Recipes

Pumpkin and Peanut Butter Dog Treats

posted on : November 20, 2022 posted by : Theresa 0 Comment
A white rectangular tray with eight bone-shaped Pumpkin Peanut Butter dog treats

As fall winds down, what can you do to show a little extra love to your fur babies?  Whip up a few batches of homemade Pumpkin and Peanut Butter Dog Treats. 

I’m a huge fan of processing my fall pumpkins and squash into tasty baked goods. Once I’ve had my fill of the annual glut of pumpkin rolls, bread, cookies, etc., I use my homemade pumpkin puree to make dog biscuits for some of my four-legged friends.

Pumpkins contain lots of nutrients for dogs like beta carotene and fiber that make it a nutritious treat. Pumpkin and Peanut Butter Dog Treats make delicious and thoughtful handmade Christmas gifts.  They are so good in fact – I’ve had several pet parents put in request for them around the holidays.

Plus, the recipe is super easy.  It would be a great baking project for the kiddos to help make.  Let’s get started.

Ingredients:

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 ½ cups white flour

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)

2 large eggs

3/4 cup pumpkin puree  

3 tablespoons of peanut butter (chunky or creamy)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
A large white bowl with the flour, and four small glass bowls with two eggs, pumpkin puree, peanut butter and salt and cinnamon on a wooden cutting board.
  1. Mix the first four ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
A white melamine bowl with the flour, and the salt and cinnamon being mixed in.
  1. In a large bowl, mix the last three ingredients until well combined. 
A small bowl with the wet ingredients including the pumpkin puree, peanut butter and eggs.
  1. Start adding the flour mixture ½ cup at a time to the wet ingredients.  I find it easier to mix this recipe by hand instead of using an electric mixer. 
A bowl with the mixed bowl before it is chilled.
  1. Once the dough comes together, roll into a ball.  Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Since the dough is sticky, I find it easier to rollout when it’s chilled
The Pumpkin Peanut Butter treat batter rolled out on the cutting board and being cut with the cookie cutter.
  1. Flour the board and rolling pin thoroughly as this dough will be sticky. Roll dough to ½ inch thick.  Use a 2-inch bone-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the dog biscuits. If you have any dough left over, use a shot glass to make round biscuits.
  2. Bake for 15 – 20 minutes on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
The finished dog treats cooling on a wire rack.
  1. Cool completely on a wire rack.
  2. This recipe makes about two dozen bone-shaped dog biscuits and a dozen round treats.

They can be stored in an airtight container for up to one week.

Bake up a few batches for your fur babies.  Please leave me a comment in the chat to let me know what you think. Enjoy!

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