Homemade Peanut Butter Blueberry Dog Treats
These crunchy homemade peanut butter blueberry dog treats make the perfect special gift for your favorite furry friends! Your dog will absolutely love these delicious biscuits. Gluten free and dairy free.
Do you see this face? Is this not the prettiest dog ever?
Oh wait, I’m that awesome beagle’s mommy so of course I’m completely obsessed with her.
And let me tell you, she is one spoiled rotten beagle. She sleeps in the bed (under the covers I might add), cuddles with me non-stop and with one look from those big eyes can get my husband to cave in to her demands.
However when it comes to food, we are very strict. Both my husband and I grew up with overweight beagles and it is my mission to not let that happen to our dog.
I have never tried my hand at homemade dog treats but due to a traumatic evening a few weeks ago, I decided it was time to make something special for little Emma.
To make a long story short, our poor baby hurt her paw and we had to make an emergency visit to a 24-hour veterinarian.
Thankfully, she was fine and I think my husband and I were way more traumatized by the whole thing than she was.
So, I decided I just absolutely had to make her something a little special. After doing some research on what dogs can eat and common allergies, I landed on this recipe.
I made a few changes and suffice it to say that Emma loved these. She was glued to my side while I made them and now even sits next to the cabinet where we keep them.
Give me some now! Okay, please I’ll be good. Yummmmm.
One note about these peanut butter blueberry dog treats. I completely forgot about the blueberries until I had already started cutting them out. So I went back and added them to half of the dough. It works fine with or without the blueberries and Emma seems to enjoy both equally.
Homemade Peanut Butter Blueberry Dog Treats
These crunchy homemade peanut butter blueberry dog treats make the perfect special gift for your favorite furry friends! Your dog will absolutely love these delicious biscuits. Gluten free and dairy free.
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup brown rice flour
- ½ cup oat flour**
- about 2 or more tablespoons water
- ⅓ cup frozen blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, peanut butter, maple syrup and olive oil until smooth. Add in both flours and mix until combined. The dough will be slightly dry, so add water a small amount at a time (mixing after each addition) to get it to a consistency that you can roll out easily. I added just over 2 tablespoons. Gently fold in the blueberries.
- On a floured work surface, roll out the dough to about ¼ inch in thickness. Cut the dough with your desired cookie cutter. Place on the prepared baking sheet. The dough will not spread while baking so you can place them fairly close together.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the treats are crunchy and golden brown.
- Once completely cooled, store in an airtight container.
Notes
*Yield will vary depending on the size of your cookie cutter. Mine is 3 ½ inches and I got about 14 dog treats.
**Instead of buying oat flour, just place rolled oats in a food processor and process until finely ground.
While our vet said these are fine for our pup, please speak to yours if you have any concerns before feeding them to your fur baby!
Adapted from Buns In My Oven
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 14 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 111Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 36mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 3g
Nutrition data shown is an estimate provided by an online calculator and is for informational purposes only. It should not be considered a substitute for a medical professional’s advice.
Hi! Excited to try this recipe! Do you think it would matter if I used fresh blueberries instead of frozen?
Thanks!
Hey Jen! I think that should work … they might just get a bit crushed when folding in / rolling out the dough.
Thanks for the reply! Yes, I found that out when I made them yesterday.. but they still came out great and my girls love them:) I was also asked by a few people for the recipe, so it’ll make its rounds to fill other bellies I’m sure:)
Awe I’m so glad! Anything to make our pups happy! 🙂
We just adopted a 6 year old Cocker after losing our 15 year old Cocker, Poppy. I missed baking these and am now happy to report our Belle loves these as much as Poppy did! It’s a great recipe!
Awe I love this! So happy to hear that Belle loves these too! And I’m so sorry to hear about Poppy – losing furry family members is so difficult.
Hi,
Would this recipe work if I take out the egg and maple syrup?
Thank you!
Hey Andrea! You would need to replace the egg with something else to bind them together if you removed it! They should be fine without the maple syrup though (you might need to add a tad more liquid to replace it).
Hi, I really want to make these for my pup, but I have almond flour instead of brown rice flour. Can I substitute this? Thanks!
Hey Heather! I don’t think almond flour would be the best sub here (I also read once that almonds are hard for dogs to digest but I’m not sure about that! I’d check with your vet!). All-purpose or even whole wheat flour I think would work better here (as long as your dog doesn’t have problems with gluten!). You could also just try all oat flour!
Awesome.
Can’t wait to make these today for my labrabull & pug.
Thanks.
Hope they enjoyed Scott!!
My Poppy loves, loves, loves these snacks! I’ve tried other recipes, this is her fav by far!
Thanks for sharing !
Oh this made my day! I’m so glad Poppy loves them 🙂 Thanks for letting me know Patti!
im just wandering how long these treats last for in an air tight container?..i don’t have alot of time to make things during the week…so i would have to make them on a weekend..for the next weekend …lol would that work?
Hi Beth! haha I completely understand. I’ve kept mine for about 1 to 2 weeks in an airtight container and they’ve been fine.
We recently found out that our “little” girl Josie (female Great Dane) is SUPER allergic to chicken. Unfortunately every treat has some type of chicken by-product in them. She used to LOVE the Nuro blueberry treats, but we had to stop giving them to her. This is going to make her sooo happy. I’ve been making her salmon treats for a few weeks now and this will be nice variety. Thanks for posting!!!
K
Aw, I hope she loves them!!
Aren’t blueberries really bad for dogs?!?
Not to my knowledge. Our vet told us they are fine for dogs as an occasional treat. I would suggest checking with your own veterinarian for what’s best for your dog.
http://dogs.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Are_Blueberries_Safe_for_Dogs
Our boys love blueberries and have never had any kind of gastric upset from them. You may be getting blueberries mixed up with grapes and raisins which are very bad for dogs.
Thanks for sharing that link Allison!
Simba will love these! Anything that is not his food he prefers. They look like cookies I would eat. Also I love the placement of the metro card toy given to Emma by yours truly!
haha I thought you would like that. And I totally tried one out of curiosity. Not bad, but a little dry for a cookie : )
So dang cute. I’ve been meaning to buy a dog bone cookie cutter as my kids want to make treats for their favorite chocolate lab.
: ) Dogs are the best