Homemade Dog Biscuits: 15 nutritious and delicious recipes

They say that everything looks like its owner, right? Many of our pets love cookies and of course it is a food that we can include in their diet. We can offer them these delicious biscuits as a dessert, after they eat the occasional vegetable that dogs can eat or even after they finish their barf food for dogs in case they are following this diet, but we must look for the right biscuits for them.
Would you like to know what types of cookies you can give him and what ingredients are the right ones? Stay to read this blog. Here you can find out about the right ingredients for your pets and also about some dog biscuit recipes that you can make. We hope you like them, let's get to it!

What are homemade dog biscuits?

As their name says, dog biscuits are just that, biscuits that we can give our pet as a snack or reward from time to time. However, it is recommended that you do not give them our consumption because they may have components that are not so friendly to your body. This is why the Waggy's team It advises you to buy specific products for your consumption or, in that case, to make them yourself. Why not? It can be a different and even fun experience.

What types of cookies can I give my dog? suitable ingredients

There really are many cookie options that we can make for them, the important thing is not to make them with products that our four-legged friend cannot tolerate, such as chocolate, sugar, raisins, grapes, onion, garlic, among others. From then on, we can rest easy when it comes to cooking your cookies.
Do you remember that everything in excess is bad? Well, keep this motto in mind when cooking. Using flour or variants of it will not hurt them if you use the appropriate measure. Same for all other ingredients.

Homemade dog biscuit ideas

Without further ado for the moment, we share some of the recipes we found for your pet. We hope you will be encouraged to cook some, these are:

Apple Banana Cookies

Ingredients:
● 120 g whole wheat flour or oat flour.
● 80 g oat flakes.
● 1 apple without seeds.
● 1 ripe banana.
● 1 teaspoon of agave syrup.

Step-by-step preparation:

● Preheat oven to 180oC / 356oF with top and bottom heat.
● Crush the apple without seeds and the banana until they form a puree.
● Pour the puree into a bowl and add the flour, agave and oat flakes
(crushed or uncrushed).
● Stir until a consistent and easily moldable mass is formed. Can
add a little water if necessary.
● Shape cookies however you like.
● Take to the oven and cook for 15 – 20 minutes until they are slightly
golden. Again, the cooking time will depend on the thickness of the cookies.
● Let cool completely before serving to your pet.

Oatmeal and meat cookie

Ingredients:

● 4 eggs
● 75 grams of Greek yogurt
● 200 grams of oats
● 35 grams of meat meal
● 5 grams of extra virgin olive oil
● 50 grams of dehydrated chicken (topping)

Step-by-step preparation:
● Preheat the oven to 180oC and prepare a tray with baking paper.
● Beat the eggs until they have a homogeneous consistency.
● Add the Greek yogurt and the olive oil to later, beat again.
● Add the 200 grams of oats and the meat meal and knead until you get a wet compact.
● Take small balls of dough and flatten them on the baking paper. Bake for 15 minutes.

Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:
● 1 cup of oats
● 1⁄2 cup whole wheat flour
● 1 tablespoon of oil
● 3 tablespoons of honey
● 1 egg
● 1 splash of water

Step-by-step preparation:
● Preheat the oven to 180°C.
● Beat the egg and add the oil.
● Add the oats and honey.
● Add the flour and a splash of water. It should have a pasty consistency.
● Make balls and put in the oven for 15 minutes, they should be golden.
● Let cool.
● Give them to your dog.

Tuna cracker

Ingredients:
● 2 cans of natural tuna
● 1 cup of whole wheat flour
● 1 egg
● 1 plain yogurt
● 1 teaspoon of honey

Step-by-step preparation:

● Put the two cans of tuna in a container and crumble them with the help of a fork.

● Add the flour, the beaten egg, the honey and mix until obtaining a homogeneous mass. If we see that the mixture is very dry we can add a little water.
● Add the yogurt and move until obtaining a consistent dough that we will spread out on a floured surface.
● Preheat the oven to 170oC and cover the baking tray with baking paper.
● Cut the cookies, either with a mold or with a knife.
● We put the tray in the oven and let it cook for about 15 minutes until the edges are slightly golden.
● Let cool.

Chicken biscuits

Ingredients:
● 200 grams of oats
● 200 grams of cooked chicken
● 50 grams of banana
● 1 egg

Step-by-step preparation:
● Crush 100 grams of oats and leave another 100 grams in normal flakes
● Crumble cooked chicken with your hands or a knife into small pieces
● Mash the banana with a fork.
● Beat the egg and mix the rolled oats, banana, oatmeal and shredded chicken. There should be a moldable but lumpy dough.
● Place a baking paper on the baking tray and divide the dough into about 10 portions. With the help of a piece of baking paper, flatten each piece of dough a little. In case you have made more dough or it doesn't fit all at once, simply bake in 2 times and that's it.
● Put the tray in the oven for 12 minutes up and down.
● Remove and let the biscuits rest for 10 minutes before offering them to your dog.

