Sweet Potato Dog Treats

Sweet Potato Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

These sweet potato dog treats are definitely on our top 5 list. Simple, healthy and tasty, we’re pretty confident in saying your dog will be watching your every move while making these and devour every crumb!

They are light and crispy, easy to chew or snap in half dog biscuit made with just four ingredients. Packed with flax seed and sweet potato, you’ll be feeding your dog a treat that is high in Omega-3’s and vitamins.

Lola and Rio were slightly obsessed with these treats (even more so than most)…

Sweet Potato Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

5.0 from 2 reviews
Sweet Potato Dog Treats
 
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Serves: 24-36
Ingredients
  • 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and diced
  • 1 cup rice flour
  • ¾ cup oat flour (can substitue with regular flour)
  • 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or nonstick spray.
  2. Dice sweet potato into small squares and place in a saucepan, add approximately 1 cup of water and place over high heat and bring to a boil. Cook for 7-9 minutes or until the potatoes can be easily pierced with a fork; remove from heat, drain and cool.
  3. In a large mixer, beat the sweet potatoes until smooth.
  4. Add the flour and flaxseed meal and egg and stir until a dough forms.
  5. Place dough onto a lightly floured surface. Roll out into rectangle and cut out biscuits with a cookie cutter.
  6. Place the treats on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool before serving.

Sweet Potato Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

Sweet Potato Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

Note: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 10 days. If you would prefer to use whole wheat flour, you may substitute for the rice and almond flour in this recipe. Also, if your dog has egg allergies you can replace the egg with applesauce.

Recipe adapted from Pretty Fluffy. 

Turmeric Dog Biscuit Recipe

Turmeric Dog Treat Recipe via Lolathepitty.com

Turmeric Dog Treat Recipe via Lolathepitty.com!

Before we get into the health benefits of these homemade dog treats, let’s talk about how much Lola and Rio obsessed over these! I’m thrilled with the texture of these and they for sure go on my top three dog treat recipes I’ve made to date. They’re perfect for Lola because they snap easily in half and aren’t so rock hard that she just swallows them whole (yes, this is a problem around here). These treats are crisp and crunchy kind of like a graham cracker.

Okay, so turmeric. It’s kind of a buzz word for 2016 and 2017? And for good reason. Turmeric made the list in my 9 Healthy Additions to Your Dog’s Diet and I knew I had to incorporate it into a recipe!

What is turmeric? Good question, it actually comes from a root, that looks similar to ginger, imo.

Turmeric is one of the most researched plants in existence today as a powerful antioxidant. The health benefits include:

  • Anti-cancer properties
  • Protects against radiation-induced damage
  • Reduces unhealthy levels of inflammation
  • Detoxifier
  • Relieves allergies
  • Acts as a binding agent, great for treating diarrhea
  • High in fiber and rich in vitamins and minerals

Turmeric Dog Treat Recipe via Lolathepitty.com

In addition to turmeric powder, I also added peanut butter to help bind everything together, a combination of oat and rice flour, and flax seed…because why not!?

It’s official. My dogs are spoiled. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Turmeric Dog Treat Recipe via Lolathepitty.com

This recipe can be made with only dirtying ONE bowl. Mix everything together until nice and crumbling like the photo above.

Roll out and cut into shapes. Easy as that!

Turmeric Dog Treat Recipe via Lolathepitty.com

Okay, this recipe just might be one of my favorites yet.

4.3 from 15 reviews
Turmeric Dog Biscuits
 
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These turmeric dog treats are the perfect healthy treat for your pup! They are light and crispy when cooked making a snack your dog is certain to love!
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Serves: 24-30
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Oat Flour
  • 1 cup Rice Flour
  • 3 Tablespoons Turmeric (ground)
  • 1 Tablespoon Ground Flax Seed
  • ½ cup + 2 Tbsp peanut butter
  • ¼ cup water
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients
  3. Mix until crumbly
  4. Form into two large balls and roll out
  5. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters
  6. Place onto prepared baking sheet
  7. Bake for 25 minutes, turn off oven and leave in the oven for another 10-15 minutes or until crisp
  8. *Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Have you made these treats before? Please share with us in the comments. Thanks for reading!

-Sarah, Lola, & Rio

Fall Dog Treat Recipe Roundup

Cinnamon-Honey Dog Donuts

Fall Dog Treat Recipe Roundup - Lolathepitty.com

I’m not sure about you, but I absolutely adore fall. Pumpkin spice lattes, leaving crunching under your feet, homemade soup recipes, and of course homemade dog treat recipes. Fairly certain my stovetop and oven have received more use the past couple months than they did all summer long.

Enjoy the recipes and let me know which is your (pups) favorite!

Ginger Apple Dog Biscuits

*insert double heart-eyed emoji*

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Pumpkin-Flax Dog Biscuits

Simple, healthy. Pumpkin Flax Seed Dog Biscuit Recipe - Lolathepitty.com

Cinnamon-Honey Dog Donuts.

Everything Pretty Fluffy does it not only gorgeous, but genius.

Cinnamon-Honey Dog Donuts

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Puppuccinos.

