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Homemade Dog Treats Recipe – Peanut Butter Dog Treats (How-to Video)

Homemade Dog Treats are the best way to show your pet that you love them like family! These Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats are an easy dog biscuit recipe that your fur baby would request every week if they could. If you’ve wondered How To Make Dog Treats, it’s much easier than you think. Your dog deserves these homemade treats and will be so excited! 

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Homemade Dog Treats

Your dog deserves Homemade Dog Treats! And they’re going to absolutely love these fun Peanut Butter Dog Treats.

Homemade Dog Treats are so simple and easy! I’ve been doing the blog for over a year now and Scout has been by my side for every recipe.

She gets to sample some, but for the most part, she only gets to enjoy the smells. But she always stays close, smiles for the camera, and cuddles with me while I write the posts.

She’s such a good girl, so I thought it was about time I made something just for her. I finally learned how to make dog treats!

And let me tell you, this dog biscuit recipe was a big hit. These Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats are a hit each and every time she smells them baking!

Show your pup how much you love them by baking up some fresh homemade dog treats!

This Homemade Dog Treats Recipe is so easy to make, and your pup will absolutely love them. Show some love with these tasty Peanut Butter Dog Treats!

Peanut Butter Dog Treats Recipe

These Homemade Dog Treats bake up just like Scout likes them, crunchy and delicious!

Remember, we are making these dog biscuits for dogs, not humans. But the best part?? They smell good! The smell of peanut butter is so much better than the scent of milk bones! I don’t have to gag or make her eat these on the porch.

These dog biscuits are people-safe just in case your baby finds one and eats it (No? Just mine??). These homemade dog treats are cheap, easy, and your dog will love you even more once you’ve made them! 🙂

How to Make Dog Treats at Home

I made these Homemade Dog Treats with peanut butter, but you could substitute other pet-friendly flavors. Sweet potato or pumpkin would make great substitutions!

The dough for these dog biscuits is very firm and sticky, but don’t let that scare you! You’re making it right! I rolled my dough to about half an inch thick before cutting out the shapes, and they turned out great.

The dough only rises slightly, so you can cut out almost any shape and it will hold.

Customized Dog Cookie Cutter

I chose some small Christmas shapes as well as my adorable “Scout” cookie cutter from Etsy. You can find it here. Scout was so excited to eat her homemade peanut butter dog treats!

The same company on Etsy makes customized Dog Cookie Cutters with all sorts of breeds. You know you need one. 

Having a cute cookie cutter for your homemade dog treats is fun but not necessary. You can always just make traditional “cookies” with any cutter you have at home or even the bottom of a cup to make round cookies.

Gift Idea: Homemade Dog Biscuits

These homemade dog treats make a great (and cheap and easy) gift for your favorite dog lover.

If Christmas is coming up or any need for a homemade gift, this Dog Biscuit Recipe is such a thoughtful and easy way to show love to those around you. Loving on someone’s pet is always the way to their heart. Pet’s are like children! They’re one of the family.

Wrap them in a cute ribbon or store them in an adorable (cheap) jar from Hobby Lobby. You’ll be the star for sure.

There has been some discussion on whether or not peanut butter is safe for dogs. I always do research before even thinking about feeding Scout something that could be toxic…she’s my girl!!

Peanut butter is actually a healthy food for dogs, containing vitamins and healthy fats. As always, moderation is key. Dogs can be allergic to things just like people.

If you feel uncomfortable using peanut butter, other great alternatives would be pumpkin or sweet potato. Let me know if you have questions!

Yes, you can. Just like the answer about peanut butter above, some dogs can be allergic to things like gluten found in regular flour.

Whole wheat flour can have some more nutrients which is always great, or you can use an alternative flour like coconut flour.

I always recommend letting your dog sample a small amount before giving them lots of treats, because dogs can be allergic to anything, just like people!

It’s best to seal these Dog Treats in an airtight container and store in the fridge. They will stay good in the fridge for up to 2 months, or you can freeze them for up to 8 months!

This homemade dog treats recipe is awesome to make in bulk and reward your pup for great behavior or for just being themselves from time to time. They do a lot for us and they deserve it!

Tips!

• Some dogs are allergic to flour/wheat. If you want to make these wheat free, you can use rice flour of coconut flour as a replacement. These alternate flours will work, but might change the consistency a bit. Thanks so much to the readers who wrote it about this!
• I have heard that some peanut butter brands are including xylitol to cut the sugar in their peanut butter. Do not use any peanut butter containing xylitol as it is toxic to dogs. Just check for natural peanut butter and check the ingredients. Muah!

