Peanut Butter and Banana Dog Treats

We are doing a charity bake sale at work this week and I wanted to make some dog treats to sell.  These peanut butter and banana dog treats passed the Buddy and Ellie test.  Buddy is the most impatient with food and treats so he could hardly wait to try one!  Can see you see that is he not even looking at me but he's looking up at the counter where the cookies are?  I really do enjoy making homemade dog treats because I know exactly what the ingredients are and I know its healthy.  This is also a great recipe to use up overly ripe bananas instead of making banana bread.  This recipe is super easy and I basically just threw all the ingredients into my stand mixer.   If you don't have a stand mixer, you can easily mix everything together in a bowl by hand.  Go ahead and spoil your dogs soon!

Update - these dog treats sold out first at the charity bake sale!  Yay!

Peanut Butter and Banana Dog Treats

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

1 egg

1/3 cup peanut butter, creamy

2 ripe bananas, mashed

1 tablespoon honey

1 ½ cups flour

1 cup oats

½ teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.  Line baking sheets with parchment paper or lightly grease baking sheet (spray with non-stick cooking spray).

In a stand mixer, mix together egg, peanut butter, bananas, and honey.

Slowly add in flour.

Next, stir in oats and cinnamon.

Drop by spoonful onto baking sheets. 

After 15 minutes, I removed from oven and flattened with a fork and continued baking for additional 15 minutes.

*Total bake time 30 minutes.

Remove from oven and cool on a wire cooling rack.

Makes about 30 treats.

Sweet Potato Dog Chews 2

This is my second attempt at making sweet potato dog chews.  I made them previously and you can click here for the original recipe.  Buddy and Ellie absolutely love these sweet potato dog chews but they don't last as long as the rawhide chews.  I do freeze them to try to make them last longer but Buddy eats them in less than 5 minutes.   Ellie takes a little bit longer to chew them.   I think if you had a smaller dog who isn't a strong chewer, they would be comparable to a rawhide chew.  Overall, these sweet potato dog chews are a healthy treat and are inexpensive to make.  

Sweet Potato Dog Chews 2

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

2 sweet potatoes, medium sized

Directions

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Microwave sweet potatoes for about 30 to 45 seconds to make it easier to slice.

Cut a small piece of the sweet potato lengthwise to make a flat surface.

Turn sweet potato down on the cut side, slice sweet potato into 1/3” to  ¼” thick slices.

Place slices on parchment lined baking sheet.

Bake for 3 hours, turning slices halfway through baking time.

Allow to cool and place in freezer Ziploc bag.  Store in freezer for up to 4 months.

Buddy and Ellie wait so patiently for their treats!