Carrot cookies

Ingredients:
● 2 boiled carrots
● 1 1⁄2 cup whole wheat flour
● 1 egg

Step-by-step preparation:
● In a bowl, add the carrot and chop it until it is pureed.
● Add the whole wheat flour, the egg and mix.
● Knead with your hands if necessary. Add more flour if necessary.
● Refrigerate for 30 minutes and then roll out with a rolling pin.
● Cut with a cutter, place on a plate and place in the oven over medium heat for 20 minutes.
● Serve cold.

Biscuits with pate

Ingredients:
● 300 grams of chicken or turkey meat.
● 200 grams of oatmeal
● 1 egg
● 125 ml of meat broth
● 15 grams of bone powder

Step-by-step preparation:
● Preheat oven to 180oC / 356oF with top and bottom heat.
● Cook the meat to crumble it better, you can also use leftover meat (always without bones).
● Add all the ingredients in a bowl and mix until you get a homogeneous dough with a plasticine texture.
● Make small spheres or cylinders about 1 cm thick and place them on the baking tray on baking paper.
● Put the tray in the very hot oven. You will have them ready in about 15 minutes, if you see that they are not golden, speed up the baking for a couple more minutes.
● Remove the tray from the oven and let it cool for at least 30 minutes.
● You should keep them in the fridge in an airtight bag and spend them preferably in 3-4 days.

Cookies for dogs recipes without flour

Ingredients:
● 3 chicken livers
● 1 medium potato (about 100 grams)
● 1 egg
● 20 ml of olive oil
● 1 tablespoon of unsweetened natural yogurt

Step-by-step preparation:
● Cook chicken livers in boiling water until cooked or semi-dry. Pass them through cold water and crush them.
● Cook the potato without skin in boiling water, drain it, put it under cold water and mash it too. You can mash it with the livers if you want to save time.
● Beat the egg with the oil and natural yogurt.
● Add the potato and the crushed livers and integrate well.
● If you have a silicone mold, fill the holes with the mixture to form the cookies. If you don't have such a mold, then you should form the cookies into the shape you want and place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
● Bake the cookies at 180 oC, with the oven already hot, for 15 minutes.

Chicken and Carrot Biscuits

Ingredients:
● 2 boiled carrots
● 300 grams of chicken or turkey meat.
● 1 1⁄2 cup whole wheat flour
● 1 egg

Step-by-step preparation:
● Peel and boil carrots until tender. Then cut them into small pieces.
● Cook chicken or turkey meat, making sure it is fully cooked. Shred or chop the meat into small pieces.
● Preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C) so it's ready when you finish making the cookie dough.
● In a large bowl, add the boiled carrots and chicken or turkey meat pieces.
● Add whole wheat flour and egg. Mix all the ingredients well until you get a homogeneous mass.
● With a rolling pin, roll out the dough to a thickness of approximately 1 cm. Then, using cookie cutters or a knife, cut the dough into the desired size cookies.
● Place the cookies on a baking sheet previously lined with parchment paper or greased.
● Place the tray in the preheated oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown and firm to the touch.
● Cool and store.

Cheese Cookies

Ingredients:
● 100 g of grated cheese
● 100 g of cottage cheese
● 1 egg
● 50 g rye bread crumbles
● 200 g of potato flour
● 1 tablespoon of oil
● A little water in case the dough is too hard

Step-by-step preparation:
● Mix all the ingredients well and form small balls or sticks the size of a finger.
● Bake for 25 minutes at 180 degrees.
● Allow to dry inside the oven that is turned off.

Cookies with rice flour

Ingredients
● 1 cup of rice flour
● 1/2 cup of pumpkin puree
● 1 tablespoon unsalted peanut butter

Step by step preparation
● Mix the pumpkin puree with the peanut butter.
● Add the rice flour little by little and integrate it. If it is too
dry, pour some water.
● Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and shape the cookies to your liking.
● Preheat the oven to 180 oC.
● Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake them for 15-20 minutes, the time needed for them to become golden brown.