Homemade Dog Treats Your Dog Will Love

I am quite aware that I’ve included too many pictures but how can I not when Scout was being such a good model. And how she was practicing this amount of self-control is beyond me.

She was richly rewarded in lots of Peanut Butter Dog Treats and lucky for her, I will be making these again and again and again.

Scout looks like she approves of herself in cookie form, don’t you agree? She’s pretty darn cute if I do say so myself. The best dog ever deserves the Best Homemade Dog Treats ever.

Scout loves Peanut Butter Dog Treats more than she loves me…I’m pretty sure.

I hope your fur baby loves these homemade dog treats as much as Scout does! 

Watch the video for details! Find a Customized Cookie Cutter for your dog’s breed and see below for how to make Peanut Butter Dog Treats!

Be sure to check out our other favorite pet treat recipes:

• Puppy Ice Cream
• Apple and Oat Pretzel Dog Treats
• Salmon Cat Treats
• Cheese Dog Treats

If you make this recipe be sure to upload a photo in the comment section below or leave a rating. Enjoy! You can also jump to recipe.

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Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats Recipe

4.54 from 2049 votes

Author: Becky Hardin

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 30 minutes

Total: 45 minutes

Serves24 treats

Homemade Dog Treats are the best way to show your pet that you love them like family! These Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats are an easy dog biscuit recipe that your fur baby would request every week if they could.

For the Dog Treats

• ▢ 2½ cups whole wheat flour 300 grams (see note)
• ▢ 1 large egg 50 grams
• ▢ 1 cup peanut butter 270 grams (see note)
• ▢ 1 cup water 227 grams
• ▢ 2 tablespoons honey 43 grams (see note)

For the Frosting

• ▢ 2 tablespoons peanut butter 34 grams
• ▢ 1 tablespoon honey 21 grams
• ▢ ⅓ cup cornstarch 37 grams (can also use potato starch or arrowroot powder)
• ▢ 3-4 tablespoons hot water 43-57 grams

• Kitchen Scale (optional)

• Baking Sheet

• Rolling Pin

• Piping Tip Set

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

• In a large bowl, combine flour and the egg. Add the peanut butter, water, and honey, and stir until you have a stiff dough. The dough becomes very firm and sticky. You may need to use your hands, or the paddle attachment on your mixer.

  2½ cups whole wheat flour, 1 large egg, 1 cup peanut butter, 1 cup water, 2 tablespoons honey

• On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough about ½-inch thick and use a cookie cutter to make fun shapes. The treats barely spread and rise, so get creative with your shapes.

• Bake for 18-20 minutes, until golden. Once done, set aside to cool. (If you have smaller cookies, use less time, otherwise the bottom might burn.)

• To make the frosting, combine the peanut butter and honey in a microwavable bowl, and heat in the microwave in 15 second increments, stirring in between, until melted.

  2 tablespoons peanut butter, 1 tablespoon honey

• Add the melted peanut butter mixture to the cornstarch and stir until just combined.

  ⅓ cup cornstarch

• Slowly add in the water 1 tablespoon at a time until you have reached the consistency that you would like. For a thinner frosting, add more water.

  3-4 tablespoons hot water

• Add the frosting to a piping bag and pipe designs on top of each dog treat.

• Frost the treats with the peanut butter/honey mixture for an even more tempting cookie.

Last step! Don’t forget to show me a pic of what you made! Upload an image or tag me @thecookierookie on Instagram!

• Flour: Some dogs are allergic to flour/wheat. If you want to make these wheat free, you can use rice flour of coconut flour as a replacement. These alternate flours will work, but might change the consistency a bit. Thanks so much to the readers who wrote it about this!
• Peanut Butter: Some peanut butter brands are including xylitol to cut the sugar in their peanut butter. Do not use any peanut butter containing xylitol as it is toxic to dogs. Just check for natural peanut butter and check the ingredients. Muah
• Honey: Avoid giving honey to immunocompromised dogs and dogs under 1 year old!
• Typically when you are using a royal frosting for cookies, you will make two different types of frosting consistency- a thicker frosting for the outline, and a thinner frosting to flood the inside with. You don’t have to do this but this is what you can do if you would like to go the extra mile for your furry friend.
• With the thicker frosting, create the outline of your design and wait for it to dry for about 10 minutes. When you make the thicker frosting, you probably only need 2-3 Tablespoons of water. The important thing is that it is thick enough to hold its shape, but thin enough that you can squeeze it through a piping tip.
• Fill in the outline with the thinner frosting and smooth it out with the tip of your finger. When you make the thin frosting, you will need 3-4 Tablespoons of water, and maybe more depending on how smooth of a finish you would like to have.

