Peanut Butter Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

Home made Dog Biscuits.

Making Dog Biscuits for your furry family member is economical and much safer than purchasing treats at a retail pet outlet.

When making this recipe, use cookie cutters to make fun shapes. Make sure to cut out the proper size Biscuit for your Dog.

If you have a little Dog, the large cookie cutters will probably be too large of a portion for them. I have a small Yorkie Poo so I often use a bottle cap as my cookie cutter….it is the perfect size!

When you make the Biscuits at home, you know that the ingredients are fresh and healthy for your Dog because you purchased them and stored them. With all the recalls lately, it makes sense to just bake treats for your Dog.

Depending on what size cookie cutters you use, you can get several dozen Biscuits. I put mine in several small resealable plastic bags and freeze them. That way they stay fresh and I just use one portion at a time.

My Dog LOVES these! I hope yours does too.

PEANUT BUTTER PUMPKIN DOG BISCUITS 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup Canned Pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie mix)
• 2 Eggs
• 2 Tablespoons Organic Peanut Butter
• 2 1/2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg
• 1/2 Cup Cornmeal

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together the Eggs, Pumpkin and Peanut Butter.

3. In a medium size bowl, stir together the Flour, Salt, Cinnamon and Nutmeg.

4. Using a wooden spoon, combine the dry ingredients into the Pumpkin mixture stirring until a dough starts to form then use your hands to form a ball with the dough.

5. Roll out the dough ball with a rolling pin on a surface sprinkled with the Cornmeal. Just use a little bit at a time…add more as needed.

6. Use cookie cutters to cut out simple round shapes or fun shapes of your choice.  Place the cutouts on a NON greased cookie sheet.

7.  Bake for 40 minutes or until they are golden brown.

8. Transfer to a cookie rack and allow to cool completely before giving them to your Dog.

Store the Biscuits in an airtight container. You can also freeze any extras, they will keep for several months in the freezer.

Recipe by: Hot Dish Homemaker