Dog Cookies & Treat Recipes
It is super easy to want to spoil our sweet dachshunds because they are so delighted to have something yummy just for them! It’s also just as easy to give them too many–so small batch dog cookie baking and small sized treats work great! We also recommend refrigerating and freezing the treats to make the homemade dog cookies (without preservatives) last a little longer. If you have too many for your little dog to eat, share some with friends who have dogs. You could also half the recipe.
These dog cookie recipes have been mixed-and-baked for our dachshunds (and their doggo friends) at high altitude in Salt Lake City, Utah–in the Rocky Mountains, at the base of the Wasatch Range at 4,226 feet above sea level. Just in case you need to adjust the recipe to your altitude, for bake time.
Photos on this page by Suzanne Nikolaisen
Homemade Dog Cookies Portioning Hack
Make smaller dachshund-friendly dog cookies. Think small, like snack cracker size, 1 inch round-ish. Then break dog cookies into smaller, pea-size bites so your dog(s) can have more than one taste to a single dog cookie. (You can score a cookie with a butter knife before baking, for cookies that are easier to break into sections after baking.)
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Chicken & Cheese Buttons
Give your dogs homemade chicken and cheese cookies and happy taste buds! These cookies are cute as a button!
Ingredients:
1 Egg
2 Small Jars of Chicken Baby Food
2 T Powdered Goat Cheese (freeze dried)
1 T Parmesand Cheese
1/2-1 C Whole Wheat Flour (start with 1/2 C)
1/4 C Rolled Oats (lightly ground, can use mortar and pestel)
Drop rounds of about 1/2 inch onto the pan and flatten with the bottom of a glass (dip in flour to keep it from sticking to the dough). Shape into a roundish button shape about 1/4-1/3 inch thick. Use a corn fork or toothpick to add four button holes in the center of the cookie. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
Refrigerating and freezing cookies, helps to stretch how long these cookies last since there are no preservatives.
Recipe from Suzanne Nikolaisen
Gingerbread Paw Cookies for Dogs
Bring some fresh baked holiday goodness to your sweet pups! These Gingerbread Paw cookies really are cute! Fresh cookies versus store bought? They'll be all kinds of happy!
Ingredients:
2+ C whole wheat flour (used #bobsredmill)
1 C canned pumpkin
1/8 C molasses
1 1/2 t ground ginger
1 1/2 t ground cinnamon
1 egg
1 T coconut oil
1/3+ C water
Combine spices with flour then add the wet ingredients. Add water so it will combine, but keep it a dough not a batter. Place dough on floured surface and knead. It will be sticky so knead in more flour, and sprinkle flour on the surface liberally so it doesn't stick. Repeat. In the end the dough will still be sticky, but just be sure there is flour on the surface, and your hands, so the cut out cookies don't stick after you've cut them out. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Flour your rolling pin (and keep it floured) and roll the dough out to about a 1/4-ish inch thick.
Flour your cookie cutter (and flour it between cutting out each cookie shape or it will most likely stick to the cookie cutter). Use smaller cookie cutters to make cookies the right size for your doggo. (These are a bit big for doxies, but easy to break) Bake at 350 degrees. After 15-17 minutes flip the cookies (the bottom of the cookie will just start to brown) and bake an additional 15-17 minutes (same thing, the bottom side of the cookies will just start to brown). Cool the cookies and package for storage. Store in the refrigerator.
Options for the cookie cutters? Check out etsy.com. I found one from Cookie Cutters Factory in Germany--For just $5.50 (plus shipping $7.50). It arrived just in time!
Refrigerating and freezing cookies, helps to stretch how long these cookies last since there are no preservatives.
Receipe by Suzanne Nikolaisen.
Oatmeal Dog Treats
What to do with the extra oatmeal in the morning! And a good way to get a leg up on rotating dog treats!
