Does anyone have any great recipes for home made dog treats? I was thinking of making a small batch for my pup and my parents pup when I visit for Christmas since I’m making a human treat tray as well. The pups deserve one of their own as well of course! Any recipes are appreciated!
Thank you in advance 
I don’t know if this is a “great” recipe, but it’s one I made up one day and my dogs seemed happy with it. It makes crunchy treats:
1 cup whole wheat flour (or any flour, I suppose)
1 egg
1 mashed over ripe banana
1 generous blob of peanut butter (1/3-1/2 cup probably)
Mix together, roll out, use cookie cutter or just slice into rectangles, bake for maybe 20 minutes, but then turn off the oven but leave the treats inside to harden.
Dog treats are really easy to make.
Peanut butter (without salt or sugar added), whole wheat flour, and egg make a great starter mix. Moisten with broth. Then if you want to you can add whatever – diced baked liver, cottage cheese, etc. Use enough flour to make a cookie-dough-like consistency and bake spoonfuls on parchment, low-medium oven. Animal fat makes them extra tasty. Just avoid salt and sugar.
I had a grainfree dog treat business that I ran for 10 yrs.
One of my biggest sellers:
Apple Puppy Pie-
one large apple; peeled, cored, and diced (small). I like to use Granny Smith for firm and tartness
2 cups gluten free all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 tablespoon organic cinnamon (yes tablespoon. cinnamon is anti inflamatory)
splash of water, enough to wet the dough
mix
roll into ball, place on cookie sheet and press down flat until they look like little pies about an inch around
bake at 350* for 15 mins
Thank you for all of the ideas so far! I will make each of these plus one I found with pumpkin in it. They will have quite the choice!
I make them often, enough to keep 5 dogs in treats. Whole wheat flour, whatever random ingredient I choose (sardines, PB, cheese, leftover meat, veg), some oil and warm water. I bake them into cracker type things or little balls and cook them dry so they keep better. I started googling human crackers and then simplified it for dogs, or just found dog recipes. Sadly, I don’t follow recipes very well but this was my sardine launch version. Fair warning, these did not smell good while baking but the dogs LOVED them.
Milk Bones
2 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 c. wheat germ
1 c. powdered skim milk
1 egg
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1/2 c. water
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until dough is firm. Roll dough to half inch thick. Cut with dog bone cookie cutter. Place on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Turn off oven and let bones sit in oven 1 to 2 hours to harden.
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