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Peanut Butter Pumpkin Dog Treats
How often do you bake up a treat for your pet?
I feel like we don’t think about baking for our pets like we do our human friends and family.
Raise your hand if you are guilty of this, I know I am.
I’m forever baking goodies for Steve and the kids, but I rarely remember that our dog loves homemade treats too!
I know I often talk about our cats Reggie, Kiki, Calli, and Charlie, but we also have a dog named Dash.
He is less likely to pop up on my blog or social media because he lives in the basement apartment with my mom.
Dash is kind of crazy and likes to destroy things.
Every Christmas it is a game to find a toy that he won’t demolish (a.k.a eat and destroy) in a matter of minutes.
We fail every year.
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Peanut Butter Pumpkin Dog Treats
Making your own homemade dog treats is easier than you think.
With some simple ingredients and a little bit of love, your pet can enjoy some delicious treats.
It’s a great way to cut back on the processed treats that can be not as healthy.
You can reward your furry friend without guilt because you know exactly what is in them.
Are you ready to whip up your dog a delicious batch of my peanut butter pumpkin homemade dog treats?
What You Will Need:
- 1/2 cup of creamy peanut butter – I use Kraft, not natural peanut butter
- 1/2 cup of canned pumpkin purée
- 4 tablespoons of honey
- 2 cups of whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup of water
- 1 large egg
Yields: 30 dog treats
How To Make Peanut Butter Pumpkin Dog Treats
Follow along with the peanut butter pumpkin dog treats step-by-step process photos and then find the printable recipe below!
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Gather all of the ingredients you will need to make these homemade dog treats.
Preheat your oven to 300 degrees F.
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Place the creamy peanut butter, pumpkin purée, egg, water and honey into a large mixing bowl.
Mix until fully combined.
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Slowly add in the flour.
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Beat or fold the flour in until you form the dough.
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Flour the surface and rolling pin, then place the dough in the middle of your surface.
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Using the floured rolling pin, roll out the dough to 1/2 inch – 1 inch thick.
Next, cut the dough using a dog treat shaped cookie cutter.
I bought my dog treat cookie cutters on Amazon and they come with three different sizes.
The largest size is the one I used in this recipe.
Click here to purchase dog treat cutters on Amazon Canada.
Click here to purchase dog treat cutters on Amazon USA.
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Continue until you have no room left to make anymore dog treat cutouts.
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Place the dog treats onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake for 50-60 minutes.
While those are baking you can roll your leftover dough out and cut out more treats.
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Once they are done, remove from the oven and let cool.
Allow the treats to dry out for a few hours, or overnight, before placing them into a container.
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Dash literally begs me every day to come to give him his treats because he loves them so much.
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These peanut butter pumpkin dog treats are an easy and simple way to know your dog is getting healthy treats that are not filled with a bunch of junk!
Peanut Butter Pumpkin Dog Treats
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of creamy peanut butter (see notes)
- 1/2 cup of canned pumpkin purée
- 4 tablespoons of honey
- 2 cups of whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup of water
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 300 degrees F.
- Place the creamy peanut butter, pumpkin purée, egg, water and honey into a large mixing bowl. Mix until fully combined.
- Slowly add in the flour. Beat or fold the flour in until you form the dough.
- Flour the surface and rolling pin, then place the dough in the middle of your surface.
- Using the floured rolling pin, roll out the dough to 1/2 inch – 1 inch thick.
- Cut the dough using a dog treat shaped cookie cutter. Repeat until you have used all of the dough.
- Place the dog treats onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake for 50 minutes - see notes.
- Once they are done, remove from the oven and let cool. Allow the treats to dry out for a few hours, or overnight, before placing them into a container.
Notes
- Please do not use all-natural peanut butter OR any peanut butter with Xylitol as an ingredient.
- I used the largest dog treat cutter from the set I purchased and the timing of 50 minutes was for that size treat. If you use a larger or smaller cutter you may need to adjust the time adding/subtracting by 5-10 minutes.
- If you'd like a crunchier treat cook for an additional 5-10 minutes.
- For a softer treat cook for 5-10 minutes less.
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Chase says
What is the shelf life for these?
Aimee says
Hey Chase, I usually make 1-2 batches at a time and keep in a cool dry spot in an air tight container and they last a couple months for our dog.
Britney says
Hi I’m just wondering how long these last before going bad
Aimee says
Hi Britney, I haven’t had any go bad on us. I usually make 1-2 batches of these at a time and they last a couple of months with our dog.
Isishaj says
What is the reasoning behind not using natural peanut butter?
Aimee says
As per the notes in the recipe card: Please do not use all-natural peanut butter OR any peanut butter with Xylitol as an ingredient.
Many all-natural peanut butters contain Xylitol.
It is poisonus to dogs.
Teri says
My dogs LOVE THESE!!💕🐾🐾 I think the organic honey is the secret ingredient. I have made similar bars but they had no taste. Jif peanut butter is the only one I use . No toxic ingredients! Thank you so much for a great recipe.
Cindy Rush says
This is the second time I’ve made these for my three dogs and they love them! I cut the honey in half just because my bulldog is overweight. I’ve learned that one 15 oz can of pumpkin makes three batches and also Walmart has a 4lb container of creamy peanut butter for $4. So that’s what I use and again my dogs love them!!
LeeAnn says
Hello Dash, thank’s for sharing your mom’s recipe, my dog Hamlet loves them..
Donetta says
I rolled the dough into balls and criss-crossed them with a fork, when I give them out I put a dollop of coconut oil on them. Good stuff.
Kim says
This is the best recipe ever. My dogs go crazy for these. Thank you 🐾
Susan says
Remember to check your peanut butter to make sure it does not have sweetener (xylitol) in it. Xylitol is very bad for your dog. But this recipe is great and my dog loves it.