Ahh, my fave.

Pumpkin Spice Puppuccinos! Love thi easy recipe for your pooch! Via lolathepitty.com

Simple Peanut Butter Banana Dog Treats

a classic that you should have hanging on your fridge.

Lola's Homemade Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

Sweet Potato Dog Treat Biscuits

Say whaat?! These look amazing. Visit the Little Epicurean by clicking on the photo below for the recipe.

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Looking for even more? Follow our Dog Treat Recipe Pinterest board or check out our full collection of dog treat recipes on this blog.  

Do you have a favorite fall-themed dog treat recipe? Tweet it to us @lolathepitty. Hope you enjoy!

Pumpkin (Flax Seed) Dog Biscuits

Simple, healthy. Pumpkin Flax Seed Dog Biscuit Recipe - Lolathepitty.com

‘Tis the season for pumpkin-everything and we just had to jump on board, again.

I’ve been telling myself I need to get my hiney back in gear and baking for the dogs on a regular basis, but to be honest I’ve been kind of lazy/busy as all get-out.

So I decided to make a batch of pumpkin dog treats.

The best part?

Four ingredients.

Pumpkin Flax Seed Dog Biscuit Recipe - lolathepitty.com

No rolling out dough – just mixing, scooping, and baking. These treats are made for those days where you don’t feel like cooking but want to whip something special up for your pup.

Doesn’t get much simpler than this, friends!

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Four-ingredient (five if you include the flax seed) pumpkin dog biscuits. Simple, healthy, crunchy, and a treat your dogs will love!
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Serves: 12-18
Ingredients
  • 2½ cups oat flour
  • 1 Tbsp flax seed (optional)
  • ½ cup pumpkin puree
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup almond milk (unsweetened)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Combine oat flour, flax seed, pumpkin, eggs, and almond milk in a medium-sized bowl.
  3. Mix until well combined.
  4. (Note: add a splash more of almond milk if mixture seems too dry - should be able to scoop into balls while still holding shape).
  5. Scoop into 1" balls onto prepared baking sheet.
  6. Bake at 350 F for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown on top.

*Store in an airtight container for up to one week.

Other treats you’ll love:

Ginger Apple Dog Treats

Chicken Wild Rice Dog Treats

Beef Crunch Dog Treat Recipe

Homemade Beef Stock (Frozen) Dog Treats - lolathepitty.com

Frozen Beef Crunch Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

Let’s face it, it’s hot out and the last thing I (or most likely, you) want to do is hang out in the kitchen. I have been somewhat, for lack of a better word, lazy about cooking for myself let alone Lola and Rio. But this weekend was different. Okay, somewhat.

I whipped out some beef stock (could also use a beef bouillon cube), water, and crushed up treats to pull these together.

Meet the easiest dog treats you’ll ever make.

Frozen Beef Crunch Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

Though my taste-testers wouldn’t know the difference if I told them they took me hours to make. So…here’s the detailed directions:

5.0 from 1 reviews
Beef Stock Dog Bone Recipe
 
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Simple Frozen Beef Stock Dog Treats with Surprise Pieces of Treats in the Center!
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1 cup beef stock (or 1 Beef Bouillon Cube + 8 oz water, warm)
  • ¼ cup crushed dog treats
Instructions
  1. Dissolve beef bouillon cube in warm water.
  2. Pour into ice cube trays.
  3. Sprinkle with crushed dog treats.
  4. Freeze until solid and serve!

Frozen Beef Crunch Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

You could totally use a normal ice cube tray – but why, when Kong makes this super cute one?

Frozen Beef Crunch Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

Life is rough, isn’t it?

ENJOY!

Raspberry Goat Milk Dog Smoothies


Raspberry Goat Milk Dog Smoothies | recipe via www.lolathepitty.com/raspberry-goat-milk-dog-smoothies/

Oh, hi!

I feel as if we’re overdue to share a new dog treat recipe with you! Things have been a little nuts as we packed up all of our stuff and moved out of Minnesota the last week in January. However, life *should* be getting back to normal now that we’re (somewhat) settled in Colorado. Meaning we’ll be able to bust out a more regular treat recipe schedule for ya…

I’m excited to share this new smoothie recipe that Lola and Rio (of course) LOVED. It also happens to be pinkish-reddish in color just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Not too long ago I found out about The Honest Kitchen’s powdered goat milk called Bloom – have you used it? I love that it comes in a powder that you just add water to (less waste for us) and the dogs go nuts for it when I pour a little over their food. (No, THK did not pay me to say any of that.) Dangit.

Anyways, moving onward – this recipe is far from complicated and uses only three ingredients, I think it was completed from start to finish in 5 minutes. And that included washing my blender.

5.0 from 1 reviews
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Raspberry Goat Milk Smoothies for your dog! A healthy, simple and fun recipe to make that your pup will love.
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cup goat milk (I used The Honest Kitchen's Bloom powdered goat milk)
  • ½ cup frozen raspberries
  • 1 tbsp peanut butter (without added sugar or salt)
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a blender.
  2. Blend until smooth.
  3. Serve!
Notes
This equaled 4-5 servings for our dogs. Store unused smoothie in an airtight container in the fridge (up to 3 days) or freezer.

