Making homemade dog treats is surprisingly simple, a task similar to designing cut-out cookies. While wheat flour is a typical ingredient in most biscuit recipes, some dogs have digestive issues or even allergies to wheat, so exchange brown or white rice flour to give your dog a delicious snack.
Peanut Butter Pumpkin Dog Biscuits
Step 1
Spray a cookie sheet with baking spray and set it aside; preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2
Place the peanut butter in the bowl. Add the pumpkin puree, mashed sweet potato or applesauce. Stir in the milk and the rice flour. Combine the ingredients with a wooden spoon until they are thoroughly mixed into a dough.
Step 3
Sprinkle rice flour onto the cutting board or counter top. Place the dough on the flour and knead it for a minute. Roll and pat it into a ball.
Step 4
Roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness with a rolling pin. Use a cookie cutter to make the biscuit shape of your choice. Place the cut-out biscuits onto the cookie sheet.
Step 5
Place the cookie tray into the oven and bake the treats for 10 to 15 minutes. The edges will turn brown, and the surface will crack slightly.
Step 6
Remove the tray from the oven. Allow the biscuits to cool on the tray for a few minutes before removing them to a wire rack with a spatula.
White Cream Cheese Icing
Step 1
Put the softened cream cheese, oil and honey into a mixing bowl and stir until they are thoroughly mixed.
Step 2
Use a knife to spread the doggie "icing" onto your cut-out biscuit treats; set them back on the wire racks to air-dry. The icing will become firm.
Step 3
Store the extra biscuits in an airtight container in your pantry. Refrigerate or freeze the biscuits to keep them fresh for a longer period of time.
Warnings
Some dogs are allergic to rice and rice flour.
Tips
Make rice flour at home by grinding white or brown rice in a coffee grinder.
Items You Will Need
- Cookie sheet
- Baking spray
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter, chunky or creamy
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree, mashed sweet potato or applesauce
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups rice flour, brown or white
- Large bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Wire rack
- Spatula
- 4 ounces low fat cream cheese (1/2 of a bar), softened
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
- Bowl
- Metal spoon
- Knife
- Storage container
Resources
Tips
- Make rice flour at home by grinding white or brown rice in a coffee grinder.
Warnings
- Some dogs are allergic to rice and rice flour.
Writer Bio
Lori Lapierre holds a Bachelor of Arts and Science in public relations/communications. For 17 years, she worked for a Fortune 500 company before purchasing a business and starting a family. She is a regular freelancer for "Living Light News," an award-winning national publication. Her past writing experience includes school news reporting, church drama, in-house business articles and a self-published mystery, "Duty Free Murder."