Ingredients:
1/4 C Peanut Butter (xylitol free)
1/8 C Molasses
1 C Cooked Oatmeal
1 C Whole Wheat Flour
1/4 C Dried Sweet Potato (chopped, small)
1/8 C Soft Dog Treats (chopped)
Water (as needed)
Directions: Add the oatmeal to the mixing bowl and combine with the peanut butter and molasses. Add the whole wheat flour and combine, if it's too dry add water to get the cookie dough to come together a little water at a time (like 2 T). Chop the soft treats into smaller chunks about the size of chocolate chips or smaller. Cut the dehydrated sweet potatoes in long strips then cut into small pieces (smaller than 1/4 of an inch -- to a size your dog can manage in the treat). Stir the chopped sweet potato and dog treats into the dough. Drop in small (1/2 inch drops) onto parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
Refrigerating and freezing cookies, helps to stretch how long these cookies last since there are no preservatives.
Recipe from Suzanne Nikolaisen
Peanut Butter & Carob Chip Dog Cookies
Ingredients:
1 C Whole Wheat Flour
1 C Oat Flour (put 1 C of oats used for oatmeal in blender and blend to powder)
2 T Peanut Butter (xylitol free)
1 Egg
1/4-1/3 C Water
1/2 C Carob Chips (available on Amazon)
Directions: Mix the dry ingredients and then combine with the peanut butter, egg and add 1/4 C water. Add more water if needed to get the dough to combine. Last, fold in the carob chips. Spoon small cookies, 1 and 1/2 inch-ish balls, onto cookie sheet. Portion Step: Press cookies down with the flat bottom of a glass to about 1/2 inch thick. Using a butter knife cut a “+” not all the way through the dough, but 1/2-2/3 through the cookie. Bake at 325 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Special Note for Dog Bakers: One of the things about baking dog treats is -not- using baking powder and baking soda which doesn’t always make for a fluffy baked good for our furry-legged friends-but it makes it safe for them to eat! When baking treats for dogs with peanut butter make sure it does not have xylitol in it.
Refrigerating and freezing cookies, helps to stretch how long these cookies last since there are no preservatives.
Recipe from Suzanne Nikolaisen
Peanut Butter & Honey Dog Shortbread
Looking for holiday cookies for your pups? Our doxies (Schatze and Willy) really liked these! The cookies are a good size to break and share with more than one dog-friend.
Ingredients:
1 C Peanut Butter (xylitol free)
1 C Whole Wheat Flour
1 C Oat Flour
6 T Honey
+1/4 C Water (optional)
Combine ingredients, divide dough and form into 1.5-2″ rolls. Wrap the rolls in wax paper and refrigerate for 1 hour or overnight. Unwrap the dough and slice 1/4″ thick and bake the cookies at 350 until edges are golden about 15 minutes. Note: If the dough is too crumbly when you unwrap it add some of the water and knead the dough, repeat until it comes together. Divide dough, form into rolls and slice. Bake at 350 for approx. 15 min.
Refrigerating and freezing cookies, helps to stretch how long these cookies last since there are no preservatives.
Recipe from: Suzanne Nikolaisen, cookies approved by Schatze and Willy
Peanut Butter & Pumpkin Dog Cookies
Looking to bake some comfort cookies for your four-legged BFF? This recipe is packed with goodness starting with the whole wheat flour and ground flax seeds. Using Miller’s Honey and local goat’s milk to the peanut butter and pumpkin and you end up with some pretty nutritious and tasty dog cookies!
Ingredients:
2 C Whole Wheat Flour
2 T Ground Flax
1/2 C Peanut Butter (xylitol free)
1/2 C Pumpkin
1/4 C Honey
1/8 to 1/4 C Goats Milk
Combine dry ingredients then add peanut butter, pumpkin and honey. Add enough goats milk for the dough to combine. Knead two or three times on breadboard. Divide dough into thirds. Roll out 1 part of the dough (or, I just patted the dough into about 1/4-1/2 inch disk). Cut cookie shapes (I made small hearts) and place on cookie sheets (parchment paper is optional). Bake at 350 for 15 minutes turn off the oven, and leave the cookies in the oven for 30 minutes or until cool. These cookies are a solid favorite with the dachshunds at my house! We hope your doggos love them too!
Recipe by Suzanne Nikolaisen. (With inspiration from the AKC Recipe: Peanut Butter & Pumpkin Dog Treats, but I changed it up and added a couple of things.)
Refrigerating and freezing cookies, helps to stretch how long these cookies last since there are no preservatives.
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