Have I mentioned how much I love my dogs? Being that I don’t have kids and fight the good fight of infertility, my furry friends are my pride and joy! And, yes, they are spoiled! My dogs love peanut butter! In addition to peanut butter, pumpkin is another flavor dog’s love. I had a few different dog treat recipes that I pulled from to make one of my own: Pumpkin Peanut Butter Dog Treats.
A few weeks ago, my mom was in town visiting and I thought it would be fun for us to make some homemade dog treats for all the doggies! My sister has a mini schnauzer and my parents have a beautiful havanese. Soooo, we went and ahead and did some shopping for some ingredients and went to work.
Homemade Pumpkin Peanut Butter Dog Treats
Ingredients
- 2 cups white rice flour
- 1 cup wheat germ
- 7.5 oz can pumpkin
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp peanut butter
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly to combine.
- Roll out dough on floured surface to about 1/4-inch thick. Using a cookie cutter, cut into bone shapes. Combine dough scraps and continue to roll out and cut into shapes until all the dough has been used.
- Place cookies on ungreased foil-lined baking sheet and bake in a preheated 325 oven for 30-35 minutes.
Tails were wagging with excitement as they all enjoyed these delicious treats! Peanut Butter and Pumpkin for the win. Read some more of our dog tales, my Parker and Buster are sure to make you smile!
Have you made your furry friends homemade treats? Be sure to leave a link in the comments, I’d {love} to check them out!
p.s. Here is another delicious dog treat that might interest you!
Peanut Butter Coconut Oil Dog Treats
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Kelly, these look so good for me hahaha great job! I’ve been wanting to create homemade treats for my puppy girl (she’s a husky) but wasn’t sure how to start. I am definitely using this recipe as a base. Thanks for sharing!
I need to try these for my little Cashew! 🙂
Thank you, Kelly. Have a great weekend!
Oh my little pup would love these 🙂 She loves peanut butter! I am also a member of the good ol’ infertility club so my little Molly is spoiled rotten too! She even lets me hold her like a baby! 🙂
what is the shelf of these nice treats we are making for a rescue center and want to make sure they have a long shelf life.
Hi Linda! As long as they are completely cooled and kept in an air tight container, I would imagine they would have a healthy shelf life. I read an article that suggested the following:
Refrigerator: Using an airtight container is the best way to go. If you use this, your treats can last for at least 2 months in the refrigerator.
Freezer: If you use an airtight container your homemade dog cookies should last for at least 8 months in the freezer.
Hope that helps! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs.
I love your pictures Kelly, those treats are even making me hungry!
My Shortcake would love those! How fun Kelly. xo
I need to make my Meg some of these. She’d be thrilled!
I was just telling Allison the other day we needed to make some dog treats again! it’s been a while, I bet they would love these! thanks Kelly!
Yay…so happy to see these, Kelly! They look so fun. I know my pup would love them! 🙂
My pups would love this! Thanks for sharing.
I can’t wait to make these for our dogs Kelly!!
Thanks for linking up! I shared your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2013/9-creative-ideas/ Have a great rest of the weekend!
How fun are these? My dog, Chevy, thanks you! If you have any desserts you love, we’d love for you to come over to our newest link party over at The Inspiration Network: DELISH- a desserts only link party. Bring your desserts and let’s party!!
http://theinspiration-network.com/delish-dessert-link-party-no-1/
Smiles,
Melanie and Diana
The Inspiration Network
These are so cute!! I will have to share this with my sister in law too because she loves making treats for her doggies!
Awwwww…. I love these! I will have to bake up a batch for our Charlie. 🙂
Thank you for sharing at Marvelous Mondays this week!
These sound so good, my pup is sure to love them!! 🙂
Those look great! I bet our new pug puppy would love them!
Those puppy dogs sound so darn cute! And, especially not to mention these adorable doggy treats! Already pinned (=
I’m so happy you shared these with us at the Show Stopper Saturday party… because I’m featuring these tomorrow morning!
I make the sweet potato treats every week now. This is just what I needed because my Irish Setter is on a limited ingredient diet. My dogs LOVE these. Thank you!
I’ve never thought to use wheat germ in dog treats. Great idea!
Thanks so much! Happy baking for the pooches. Hugs.
my dog cannot have any kind of rice. is there any other kind of Gluten Free flour that I can use.
thank you. Pat.
Hi Pat! I’m sure you could substitute the rice flour with a gluten free flour. My guess would be any flour that is safe for dogs will work 🙂 Enjoy!
I’m wondering how drastically doing so will alter the cooking times… I’ve had such a hard time trying to cook with gluten free flour 🙁
Kelly, I have two beagles, Casie a 7 year old male and Harley a two yr old female. Have always had beags….but Harley is my first girl. And as with all girls, they give their mom a run for my money. Harley has an allergy to rice….and the pumpkin peanut butter cookies sound wonderful, BUT can’t use white or rice flour….can you suggest something else to use that would give the same consistency? They would both love these, and I have to admit they sound good enough for a class of milk for me, too. Thanks so much
Beags slobbery smooches
These look like fun! Just curious, do you know how well they would come out if I used gluten free flour (like Bob’s Red Mill)? I’m wondering how drastically that would alter the recipe… Anyways, thanks for the great idea!
P.S. – Have you tried them yourself? I love the idea of a treat I can share with my pup! (without the guilt of “human food”)