Carrot and Almond Butter Dog Treats (Recipe)

Confession: I’m tempted to taste most of the dog treats I bake for Banjo.

Although usually I leave the taste testing to Her Royal Slobberiness, some of the recipes I try yield cookies that look good enough to serve at a human party.

As a perfect example, these carrot and almond butter dog treats cooked up to a golden, soft and chewy treat that left my kitchen smelling like almond butter pastries.

Admittedly I didn’t take a bite of Banjo’s newest treat, but she certainly enjoyed them.

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Carrot and Almond Butter Dog Treats

Ingredients

½ cup almond butter (all natural and organic, with no added sugar or salt)
¾ cup milk
1 egg
⅔ cup shredded carrot
1½ cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
⅓ cup oatmeal

Directions

Heat your oven to 325 F.
In a medium bowl, combine the wet ingredients and mix well.
In a second bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and oatmeal.
Combine the wet and dry mixtures until a tacky dough forms. If you use a stand mixer, you may have to switch to the dough hook.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to ¼-inch thickness and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter.
Place the biscuits on a nonstick baking sheet* and bake for 15 minutes.
Flip the biscuits over and bake for another 10 minutes.

*If you don’t have a nonstick baking sheet, you can line your baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

This recipe makes about 2 dozen medium cookies.

If I know a treat is going to be soft and chewy, I often use a larger cookie cutter because I can hold the biscuit and let Banjo take bites without dry crumbs falling everywhere.

These carrot and almond butter dog treats cooked up to a perfect softness that made for an ideal large cookie.

Banjo politely took her 3 bites before finishing one off, and the only mess I had to clean up was the typical puddle of drool.

Three bites, and it was gone. Note the drool at the corner of her mouth.

Adapted from: Sally’s Baking Addiction.

This recipe was reviewed by a veterinarian, Dr. Judy Morgan, DVM, CVA, CVCP, CVFT, and is safe for dogs in moderation, but is not a substitute for a complete balanced diet. This recipe was last reviewed and updated April 24, 2019. Dr. Morgan comments: “For pets with allergies, the regular flour could be replaced with coconut or almond flour, which are rarely implicated in allergy issues. You might have to play with wet ingredients to get the right dough consistency when using alternative flours.” Dr. Morgan operates 2 award-winning veterinary hospitals in New Jersey that offer an integrative approach to pet care. With a passion for healing her patients with whole foods, she has written several books on holistic pet care — including Yin & Yang Nutrition for Dogs, a holistic cookbook for pets.