Vegan and vegetarian cookies

Ingredients
● 160 grams of cooked quinoa
● 50 grams of quinoa flour
● 30 grams of peas
● 1 ripe banana
● 1 tbsp turmeric powder
● 3 tablespoons of chia
● 1/2 glass of water

Step-by-step preparation:
● Preheat the oven to 180oC
● Cook the peas.
● Combine chia with water
● Wash and cook the quinoa. Then wash it again.
● Add the quinoa flour to the cooked quinoa until it is a homogeneous but sticky mass. If a little more is needed, add without problem.
● Add the fork-squashed peas to the dough.
● With the help of a couple of spoons, take balls and place them on baking paper on top of the oven tray.
● Bake 15 minutes.
● Remove and let cool.

Gluten free cookies

Ingredients:
● 500 grams of cooked chickpeas
● 250 grams of unsalted peanut butter
● 1 tablespoon of baking powder
● 150 grams of dehydrated turkey in small pieces

Step-by-step preparation:
● Cook the chickpeas and set aside 500 grams, crush them with a
food processor.
● Preheat in oven to 180oC / 356o F
● Add the baking powder, peanut butter, turkey pieces (raw or dehydrated) to the chickpeas.
● On the baking tray, place a piece of baking paper. With the help of a spoon, take portions, make them into a ball and crush them on the baking paper with the help of a small piece of it.
● With the oven preheated, we introduce the tray to 180oC /356oF with heat up and down for 12 minutes.
● Remove the cookies from the oven and let them rest for a few minutes before you begin offering them to your dog.

Pumpkin cookies

Ingredients:
● 2 Eggs
● 250g of pumpkin puree
● 350g of oats
● 1 tablespoon unsweetened peanut butter

Step-by-step preparation:
● Preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C) so it's ready when you finish making the cookie dough.
● In a large bowl, beat the eggs until well blended. Then, add the pumpkin puree and the tablespoon of unsweetened peanut butter. Mix all these ingredients well.
● Gradually add the 350g oats to the wet ingredients mix.
Stir with a spoon or spatula until all the ingredients are well combined and a smooth dough is formed.
● Take small portions of dough and form balls the size of a walnut. Place them on a baking tray covered with baking paper or silicone. Then, flatten each ball with the palm of your hand or with the bottom of a glass, until you obtain the desired shape of the cookies.
● Place the tray with the cookies in the preheated oven. Bake for about 12-15 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are golden. Baking time can vary depending on the size of the cookies and the power of your oven, so keep an eye on them to prevent burning.
● Cool

Salmon crackers

Ingredients:
● 200 grams of fresh or smoked salmon (you can use the variety that
prefer)
● 1 cup of oatmeal
● 1/2 cup of peanut butter
● 1 egg
● 1 teaspoon of baking powder

Step by step preparation
● If you are using fresh salmon, make sure it is clean and free of skin and bones. Steam, grill, or bake the salmon until it is cooked through. If you're using smoked salmon, simply cut it into small pieces or shred it.
● Preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C) so it's ready when you finish making the cookie dough.
● In a large bowl, mix the oat flour and baking powder.
● Stir room temperature peanut butter into the dry ingredients mixture. You can do this with a fork or your hands until the dough has a crumb-like texture.
● Add the cooked or smoked salmon to the oatmeal and peanut butter mixture. Mix everything well to evenly distribute the ingredients.
● In a separate bowl, lightly beat the egg. Add the beaten egg to the cookie dough and mix until you get a smooth dough.
● Take small portions of dough and form balls the size of a walnut. Place the balls on a baking sheet covered with baking paper or silicone. Then, flatten each ball with the palm of your hand to shape them into cookies.
● Place the tray with the cookies in the preheated oven. Bake for
about 12-15 minutes, or until cookies are golden brown around edges.
● Let cool.

How to keep dog biscuits at home?

After all the effort it took you to prepare the snacks for your pet, I assure you that you do not want them to spoil after three days. That is why we leave you with some recommendations below so that your cookies are preserved for a longer time:
● Allow them to cool completely before storing, otherwise moisture may build up.
● Preferably, keep your cookies in a glass container with a lid and put it in the cupboard or somewhere warm.
● You can freeze them and take them out as you need them.
● Finally, you can dehydrate them.

Where to buy 100% natural dog biscuits?

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If you want to know what are the appropriate doses to give your pet, we recommend that you read the article All about Cbd for dogs .

Conclusion

Together on this blog, we discovered that there is more than one way to feed our pets. Their daily diet does not have to be boring because we can supplement them with nutritious snacks that provide them with the necessary components for their development and well-being, and that is what Waggy's is. Now you know that you can spend part of your free time cooking for your four-legged friend but also, if you don't have that much time or you're simply not the best element in the kitchen, you can buy products made especially for them.

As a last tip, we want to recommend that you read about vitamins for dogs , so you will be an expert in nutrition and you will provide everything your pet needs. We hope you liked this article. See you in the next one!