Peanut Butter and Banana Dog Biscuits (GF, DF)
Spoil your dog with these 5 ingredient healthy dog biscuits. Easy and quick to make your dog will love every bite.
These healthy dog biscuits are a great treat for your dog. You can involve the whole family in making them as this is also a kid friendly recipe. Although dog treats aren’t an essential part of a dogs diet they can be used for rewards when training or just as an occasional treat.
Why make your own dog treats
Store bought dog treats as well as store bought dog food is usually heavily processed and full of preservatives. Making your own dog biscuits is a lot healthy for your dog.
This also allows you to customise them to include your dogs favourite foods. Next time try switching out the peanut butter for another nut or seed butter, Or swapping the banana for apple sauce or pumpkin.
Healthy treats ideas
I have a 10 year-old border collie and she loves peanut butter, chickpeas and pears. These homemade dog biscuits include peanut butter, which of course means she loves them.
For the chickpeas I roast them in the oven until they become crispy. Then add to her food for some added crunch. I also fill her kong toy with cut up pieces of pears to keep her entertained for a few minutes. Border collies are very clever which means it doesn’t take her long to figure out how to get the pear out of her toy.
Others recipes to check out
Healthy and Easy Homemade Dog Food (GF, DF)
Homemade Dog Food (Slow Cooker)
How to shape the biscuits
For the biscuits shape I used a dog bone shaped cookie cutter. For the dog shape i had to improvise and use a reindeer shape. I cut of the reindeer’s antlers and shaped the top to look like a dog ear.
You can use whatever you have to shape them. Previously, I’ve used a variety of different shapes to make these even the rim of a glass works well. The shape doesn’t really matter to the final result. All your dog cares about is the taste.
Ingredients needed:
- Gluten free plain flour
- Rolled oats
- Peanut butter
- Egg
- Banana
How to store the biscuits
While am sure these biscuits won’t last long enough to go mouldy. Its best to keep them in an airtight container in either the fridge or at room temperature.
Final result
One of lexis favourite treats she would happily devour them all in one go if i let her. Its great to be able to spoil her with a treat that i know is healthy for her and which she enjoys every bite.
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Peanut Butter and Banana Dog Biscuits
Spoil your dog with these 5 ingredient Healthy dog biscuits. Easy and quick to make your dog will love every bite.
Ingredients
- 120 grams Plain gf flour
- 40 grams Rolled oats
- 1 large Egg
- 60 grams Peanut butter smooth or crunchy
- 65 grams banana
Instructions
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Pre heat oven to 180c
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In a medium sized mixing bowl. Mash the banana and add the peanut butter and 1 whole egg. stir to combine them together
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Add the plain flour and and mix to combine. Then add the rolled oats and mix to combine again,
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Lightly flour your surface, roll out the dough to about 2-3mm in thickness,
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Using either a bone shaped cookie cutter or any other cutter. Cut out the biscuits mine made 8 in total.
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Place biscuits on a lined baking tray and bake in a preheat oven at 180 for 13-15 minutes until lightly golden brown on top. Bake for a few extra minutes if you want a biscuit. with more of a snap.
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Leave the biscuits to cool completely on a wire rack. Store the biscuits in a airtight container at room temperature for unto 5 days.
Recipe Notes
Macros for one biscuits is 4.6f 17.6c 4.5p
