Treat your four legged friends with this easy Dog Cookie Recipe! Cookies for canines? You bet! Just like my dog cake, pupcakes dog cupcakes, dog donuts and homemade dog treats, this pup approved peanut butter dog cookie recipe was created specifically for dogs. Your furry family member will love when you whip up a batch of this dog cookie recipe just for them!
Reasons to Make This Dog Cookie Recipe
Puppy Love – Your pup will be thrilled with this yummy dog cookie recipe, just like the good boy you see in the photo above.
Quick & Easy – You can whip up a batch of these cookies in less time than it takes to run to the store.
Simple Ingredients – You only need water and four ingredients.
Peace of Mind – When you make your own snacks for your pets, you know what is in the ingredients.
Every day awesome readers like yourself send me photos of doggies enjoying their homemade treats. It brings such a smile to my face, and makes me want to find more ways for you to bake for your pets. This dog cookie recipe might be one of my favorite recipes so far – in part because they are so adorable and look just like the peanut butter cookies we enjoy, minus a few ingredients.
Ingredients
This is a discussion about the ingredients. For the actual recipe with amounts, please see the recipe below.
- Whole Wheat Flour – Whole wheat flour packs in much more nutritional value than all-purpose flour does. If all-purpose flour is what you have on hand, and you are fine using that with your dogs, that works just the same. I have not tested this recipe with any gluten free flours, so I cannot advise on how they would work.
- Oats – Oats are a good source of fiber, protein, iron and Vitamin B6.
- Peanut Butter – Dogs LOVE peanut butter! Make sure to use a natural variety, without any additives. You want a peanut butter made of peanuts, not peanuts and other things. And make sure to avoid any peanut butters with xylitol (also called birch sugar), an additive sometimes use in peanut butters (not super common though) that can be toxic to dogs. Always check the ingredients. And a natural, organic peanut butter is your best bet.
- Egg – Egg helps bind the dough together and adds protein.
- Hot Water – I always recommend using whatever water you use to drink. If your family drinks tap water, then tap is fine. If however you drink bottled or filtered, then go with that in this recipe
How To Make This Dog Cookie Recipe
This is a discussion about the recipe directions. For the actual recipe with amounts, please see the recipe below.
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir to combine. This is a thick dough, so you may find that you actually need to get in there with your hands and work it together. Don’t be alarmed that it’s thick, that’s expected.
- After your dough has come together, roll into balls approximately 1″ in diameter and place onto a baking sheet. Then, using a fork, gently press into the dog peanut butter cookie dough on dough to on two sides to create an overlapping crosshatch impression. This gives the peanut butter cookies their signature look, but also helps flatten the cookie a bit for baking.
- Bake for approximately 15 minutes and allow to cool. Then share, in moderation with all the good boys and girls that have been patiently wagging their tails while you did the baking!
Tips & Advice
Storage: Make sure to completely store treats before storing. Once cool, store in an air tight container or freezer bag. I recommend storing them in the fridge for 7-10 days, or freezing for up to two months. At room temperature they are fine for 3-4 days.
Pet Safe – If you have any questions about ingredients for your dog, make sure to check with your vet. These are simply ingredients that I feel comfortable with feeding my own pup.
Human Safe – I’m often asked if people can eat these cookies, and the answer is yes you can! As you can tell from the ingredients they are all ingredients you probably already consume. They won’t be sweet, because they don’t have sugar, and won’t have quite the same rich taste that a cookie made with butter would have.
Equipment
For this recipe, you’ll just need a few mixing bowls, a baking sheet, and a fork!
FAQs
If you’re worried about the ingredients in a dog cookie, I recommend talking to your vet before baking or buying them anything new. The ingredients in this dog cookie recipe are ingredients I’ve researched and feel comfortable feeding my pet.
Recipes You’ll Love
I hope your pup enjoys this dog cookie recipe as much as ours do! If you too would like to enjoy some peanut butter cookies (the made for people kind!) check out my Best Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies, Peanut Butter Monster Cookies and Peanut Butter Snickers Cookies.
More Dog Treat Recipes
Dog Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup oats
- 3/4 cup natural peanut butter (make sure it does not contain xylitol (also called birch sugar))
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 cups hot water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and stir to mix. The dough is thick, and you may find that you need to use your hands to actually knead the dough together.
- Roll into balls approximately 1" in diameter and place onto a baking sheet. Using the tines of a fork, gently press a crosshatch shape into each cookie. This will both give a physical imprint of lines and help flatten the cookie dough.
- Bake for 15 minutes, then remove from oven and place baking sheet on a wire cooling rack. After ten minutes, remove from baking sheet. Store tightly covered.
Notes
Nutrition
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
Meet Christi, Love From The Oven
I’m Christi I love sharing easy & delicious recipes that your family & friends will love. I’m a mom, baker, cookbook author and lover of sprinkles.
yeah, there’s definitely something off about the dry to wet ratio and I only put in 1 C. hot water.
Can use coconut flour the same. Works great and mydog loves
Can I use coconut flour as an alternative to whole wheat flour as I can’t seem to find a whole wheat flour from the shops. If so, can you please let me know the appropriate measurements for all the ingredients?
I’ve never used coconut flour in anything so I have no idea. If you use it regularly, you likely know better than I do about using it in place of flour.
If I wanted to make these and serve them uncooked ( so I can sneak in some Dinovite-
How long would the dough last in the fridge uncooked?
I can’t say as I haven’t tried that and don’t know for sure.
I made these two times following the directions exactly as written. Both times I had to add an extra cup of flour (3 cups total) to make the dough able to be rolled. I made 36 cookies per batch. Can any body help me understand this?
I believe in the tips secretion you meant to say to cool cookies before storing them. Not store them before storing them.
Which?
Sorry, per cookie. If you look at the recipe card it tells you the number of servings and the nutritional information. Just like for all other recipes, it’s based on servings.
The nurition facts, are those based per recipe or per cookie? Just want to make sure my puppers are kept within their diet range.
Correct.
The pupcake cupcake how many cupcakes will a batch make.,, and also with the cookie receipe
If you look in the recipe card immediately above where you left this comment, at the top of the recipe card it says “prep time, cook time, total time and servings” (this is right under the blue Print, Pin and Share buttons). You can find this info there. If you hover over the number of servings, you can actually even change the number of servings as well.
My dogs absolutely loves these, will be making more for sure!!!