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*
Sarah says
I have recentlly begun juicing (because of YOU!!) and now I know how to include my dogs in that!
spabettie says
it makes it even better, right? and I like having zero waste!
Jeffie says
my fat labrador is turning four tomorrow! she loves peanut butter and apples...so, she'd love these for her birthday! 🙂
spabettie says
aw, happy birthday to your lab! did you make these for her? 😀
Pure2raw Twins says
Love it!!! I have always wanted to make dog treats, the funny thing is though I do not even have a dog haha I do plan on getting one here soon, well hopefully 🙂
Now I have a recipe to make when I do finally get one!
xoxo
~Lori
spabettie says
I hope you get a pup soon! 🙂 Basil loves these treats!
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says
Mmm! Yummy dog treats! Basil is so lucky its Mama is so great at making home made treats 🙂
spabettie says
his Mama is happy to do it! I like to feed him GOOD food. (and I have to taste test, you know... they're pretty tasty!) 🙂
Stephanie @ extremebalance.net/blog says
There was a dog cookie business near me in northern BC... I don't see why it couldn't be in Portland, OR, too! Ever thought about going all capitalist on this genius?
spabettie says
I should, definitely! at least at the Farmer's Market or something... 😀
Deb (SmoothieGirlEatsToo) says
With a little sweetener these are MINE all MINE! We tasted some doggie biscuits at a dog's birthday party (well duh doesn't everyone go to those?) and they were yummy but not sweet obviously! And I love that you are a waste-not-want-not family. <3
spabettie says
I have always wanted to go to (or have!) a dog birthday party. these would be a hit! 🙂 they are pretty tasty as is, the peanut butter is good! the using instead of wasting makes me VERY happy! 🙂
janetha @ meals & moves says
I know a couple of someones who would love these 🙂
spabettie says
aw, dang... I should have included a few in my package to you... NEXT time! 😉
Alexis says
Wow, I have never known another "Basil" dog before! Although my dogs name is spelled "Bayzill".
I'll have to try these for her!
spabettie says
yay for dogs named Basil!! I hope you make these, Bayzil will LOVE them! 😀
hihorosie says
That comment was supposed to read like this:
hey they look like something I would eat! Ha ha! Basil is a spoiled (ahem, lucky I mean) doggie!
hihorosie says
hey they look like some I'd eat! ha ha! Basil is spoiled (ahem, lucky I mean) doggie!
spabettie says
hee! 😉 I love to spoil him - he deserves it!