Apple Peanut Butter Dog Treats - simple and tasty treats for your pup! four whole food ingredients become a crunchy bite your dogs are sure to be wag for!
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I shared with you some of the benefits of our juice fast, but we are not the only ones who benefit from our juicing. Basil is enjoying it too.
I have used juicing pulp in baking breads and muffins before. Now while we are fasting, Basil is enjoying homemade treats made from juice pulp! I have made a few flavors, and while Basil is not partial, I think these are his favorite.
Who doesn't like apples and peanut butter? Classic.
If you aren't a juicer, you can use chopped or shredded apples, maybe reducing to ¾ cup.
apple & peanut butter dog treats
1 cup apple pulp or shredded apple (I juiced 3 apples)
½ cup peanut butter
¾ cup brown rice flour (plus additional for kneading, rolling)
1 flax or chia egg
Core and juice 3 apples, reserving pulp. Combine apple pulp and peanut butter, then add egg and flour.
Knead into a ball and roll to about ½ inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutter or knife. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Cool completely, store in an airtight container.
Basil loves these! They are soft out of the oven and as they cool they become crisper but not too crunchy. Cooking for another 5-7 minutes makes them crunchy (this is what I did with a carrot batch).
These are so quick and easy to make, I like the short healthy ingredient list for Basil, and I'm using most of the pulp when we juice, which makes me happy too.
Basil says Happy Tuesday - *wag wag wag*
Chris says
What a great idea! We just started juicing last month and throwing the pulp away has kind of been bugging me. I bet Kenny and Ginger would chow down on these adorable treats!
spabettie says
YES - do it!! 🙂 Basil LOVES them!
spabettie says
also, did we already talk about this - have you tried rejuicing the pulp? some of the wetter stuff (carrots, cucumber...) can actually get a lot of juice on a second and even THIRD time through... just kind of messy. 😀
Roz says
Basil, you are ONE lucky dog!!!
spabettie says
oh, he is so very lucky. but I'm also lucky to have found him 🙂 he makes my day so often.
(what runs) Lori says
You must have the healthiest (and WELL FED) dog ever. I wouldn't even mind eating what he eats!
spabettie says
um, these are pretty tasty. 😉 yep, I tried one.
lynn @ the actor's diet says
so great! julius is posting it on his facebook fan page 😉
http://www.facebook.com/juliusChenwald
spabettie says
I love it, thank you Julius!!
Tiffany says
This is going on my must-make list! I love the heart shapes as well-I wonder if they have a doxie cookie cutter. Hmmm.....that would be like cannablism for Basil though, eh? 🙁 I meant well with that thought!!
spabettie says
Tiffany I DO have a doxie cookie cutter - I didn't want to use it for Basil's treats! 😉
spabettie says
and I KNOW Linx will love them too!! 😀
Allie says
Well, I'd totally eat these. Oh, wait, wait--DOG treats. That is one lucky dog 😀
spabettie says
haa, Allie, each time I give him one I smell it... mmm, peanut butter! they are actually very good! 😉
Chef Amber Shea @Almost Vegan says
Are you sure these are just for dogs?! Cuz add in a few drops of stevia, and I wouldn't be able to stay away from them! 😛
spabettie says
um, YEAH. I don't even need the stevia, they're pretty tasty!! 😀 I thought about adding agave - I'm making another batch today, perhaps I will. treat for me, treat for pup, treat for ME, treat for pup! 😉
Holly @ The Runny Egg says
I am sending this link to my sister -- they like to make treats for their dog and I'm sure these would be a big hit!
spabettie says
great, Holly! I hope they make them, Basil loves them and they smell awesome. (taste really good too, shhh!) 😉
Heather (Where's the Beach) says
Those treats look delish to me. Mine LOVE the apple cookie treats I make for them. Of course, they really aren't picky... 😉
spabettie says
ha - yeah, Basil's not too discriminating either - he eats most anything. these smell awesome.
katie @KatieDid says
And did you try one also? I wonder if they'd taste any good with human taste buds. I do not like overly sweet things, so I could see myself munching on these too haha! I've accidently eaten dog treats before a few times, but I'm sure they were not made with fresh juice pulp and peanut butter based on the way they tasted!
spabettie says
hee - YES I did taste one, and they are GOOD. if you don't like really sweet things you would LOVE these, and there's no reason why you couldn't eat them! 😉 the sweet from the apple is good, and who doesn't like peanut butter!? 😀