Storage: Store homemade peanut butter dog treats in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 months or in the freezer for up to 8 months.

Serving: 1treat Calories: 132kcal (7%) Carbohydrates: 15g (5%) Protein: 5g (10%) Fat: 7g (11%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g Monounsaturated Fat: 3g Trans Fat: 0.001g Cholesterol: 8mg (3%) Sodium: 56mg (2%) Potassium: 118mg (3%) Fiber: 2g (8%) Sugar: 3g (3%) Vitamin A: 12IU Vitamin C: 0.01mg Calcium: 12mg (1%) Iron: 1mg (6%)

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Cheese Dog Treats – The Cookie Rookie®

Time to pamper your pooch with these homemade cheese dog treats. It’s so easy to make a big batch, for your furry best friend!

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Cheddar Cheese Dog Biscuits Recipe

Skip the store-bought puppy treats, and make up a big batch of these cheesy biscuits for your best friend!

These have been taste-tested by our chief dog treat tester and they were extremely popular!

Don’t forget your cats! Be sure to try my tuna and catnip and 3 ingredient cat treats.

Why You’ll Love this Cheese Dog Treat Recipe:

• QUICK AND EASY: It only takes about 20 minutes to make a large batch before they get baked in the oven.
• SIMPLE INGREDIENTS: You only need three basic ingredients to make these dog snacks!
• HEALTHY: Made with natural and healthy ingredients, you can feel good about giving these to your puppy.

How to make Cheddar Dog Treats

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1. Mix all the ingredients together.
2. Roll out the dough and cut into shapes.
3. Bake!

Once your cheese dog treats have cooled, place them in an airtight container and they will keep well for around 2 months.

Yes! This recipe makes a batch of 60 treats, so it’s a great idea to freeze them. Just pop them into a container or freezer bag and they will keep well for 3-4 months.

Thaw the cheesy dog treats at room temperature before giving to your pooch.

These are treats, so should be given as such and shouldn’t replace your dogs’ main meals. One or two a day is plenty.

Tips!

• You can use any size or shape of cookie cutter for this recipe. If you choose to make your treats thinker than ¾-inch you may need to cook a few minutes longer. The treats should be crunchy all the way through.
• This dough reminds me a bit of bread in that you really need to knead it for a while to get all the ingredients combined. I used my hands to do this, but you could also break out the stand mixer and let that do the work for you!

These cheese dog treats are a hit with puppies big and small. So easy to make and guaranteed lots of tail wags!

• Oat and Apple Pretzel Dog Treats
• Peanut Butter Dog Treats
• Puppy Ice Cream

If you make this recipe be sure to upload a photo in the comment section below or leave a rating. Enjoy! You can also jump to recipe.

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Cheddar Cheese Dog Treats Recipe

4.65 from 157 votes

Author: Becky Hardin

Prep: 20 minutes

Cook: 25 minutes

Total: 45 minutes

Serves60 dog treats

Time to pamper your pooch with these homemade cheese dog treats. It’s so easy to make a big batch, for your furry best friend!

• ▢ 3 cups whole wheat flour 339 grams
• ▢ 2 large eggs 100 grams
• ▢ ⅔ cup water 151 grams
• ▢ 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 113 grams

• Kitchen Scale (optional)

• Baking Sheet

• Rolling Pin

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

• Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl to form a dough.

  3 cups whole wheat flour, 2 large eggs, ⅔ cup water, 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

• Roll dough out onto a lightly floured surface with a rolling pin to desired thickness. (I kept mine around ½-inch thick).

• Use a cookie cutter to cut out dog treats and lay them onto the prepared baking sheet.

• Bake treats for 20-25 minutes.

• Allow to cool completely before feeding to your dog.

Last step! Don’t forget to show me a pic of what you made! Upload an image or tag me @thecookierookie on Instagram!

• You can use any size or shape of cookie cutter for this recipe. If you choose to make your treats thinker than ¾-inch you may need to cook a few minutes longer. The treats should be crunchy all the way through.
• This dough reminds me a bit of bread in that you really need to knead it for a while to get all the ingredients combined. I used my hands to do this, but you could also break out the stand mixer and let that do the work for you!

Storage: Store cheddar cheese dog treats in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 2 months or in the freezer for up to 4 months.

