Dog Treats!! - Page 3

I've made peanut butter treats and pumpkin treats, never anything with a meat product though.  The dogs loved them.  I did the pumpkin because I had left over fresh pumpkin puree from making a pie last Thanksgiving.  The pups loved them! And anything with peanut butter is always a huge success.  I usually give them to friends to as Christmas gifts for their dogs.

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Originally Posted by jbschickens 

I've made peanut butter treats and pumpkin treats, never anything with a meat product though.  The dogs loved them.  I did the pumpkin because I had left over fresh pumpkin puree from making a pie last Thanksgiving.  The pups loved them! And anything with peanut butter is always a huge success.  I usually give them to friends to as Christmas gifts for their dogs.

Can you post the recipe for those treats?

I would love to make them for my pooches. 

Peanut Butter Dog Treats
2 1/2  cups flour
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup chicken stock, plus more, if needed
1 large egg, beaten
2 tbs peanut butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, add flour. with the mixer running on low, add egg, milk, and 1/4 cup chicken stock. add peanut butter and mix until blended. dough will be very dry. add more chicken stock, if needed until dough just comes together. dough should be dry and just wet enough to form a dough.

Roll out 1/4" thick and cut into desired shapes. place on parchment lined baking sheets (they will not expand, so no need to space them too far apart). bake for 30 minutes. remove and let cool completely before serving and treats for good puppies).

I think I might add a bit more peanut better next time to make the pups a little happier, but they loved these.  I'm pretty sure they knew I was making things for them, because they kept following me around the kitchen and whining when I got them out the oven.

Pumpkin Dog Biscuits  (This one is a Rachel Ray recipe someone gave me.  I substituted fresh pumpkin)

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup canned pure pumpkin puree
• 2 tablespoons dry milk powder
• 2 1/2 cups white or whole wheat flour

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees . In a bowl, stir together the eggs, pumpkin puree, milk powder and flour; add 2 tsp. water, or enough so that the dough just comes together.
2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with 1-inch cookie cutters. Gather the scraps, combine, roll and form more biscuits; repeat until all the dough is used.
3. Place the biscuits 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes, then turn over and bake until hardened, another 20 minutes. Let cool on the pan for 5 minutes.

Thanks for the recipes!

Do you have special cookie cutters you use for you rdog treats?

My boss has a set that includes a couple sizes of fire hydrants, some varieou sized bones, and a person ( it looks just like the symbol for the mens bathroom :)

I have a dog bone shaped one, and I just picked up some sea life and wildlife ones. They are different sizes and animals.  There is a whale, shark, fish, elephant, alligator, and rhino.  I use them to cut sandwiches, too.

I used to work in a boarding kennel/grooming shop and made treats by the gazillion for the dogs in the kennel and to sell out front.  I had a little cookie cutter shaped like a gingerbread man, about 2" tall.  I took the basic dog cookie recipe and added a dozen flavors.

Chicken broth.  Beef broth.  Tomato soup.  Veggi cocktail (V8).  Cheese soup.  Apple juice.  Pumpkin, green pea or carrot from cans. 

(ALL LOW SODIUM, of course)

People paid $2 for a brown bag with 10 cookies in it (this was back in the 80's).  Often they'd ask when they called to make appointments, "Do you have any veggi-man?  I'd like to get a dozen when I pick her up." Or, "Please give him some pumpkin-men while he's there and just add it to my bill".

And I have to admit... there were a few days when it seemed like lunch was NEVER gonna get here and we'd snack on them ourselves.  They tasted like flavored crackers.

That's cool! I never really thought about changing the recipe to add different things, but it would be easier then trying to find a new recipe every time.  I tasted them too.  One of my dogs has a really sensitive stomach and I wanted to make sure I wasn't making anything that might mess her up.  You're right, they taste like lightly flavored crackers.

Thank you! My dog love it.