Making your own homemade dog biscuits is economical and easy.  Better for your dog too, who will love you for it.

My little guy just loves it when I get new ideas about dog biscuits.  After all, he’s my taste tester!

I’ve made my own for a while now.  Not only do I like making them and developing new flavors and all, but I feel much safer giving my dogs things that I make and know what ingredients go in them…mainly, one’s I’d eat myself.

Dogs love pumpkin!

While I’m down to just one dog now, which is temporary as I know there’s some homeless dogs that will be calling my name soon from rescue, my usual number of dogs is 3 and mainly German Shepherds.  I don’t have to tell anyone that big dogs eat a lot and food and treats can cost big bucks, so I found making my own treats to be very economical.  Plus, my dogs love homemade.  The few times I’ve fallen back on commercially made biscuits, my dogs actually turned their noses up at them and I’m convinced they only ate them to do me a favor!

My guys don’t have problems with wheat but if yours do, any non-wheat-based flour will do.  The trick is just getting a rollable dough.

I like to get fancy–it’s really for my eyes, my dogs don’t care–so here are the biscuit cutters I use~~

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Pumpkin Oat Dog Biscuits

Making your own homemade dog biscuits is economical and easy.  Better for your dog too, who will love you for it.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Cook Time35 minutes mins

Total Time55 minutes mins

Course: DOG TREATS

Cuisine: American

Keyword: dog biscuits

Servings: 36

Calories: 46kcal

Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

• 3 cups whole wheat flour or whole-grain flour of choice
• 1 cup whole oats
• 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
• 2-4 tbsp water

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 1 or 2 baking sheets (depends on size of biscuit cut) with parchment paper.
• Mix all ingredients, except water. Add only enough water to make a workable and rollable dough.
• Roll out to 1/8-1/4-inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes. Turn off oven and let biscuits sit in oven until oven is completely cool. This helps to dehydrate the biscuits for better storage.
• Makes about 3 dozen “medium” (about 3-inch long) dog biscuits.

Nutrition

Serving: 1each | Calories: 46kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 65mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1589IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 1mg

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Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

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Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

Dogs go crazy over pumpkin (and peanut butter) and they will love these biscuits.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Cook Time40 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr

Course: DOG TREATS

Cuisine: American

Keyword: dog biscuits

Servings: 20 biscuits

Calories: 57kcal

Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• pinch of salt
• 2 tbsp non-fat dry milk
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
• additional water to make a workable dough

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix all ingredients except the water. Dough will be crumbly. Add just enough water so the dough becomes elastic and pliable.
• Turn out on a floured surface and knead a few times. Roll dough out to about 1/2-inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter, the top of a smaller glass or even a pastry cutter, cut into desired shapes.
• Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Turn off the oven and let the biscuits sit in the oven until oven cools.
• Remove biscuits to a rack to dry overnight. Makes about 20 biscuits (I used a medium bone cutter, approx 3-inches long)

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 57kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 81mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 993IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg

Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

 

Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

 

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