Homemade Dog Biscuits - Updated!

My dogs love their treats. Even more, they love peanut butter.  I recently tweaked my previous homemade dog biscuit recipe I found on line to make something that my dogs absolutely adore!  Easy to make, the kiddos can easily help out and prep time is pretty minimal.

These last about 3 weeks in a air-tight container in the fridge. With two big dogs, these don't last long. Use cookie cutters or roll into balls and use a fork to cross hatch them as you do regular peanut butter cookies. I typically do some of each so as not to waste any dough.

Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits

1 1/4 cup hot water (tip: use boiling water if possible)
1/3 cup peanut butter - creamy or chunky
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup oatmeal (I use the Old Fashioned Oats)
 
Optional add-ins:
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
Cinnamon  (my female Pyr absolutely adores Cinnamon!)

Preheat over to 350 F.  Bake for 30 - 40 minutes.

Stir the peanut butter into the hot water until it's all melted. Add the optional brown sugar during this step. I typically pour boiling water into my 2 cup Pyrex measuring cup, then add the peanut butter and brown sugar to the cup.

In a larger bowl, lightly mix the oatmeal, wheat flour and cinnamon (if using).  Pour the hot water mixture into the dry mix and stir throughly.  Roll out in between floured wax paper sheets to about 1/4" thick. Use cookie cutouts to make biscuits.  Any leftover dough not big enough - or cooperative enough - can be rolled into small balls and cross-hatched with a fork just like a peanut butter cookie.

Place the cookies on a parchment lined cookie sheet. You can use a pre-greased/oiled cookie sheet but I've found they still stick, so parchment works best for me.  Bake them for 30 minutes if you want slight chewing biscuits, or 40 minutes and leave in the oven to harden overnight if you want really hard biscuits.

Enjoy!

Homemade Doggie Treats

I'll add pictures a bit later, but I wanted to get this posted.  My pups LOVE these treats. Nice thing is you can make them as big or small as you want.

I'm using them as training and bribery treats, but as soon as I pull the container out the puppies are on top of me doing tricks for the treats.

Mix these in a separate bowl, a whisk works great:

1 cup whole wheat flour  (substitute for a different flour if your dog has allergies)
1 cop rolled oats (Old Fashioned, not Quick Oats)
2 tbls Cinnamon (or more if your dogs are nuts for it like mine)

In another bowl mix together:

1/3 cup peanut butter (creamy works best)
1 tbls light brown sugar (optional)
1 1/4 cup hot water (needs to be hot to melt the peanut butter)

Once the peanut butter, water, brown sugar are thoroughly mixed, add the dry ingredients to the wet.  Knead the dough to get all the dough together.  Now, if you want extra dish washing, you can roll out the dough on a floured board and cut it out.  I prefer rolling it in balls and using a fork to cross-hatch it just like you would for regular peanut butter cookies. Use an egg wash if you so desire.

Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes to get them really crunchy, or 25 minutes for a softer treat.  Once they're cooled put in an airtight container or resealable bag.  They will last about a week unrefrigerated, 3 weeks in the fridge.