With only 4 ingredients you can make tasty little treats for your furry friend! Dogs love these Peanut Butter Dog Treats! They are vegan, gluten-free and quick & easy to make!
Meet Miso
In February 2018, my boyfriend and I finally adopted a dog! We have been wanting to get a dog for so long, but when I found him through an animal rescue site, I knew he's the one. And we didn't hesitate.
We named him Miso! He was five months old when we got him and he's the cutest dog ever. He was terribly frightened at the beginning, but only after a couple of hours with him, he was ready for play and belly rubs. He LOVES food and sleeps and he rather stays in than to go outside - I couldn't have found a better friend! :D
Peanut Butter Dog Treats
I love making homemade treats for Miso. And he loves them as well. I've made so many batches of these Peanut Butter Dog Treats already! We're using them as treats for training and in difficult situations where he doesn't feel too comfortable (e.g. when we are using the public transport or the vet). These are his super special treats! If he only knew how easy they are to make :)
These Peanut Butter Dog Treats are made with only 4 ingredients:
- oat flour
- cinnamon powder
- peanut butter
- water
They are vegan and gluten-free. It takes about 30 minutes to make them from start to finish.
I'm no expert in dog nutrition, so I googled all the ingredients to make sure the treats are safe for dogs.
Oat flour: Oat flour is often used in dog treats. It's also a great alternative if your dog is sensitive to gluten. You can buy oat flour or make your own by pulsing rolled oats in a blender until it's a fine flour. I always make my own oat flour because rolled oats are much cheaper than oat flour.
Cinnamon powder: Cinnamon powder is not only safe for dogs, but it also helps with bad breath, contains antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and can help counteract the effects of diabetes. Of course, spices should be used only in small quantities. Thanks to a pinch of cinnamon powder, these cookies smell amazing for dogs (and dog owners!).
Peanut Butter: I think it's a proven fact that all dogs love peanut butter. Peanut Butter makes these cookies irresistible for our furry friends. It's best to use peanut butter made from 100% peanuts - no additives, sugar or other ingredients. Definitely, make sure there's no birch sugar/xylitol sweetener in the peanut butter as it is toxic to dogs.
Water: Water and peanut butter hold the dry ingredients together. You might have to use a bit more or less water to get a smooth non-sticky dough.
I bought a couple of smaller cookie cutters (for a previous recipe but I never ended up using them for that) and they are the perfect size for these dog treats!
This recipe makes a whole baking tray of cookies (about 90 cookies!). Of course, if you use a larger cookie cutter, you'll have fewer cookies.
If you want to skip the cookie-cutting process, you can use a pizza cutter to cut them into crackers. The good thing is, that you can make smaller cracker sizes for puppies and small dogs, or larger ones if you have a larger dog. And of course, this is much faster than cutting out the dog cookies.
Peanut Butter Dog Treats
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour *
- 1 pinch cinnamon powder
- 1 tablespoon smooth peanut butter (make sure it's peanut butter with no additives or sugar)
- ⅓ cup water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 360°F/180°C.
- Combine the oat flour and cinnamon powder. Add in the peanut butter and water. Stir to combine and knead the ingredients into a dough with your hands until it sticks together. If it's too crumbly, add more water. If it's too sticky, add more flour.
- On a lightly floured parchment paper, roll out the dough. Cut out the individual cookies with a cookie cutter (or use a pizza wheel to make them cracker-sized if you don't have any cookie cutters).
- Bake them in the oven for 10-12 minutes. They should be baked all the way through and crispy. Let them cool off before feeding them to your dog!
Tina says
Amazing recipe! I can't wait to try these, my little chihuahua is a big foodie just like her mama ;) I just want to know, are these cookies hard or more soft in texture? Because my dog has pretty bad teeth and can't eat too hard treats.
Bianca says
Hi Tina! They aren't very hard! You can break them apart very easily. Make sure you roll them thin enough, then you (and your chihuahua) should be totally fine!
