friends do that at Christmas with regular cookies.
Is this good for hamsters too?
Does anyone know how to make dog treat for dog with urinary crystals, that would be safe.Just spent 1600.00 on surgery for blockage
I started making my own dog treats when my shih tzu got a urinary tract infection. I use a turkey cranberry recipe (all organic ingredients) and a pumpkin peanut butter one as well. I, of course, changed her diet to a urinary care one (she didn’t care for the hills’ Science so my pet store did some investigating and found essentially the same ingredients in a Wellness brand). Really don’t want to go thru that infection again so I’ll do anything to keep her healthy.