Healthy Dog Treats

These quick and easy to make vegetarian dog biscuit treats got a unanimous paws-up from my panel of 4 expert judges. I tried them too, and they didn’t taste half bad. There’s lots of room for variation and experimentation here, and with the enthusiastic response I got to this basic recipe you can look forward to more healthy dog treat recipes in future. If you’ve tried this recipe, or a variation of it please let me know by leaving a comment.

Ingredients:
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup milk
1 teas garlic powder
1 teas kelp powder
1 teas dried yeast
1 teas vegetarian stock powder, or 1 stock cube
1 T peanut butter
1/3 cup olive oil
1 egg
1/2 cup cold water

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 180C (350F).

In a medium sized mixing bowl combine dry ingredients and mix well.

Stir in the peanut butter, olive oil and egg.

Add cold water a little bit at a time as needed until the dry ingredients stick together and you have a very stiff dough. You may not need all the water.

Knead lightly then roll out onto a floured surface until the dough is about 1/2 inch thick. Cut with a cookie cutter or knife. I didn’t have a cookie cutter handy so I used the cardboard tube from a roll of paper towels.

Place the treats at least 1/2 inch apart on an un-greased baking sheet, or on a no-stick silicon baking sheet.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until firm and golden. Cool before serving. They keep well for several days in a paper bag.

These are meant as an occasional treat biscuit rather than a meal replacement biscuit.

Related products you might be interested in:

• Healthy Dog Treats
• Healthy, organic dog food

Testimonials from discerning dogs everywhere:

Foxy loves them!