All the store-bought dog treats I've bought until now are much harder than these. :)
Didi says
My fur baby loved these with the cinnamon. I'll be making them again. I liked that the recipe was easy to make. They will become a regular in our home!
Bianca says
Yeay! So glad your doggie enjoyed them! :)
Magda says
They're in the oven now, and I have three testers waiting. But before even trying them I have to tell you that this recipe is perfectly listed, the amounts are spot on! I normally stay away from recipes that call for any rolling and cookie cutting because it gets pretty ugly, either too sticky or crumbly or needs refrigeration time. I'm happy to say that none of that happened with your recipe. Thank you for sharing it. We haven't tasted them yet because the oven timer just went off and they need to cool, but what's not to love about peanut butter, cinnamon, and oats?!
Bianca says
Thank you SO MUCH, Magda! Your comment really made my day!! I hope your furbabies loved the cookies!
Gwen McNeal says
Thank you!!
Great recipe and great tips!
I never thought of using a pizza cutter and we have a small dog, so that’s perfect!!
Bianca says
Glad you like it! :) I love using the pizza cutter when I'm not in the mood for cutting out individual cookies ^.^
Irene@Dog Food says
What a brilliant idea this is! Just superb. My puppy will just love this a lot. Can't wait to try this out anymore. Thanks a lot. Keep this up.
Bianca says
Hope he enjoys!! :)
Jay says
Oh my god, thank you so much. I'm training a service dog and I got SO TIRED of running to the store for training treats that I made these. They work just as well as the store bought ones and MUCH easier on my wallet.
Bianca says
Yeay! So glad the doggie likes them :)
Polly says
These were so fricking easy! They were done in almost no time, with minimal mess. My dog LOVES them!!! Great recipe :)))
Laura says
F I'm making them right now for my King Charles cavalier who has bad teeth. So happy to find a recipe without flour she had a sample of dough and paws up explanation point thanks for great recipe
Bianca says
Yeayyy!! Happy puppy, happy us! :)
Katrina Larsen says
I make these all the time for our three dogs. They are easy and all three love them. Our dog who we lost last year, who was a VERY fussy eater, also liked them so that's really saying something!
About to make another batch now.
Justine says
I replaced the smooth peanut butter with chunky peanut butter and put 2 tablespoons because it didn’t seem flavorful enough. I think next time I’ll even add 3 tablespoons. I tasted them myself and they’re a bit bland, but my dog loves them. I also added flax seeds for protein. I love the consistency of the dough and would definitely make again. Thanks for the recipe!
Natalie says
I love when people try to pretend they got their purebred puppies from a rescue 😂
Bianca says
If you think Miso is purebred, I have to disappoint you. He's 1/4 Maltese, 1/4 Spaniel and the rest is a big fat question mark.
Judy says
I've rescued 5 purebred German Shepherds. Why so judgy?
Kathryn Gannon says
I love these it's a pity really as my dog never gets to eat any.
Rhiannon Lynn says
These look lovely. We had our pair of Labradors on Burns kibble for ages, then the older one (who is as sweet and gentle and loving a dog as ever one could want) started to get ill, so after some research and advice from a friend, we switched her over to raw food. It's messy -- raw meat in a separate fridge fro them -- and pricey, but she's healthier than ever, despite old age, poor eyesight and arthritic joints.
I'd love to see how she'd do on high-quality veggie/vegan dog food, but my mother would probably say that that isn't right for dogs...although they only have meat once a day, most of the time; the rest is all raw vegetables, sometimes freeze-dried nuggets from Nature's Menu. They'd certainly eat the vegan/veggie food, though -- Labradors will eat anything!
Your little Miso is so cute! He looks like my cousin's pale-blonde Labradoodle, only cuter.
Tina Slaughter says
Super excited to try this recipe thank you so much for being kind enough to share
Catherine Langston says
Made first batch today for my two rescue dogs - they love them! Baked slightly longer than the recipe to make them crisper. Have shared link to this recipe with friends for their doggy baking adventures!
Bianca says
awww! this makes me so happy <3!