I recently discovered that dog treats are not that difficult or time consuming to make. I am sure there are recipes out there that are time consuming and difficult but there are some simple ones that work just fine. Here are some peanut butter dog treats I made that my little dogs LOVE!
Preheat your oven to 350F.
In a bowl, mix 2 eggs and 1/2 cup peanut butter together with a whisk.
Next add 1/2 tsp salt, 2 T dry milk powder, 1 1/2 cups wheat flour (wheat flour does actually work better, it is not simply for health reasons). Start mixing together, it will get hard. Add 1 1/2 to 2 T water depending on the need. You will most likely have to knead your dough here because a spoon just will NOT cut it. Mix it well, and don’t worry, the dough is a little…crumbly. Sorry, no picture of the kneading, my hands were busy and Husband was unavailable to assist.
Next, roll the dough out to just under 1/4 inch thick. It is a little difficult because the dough is crumbly, do the best you can. Here is a picture of the dough I rolled out, it ended up in a few pieces of rolled out dough.
Next, use a cookie cutter to cut treats out. These don’t expand or puff or anything so pick a cookie cutter with a size that you would like the treats to be in the end. Mine were about 1 in x 1/2 in, my dogs are very small Chihuahuas (which my daughter lovingly and very seriously calls sushiwuawuas). Place them on a slightly greased cookie sheet.
Bake for about 10 minutes on one side and flip them over and bake again for about 10 minutes. You are baking them until right before they start to turn brown. Let them cool completely and all done!
I hope your doggies like them! These would make good neighbor gifts for any of those dog lovers out there.
Erin, The Burbs
That sounds great! Ill have to make some too!