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.

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

1. Heat your oven to 325 F.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the wet ingredients and mix well.
3. In a second bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and oatmeal.
4. 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.
5. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to ¼-inch thickness and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter.
6. Place the biscuits on a nonstick baking sheet* and bake for 15 minutes.
7. 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.

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.

Adapted from: Sally’s Baking Addiction.