Homemade Dog Treats Recipe
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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.
Wholesome ingredients, easy to make and my dogs LOVE them!
My dogs love these too!
What is the shelf life not freezer life
I have left mine in an airtight container on my counter for about a week, Or I freeze them and thaw about 10 to 20 minutes before giving to my dogs. They will last up to 6 months in a freezer.
My Schnauzer love these cookies, the 2nd batch I made it with peanut butter!!
Thank u for the recipies!!
I’m so glad your sweet pup enjoys these, Sara! xo
I made them for my dog love them.. I did add half teaspoon of very fine salad beacon bits to them ,…she love them ,she is allergy to store treats ..Thanks for the Easy recipe
I have made this recipe many times. For my own little dogs I roll out the dough and use a small cap to make small little bites for them. I haven’t met a dog that doesn’t like these treats yet! I make them for my sisters dog all the time. This is a larger dog so I just roll the dough into balls and then push them a little in the middle which makes a much larger bite for her. She just loves them. Tomorrow I’m making a batch for my neice that lives in Idaho. My sister (her Mom) is going there this weekend so I’m sending treats for her dog Rusty and the recipe so Bailey can make them as well. Bailey is a Vet Tech and would probably like to take these in for the whole gang at work. These treats are easy to make, all natural products which I love and dogs love them. Thanks for the recipe!!
I picked this recipe because it was super easy with ingredients I had in the home. I shared them with about a dozen dogs at a dog walkers get together in the park. ALL the dogs loved them! The dough was easy to work with. I will definatly make them again!
Will make these this week. My 110lb silver lab, Tulip, has cushings disease, and I need low fat healthy treats for her. I love the idea of boiling bone marrow bone chunks (instead of bouillon broth). Tulip loves carrots so give her a big, whole one and she lives it. This will be a nice alternative snack! Im off to the grocery to get the ingredients!
I hope your pups enjoy these, Margaret! xo
Wonderful. Exactly perfect as the recipe describes. Seems dry but mine turned out great and they love them.
So glad they did! Thanks Robin!
Only people that don’t mind really messy hands should make these. That aside, though, they’re easy and tasty!
This is the only recipe that my picky dog actually liked! And its so easy to make! 🙂
I am going to try these for my senior dog