There are many people turning to making their own wheat free dog treats.
Just like humans, some dogs have food alergies.
Many allergies come from eating wheat; others from consuming dairy products, or both.
Below is a wheat and dairy free dog biscuit recipe.
Each can be made into fun shapes of your choosing.
They may be shaped into people or dog bones, for special occasions cookie cutters can be used to represent the event.
Two benefits of baking your own dog biscuits are:
- You know what ingredients are used and
- it is less expensive than store bought dog biscuits.
In addition to wheat free, dairy free dog treat recipes, there are also vegetarian dog treat recipes.
easy dog biscuit recipes peanut butter Vegetarian Style
Ingredients:
- 1 medium sweet potato
- 1/2 cup cooking liquid from sweet potato
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup brown or white rice flour
- 1 cup Oat flour (note: you can make oat flour by using oatmeal blended in a blender or food processor.)
- 2 tsp. baking powder (aluminum free)
Directions:
Dice sweet potato into 1/2 inch cubes.
Cover sweet potato with water in a small saucepan.
Simmer until cooked through. Set the cooking liquids aside for future use.
In a large mixing bowl, mash the sweet potato. Add 1/2 cup cooking liquid back to the sweet potato.
Add peanut butter and stir until combined.
Mix the dry ingredients together.
Mix dry ingredients mixture to sweet potato mixture 1/2 cup of flour mixture at a time.
Blend throughly. If the dough is sticky, add more flour.
If the mixture seems too dry, add more cooking liquid in small amounts.
With hands knead mixture until a smooth textured cookie like dough.
Roll dough out on lightly floured wax paper, cut into about 1/2 inch thickness.
Place shaped biscuits onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake biscuits at 375 for about 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
Turn the oven off, let the biscuits remain in the oven for two hours. Store in airtight container.
Since the dog biscuits do not have preservatives they should be refrigerated for no longer than two weeks.
If frozen for future use store no longer than two months.
Note: Rather than using sweet potato, 3 medium size carrots can be used.
If you want the dog treats to be gluten free also, purchase gluten free ingredients.