Finding Recipes for Homemade Dog Treats

Many people like to spoil their dog with homemade dog treats. If you're looking for homemade dog treat recipes, there are a few places you should check.

You need to determine if you would like to purchase a book. Amazon.com has several books on how to make homemade dog treats. If you do not want to purchase a book, you can always go to your local library and rent the book.

The Internet is always a great place to find valuable information. Here are some great web sites to look to for free homemade dog treat recipes:

Thepoop.com - This web site provides several different dog treat recipes. It provides all the details in an easy to read format. You can print off the recipe from the web site and you can sign up to be a daily e-mail subscriber. Not only does this web site offer recipes for dog treats, but it also has gourmet meal recipes you can use for your dog for special occasions.

TwoDogPress.com - This is another great web site providing free dog treat recipes. You can easily find several different dog treat recipes and figure out how to make it.

DogAware.com This site has a variety of treat recipes and information for dog lovers.

Now that you have a few web sites to browse, here is an example of a dog treat recipe from one of these web sites:

Peanut Butter Bones

Ingredients:

1 pkg. Dry Yeast
½ C. lukewarm water
1 C. Mashed potatoes
1 C. Milk
¼ C. Molasses
½ C. Chicken stock
1 C. Chunky Peanut Butter
1 C. Whole Wheat Flour
½ C. Rye Flour
½ C. Rice Flour
1 Egg
2 C. All-purpose White Flour

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Using a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in water. In a large saucepan, mix together the potatoes, milk, molasses, chicken stock, and peanut butter. Heat the mixture over stove, stirring frequently until it boils. Remove mixture from heat and allow it to cool. Once mixture reaches room temperature, add yeast to mixture. Slowly blend in the egg, wheat, rye, and rice flowers. Add enough white flour to form a stiff dough.

Lightly sprinkle flour over the cutting board and bring mixture to the cutting board. Knead mixture until smooth and shape it into a ball. Roll it into a ½ inch thick and use cookie cutters to cut out biscuits. Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheets, spacing them ¼ inch apart. Bake for 45 minutes and allow to cool overnight. The recipe yields 3 to 4 dozen bones that can freeze well.

A cute dog treat is the apple crunch pupcake:

Apple Crunch Pupcakes

Ingredients:

2 ¾ C. Water
¼ C. Unsweetened Applesauce
¼ tsp. Vanilla
4 C. Whole Wheat Flour
1 C. Dried Apple Chips
1 T. Baking Powder
1 Egg, beaten
4 T. honey

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray the muffin tin with cooling spray. Combine all wet ingredients and mix through ally. In a separate bowl, combine all the dry ingredients and mix. Slowly add the wet mixture into the dry mixture and make sure no dry mixture is left in the bowl. Pour mixture into oven tins and bake for 1 - 1 ½ hours or until a toothpick inserted into the center of muffin comes out dry. Store pupcakes in a sealed container. This recipe yields 12-14 pupcakes.

There are several things you can do when you are making homemade dog treats. Of course since you can't ask your dog what he likes, experiment with different flavors to see which one your dog responds to.

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