Serving: 1treat Calories: 30kcal (2%) Carbohydrates: 4g (1%) Protein: 1g (2%) Fat: 1g (2%) Saturated Fat: 0.4g (3%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g Trans Fat: 0.001g Cholesterol: 8mg (3%) Sodium: 15mg (1%) Potassium: 26mg (1%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 0.04g Vitamin A: 28IU (1%) Calcium: 16mg (2%) Iron: 0.2mg (1%)

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Best Christmas Recipes for Dogs

Homemade Christmas treats for dogs are not only something special to treat your pet at Christmas, but also a great gift idea. It’s really great to make some of these treats, put them in cute Christmas jars, and bring them to holiday parties where there are dog owners. The main thing when preparing a gift is to coordinate the presence of food allergies and not to make treats too big (to avoid overfeeding). The British Kennel Club has published THREE of the best Christmas recipes for hand-made treats for dogs.

Simple Christmas Cookies

This recipe is forever
busy and always late. Great quick fix, amazing
simple and surprisingly effective. Suitable for all breeds and sizes of dogs.
Best accepted by puppies.

Required ingredients:

• 2
  a glass of whole grain flour;
• 1
  a glass of plain fat-free yogurt;
• 1
  Art. l. baking powder;
• 1
  a cup of natural peanut butter;
• water.

Preparation:

Mix well
Ingredients. By adding water, create a well-rolled dough. Roll out the layer
and cut out the cookies. Bake in the oven (180 degrees) until
browned (15 min.). It is best to line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Bacon Christmas Morning

Start
Christmas day of the dog with delicious bacon cookies. This is (of course)
for adult working dogs only. Seniors and puppies should avoid
high-calorie meals.

Required ingredients:

• ½
  Cups of whole grain wheat flour;
• ½
  A glass of soy flour;
• ½
  A glass of wheat germ;
• 1/3
  a glass of natural peanut butter;
• 1
  Art. l. natural maple syrup;
• 3
  Art. l. water;
• 1
  egg;
• 3
  a slice of bacon.

Preparation:

Pan fry
bacon until tender and drain the fat into a separate bowl. Mix peanut butter
egg, maple syrup, water and lightly chilled bacon fat. Beat into the dough
wheat germ and finely chopped bacon. Roll out the dough and cut out
cookie. Bake 15 minutes until brown.

Pumpkin treats

Dogs love pumpkin
and any veterinary nutritionist will confirm: this is good and healthy for the pet.

Required ingredients:

• 2
  ½ cup wheat flour;
• 2
  Art. l. natural peanut butter;
• 2
  eggs;
• ½
  a glass of canned natural pumpkin;
• ½
  tsp cinnamon;
• ½
  tsp salt.

Cooking :

Preheat the oven.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix together flour, salt,
peanut butter, eggs, cinnamon, and canned pumpkin (if not available)
refrigerator natural). Add water if necessary. Roll out the dough
and cut out the cookies. Bake until done.

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas. Enjoy
doggie appetite!

• food

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Christmas treats for dogs

Christmas is a magical time of the year. Christmas tree, Christmas lights, songs, gifts, delicious food. All this creates a fabulous atmosphere in the house.
You can cook all kinds of sweets yourself. They will be much tastier than those bought in the store, there is more knowing how much dog food costs. A pet should not eat sweets from the table of the owners. It will only harm the dog. Many ingredients in Christmas sweets are harmful to a dog’s health. Especially chocolate, because it contains theobromine, a substance very toxic to dogs. On the other hand, dogs do not digest lactose well, so dairy sweets will not benefit them either.

Christmas sweets for dogs

There are also sweets for dogs. But they are prepared from products that can be consumed by this pet. These include: whole grain wheat that contains fiber, natural yogurt, cheese, vegetables, fruits, chicken liver, tuna, natural honey, cinnamon or peanut cream. All of them exclusively for dogs, without salt, lactose, saturated fat and, of course, without chocolate. They are produced in the factory.

Dog sweet recipes

Another option is to make Christmas sweets for your pet at home.

• Festive cake.

This cake is perfect for pampering your dog during the holidays. It is very tasty and healthy for your pet. The ingredients it’s made from are pumpkin, carrot, apple, orange peel, natural honey, egg, chicken liver, olive oil, and whole wheat flour.
The pie is topped with natural yoghurt without lactose and fat.

• Dog nougat.

You can make nougat especially for your dog. It contains delicious ingredients such as chicken liver, natural honey, eggs, olive oil and rice flour.

• Snowmen.

You can make a snowman cookie. This will be a pet treat made from natural honey, carrot, apple, cinnamon, olive oil, whole grain flour, rice and oats. All you need for the coating is natural yogurt – fat and lactose free – and food coloring to paint the buttons, eyes, mouth and scarf.

• Christmas cookies.

These cookies are made with organic honey, carrots, cinnamon, apple, olive oil, whole wheat flour, rice and oats. The dough is used to form snowflakes and snowflake Christmas trees, which are decorated with a natural yoghurt coating – fat-free and lactose-free – and food coloring.