Homemade Dog Treats are so much easier to make than I would have ever thought a few years ago.
For a while now, whenever the notion strikes me, I like to bake a couple of batches of dog treats for our dogs as a special little goodie.
Let me just tell you, my dogs love these homemade dog treats so much more than any store-bought treat I’ve ever given them!
I’m very particular about what my pets eat, too. I only feed them the dog food that was recommended by our veterinarian and a few extra little things occasionally that he told me was okay to feed them.
So, when I found a recipe from Cesar Milan, even though I trusted him as a great resource, I still checked the ingredients against those that I’d been told by my veterinarian were safe for my dogs before I made it.
I modified the recipe for simplicity of ingredients as well as for things that I knew I’d have on hand in my pantry and refrigerator.
Homemade Dog Treats How To
Four ingredients are all you need for these homemade dog treats.
Simple, right?
Oats, salt, beef bouillon or beef broth, and an egg. If you use salted beef broth, then you could cut the ingredients list even more and remove the additional salt.
And the instructions for making them are just as easy, making these dog treats simple enough to make on a regular basis or for giving to friends over the holidays for their pets or for celebrating.
You can use whatever cookie or biscuit cutter you have to make these, but I loved using a bone shaped cutter. The mini cutter yields about 30 dog treats and the large yields about 8. It’s great to make a variety of sizes and shapes.
Here’s the recipe for my homemade dog treats. Be sure to let me know how your pooch loves them!
Homemade Dog Treats Recipe
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups rolled oats divided
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup beef broth unsalted, low-fat or unsalted, low-fat chicken broth
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Add 2 cups oats, salt, beef broth, and egg to a large mixing bowl. Combine well. Add remaining 1/2 cup of rolled oat and combine.
- Pour onto wax paper and knead dough for about 3 minutes. Let stand for about 3 minutes to begin to become firmer. Press to 1/2-inch thickness.
- Cut with cutter and place onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for use or store in a ziptop bag in the freezer for later thawing and use.
Could you please let me know how long a batch of cookies can be left in air tight container ie 3, 5, or up to 7 days without refrigerating and/or frozen? Thank you.
I must be too vigorous in the kneading! Anyone else pulling pieces of waxed paper out of the mixture? Maybe just knead with my hands and forget the waxed paper?
I didn’t have that happen, Fran. I’m sorry your wax paper got in there. Thanks.
I’m so very happy I e found this site with all the recalls and scared from buying treats much less the prices I was almost ready to experiment on my own thank you so much I’m making my first batch today after work
Is there a decent alternative to rawhides or any kind of chew
Thank you
Rita Bledsoe
Glad you gave them a try Rita! Hope your pup enjoys them as much as mine do! xo
My 2 Pomeranians love the treats. I make them into small cookies so it is easy for them to eat them. The recipe is easy to make. I was buying treats at Costco but they never kept them is stock and the boys were very disappointed when I was out of treats. This way I can always make more. I did discover that letting the dough mix slack longer helped with forming.
Wonderful to hear that your pups love these, Gustav! Thanks so much!
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These are excellent and so easy to make! My dogs love them! Salt is not necessary. I keep them in the freezer and defrost for 15 seconds in the microwave. They’re excellent as Kong stuffers, too.
I need to try these for the Kong! Haven’t thought about that yet! I’m so happy your pups love them too! Thanks for the tip, Gun! 🙂
What about using coconut flour? we don’t use regular flour in our home, only coconut and almond flour,
I’ve never tried them with coconut or almond flour. You’d also need to check to see if those flours are safe for dogs as I’ve not looked into it since I don’t use it for these treats. Thanks!
Dogs love them!
Made these for my daughters dog……Its late so I wont let her sample till tomorrow. I added a 1 tbsp.. peanut butter, omitted the salt, and baked it in a rectangle.. sliced into squares….Looks good!!!
I hope your daughter’s dog loves them!
I have 3 chihuahuas and I just made these. Rolled them out and cut them with the pizza cutter. They love them. Thanks.