RECIPE: Peanut Butter and Applesauce Dog Cookies

Healthy, wholesome and easy to make. Photos by: Allison Gray/Petful

I’m starting to get really good at kneading dough. I don’t just make dog biscuits; I make breads and cookies for myself as well.

I’ve come to realize that certain ingredients tend to create a dough that is remarkably easier to knead and roll out than others.

Fortunately for me (and Banjo), a couple of those ingredients are found in this scrumptious dog treat recipe — peanut butter and applesauce.

Use unsweetened apple sauce, and make sure the peanut butter contains no xylitol.

Peanut Butter and Applesauce Dog Cookies

Ingredients

3 cups flour
2 cups oatmeal
1 cup peanut butter (no toxic xylitol)
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ cup olive oil

Using a rolling pin, roll the dough to about ¼-inch thick.

Use your favorite cookie cutter to create fun shapes.

Directions

Heat your oven to 350 F.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except olive oil.
Add as much olive oil as needed to create a dough that holds its shape.
Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to ¼-inch thick.
Using a cookie cutter, cut the dough into shapes and place them on a nonstick cookie sheet.
Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool on a wire rack.

Makes about 4 dozen small cookies.

These cookies easily passed Banjo’s taste test. (She begged for more.)

Because I’m not baking for an entire classroom of puppies, I decided to just make a quarter batch of these cookies. The recipe yielded 1 dozen tasty, bite-sized cookies that Banjo happily ate (and promptly begged for more).

You can keep leftover biscuits in a container for up to 1 week.

Adapted from The Lazy Pit Bull.

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