 

Enjoy pups!

Are you planning on giving your dog a special Valentine’s Day treat?

Raspberry Goat Milk Dog Smoothies | recipe via www.lolathepitty.com/raspberry-goat-milk-dog-smoothies/

Check out these other great recipes:

*Frozen Peanut Butter Banana Pupcakes

*Ginger Apple Dog Biscuits

*Puppy Power Smoothies

Ginger Apple Dog Treat Recipe

A typical Saturday at our house lately has been sleeping in until about 9 a.m., brewing a fresh pot of Grounds & Hounds coffee, hopping on the computer to catch up on emails and blog stuff then running the dogs over to a friend’s house or the park to run off ‘the crazies’.

Well, those Saturdays have been modified a bit. The whole going to the park hasn’t happened the past few Saturdays because it’s been downright COLD.

Ginger Apple Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

I promise I will not ramble on and on about how lovely depressing the winter months are here in Minnesota (in this post).

But speaking of cold I saw a poster online that read, “The air hurts my face. Why am I living somewhere where the air hurts my face?”. I had to share and chuckle.

But we’re not talking about that, we’re talking about dog treats – sheesh. But not just any dog treats. Fancy ones with ginger and ooples.

And a very willing model.

Ginger Apple Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

If I would’ve zoomed out, this photo would be quite hilarious. Lola is standing off to the side wondering why she can’t be the paw model (and quite frankly, gobble up all the treats). And Rio is wondering why his feet have to be touching this strange piece of wood while holding a “relax” position for way too long after being tempted by the smells of freshly baked treats. Thanks, Rio – you were such a good boy!

If you’re wondering why Lola’s paws weren’t used, to be truthful, her nails needed trimming. #dogmomproblems

Ginger Apple Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

Onto the good stuff!

Ginger Apple Dog Treat Recipe - lolathepitty.com

4.8 from 5 reviews
Ginger Apple Dog Treats
 
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Grain Free dog treats made with apples and ginger!
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Serves: 25
Ingredients
  • 1 cup brown rice flour (we used Bob's Red Mill Organic)
  • ½ cup apple, finely diced
  • ⅔ cup Greek yogurt (plain)
  • ½ tsp fresh ginger (finely minced) or 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
  3. Stir together until well combined. If necessary, thoroughly mix together with hands.
  4. Turn mixture out onto a floured, flat surface and roll out with a rolling pin to approximately ¼".
  5. Cut into desired shapes and place on a baking sheet coated with nonstick spray.
  6. Bake for 25 minutes, until golden brown.

 

Other treats you’ll love:

Chicken Wild Rice Dog Treats

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Pumpkin Spice Puppuccinos

Pumpkin Spice Puppuccinos! Love thi easy recipe for your pooch! Via lolathepitty.com

Pumpkin Spice Puppuccinos

I was taking a long walk with Lola and Rio and began brainstorming new blog post ideas. I always find it best to step away from the chaos of the television and computer to clear my head and allow my thoughts to transform.

And since pumpkin-everything is in full force I wanted to do some sort of recipe involving it – for our four-legged friends of course. Well, I thought of the perfect use for it!

Pumpkin Puppuccinos. Yes, you read that right.

*Homemade* Pumpkin Spice Puppuccinos! Love this easy recipe for your pooch! Via lolathepitty.com

How to make Puppuccinos:

-Walk into Starbucks wearing your “All I want to do is drink coffee, save pit bulls and take naps” t-shirt.

-Chat with the cashier about said t-shirt.

-Order a latte for yourself.

-Ask kindly if you could have a few sample cups for a dog recipe that you are going to make for your blog.

-Smile when the cashier gives you a weird look and says, “Ummm, sure!” and hands you several sample-sized (adorable) Starbucks cups.

-Come home, break out the blender, a few ingredients and VOILA.

Even better yet, if you have your own small cups, those would work great as well. Trust me, if I didn’t need to take photos of these, they would’ve ended up in the scattered assortment of little ramekins I have.

Otherwise these are great frozen as well! Simply pour mixture into ice cube tray (filling about halfway) and give as a yummy snack (TIP: these are great stuffed into a Kong)!

Enough jibber jabber, onto the real how-to:

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Homemade dog-friendly Pumpkin Spice 'Puppuccinos'!
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Serves: 4-12
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup (unsweetened) coconut milk (sold in the half-gallon cartons. Can sub with almond milk or goat milk)
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup pure pumpkin
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in blender.
  2. Blend until well mixed.
  3. Pour into small serving cups (or freeze using ice cube trays).
Notes
*Add an extra splash of coconut milk for a thinner consistency (or if not blending smooth).

-Recipe from LolathePitty.com. All images and content are copyright protected. If you want to republish this recipe, please re-write the recipe in your own words & simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.-

Clearly they enjoyed theirs!

*Homemade* Pumpkin Spice Puppuccinos! Love this easy recipe for your pooch! Via lolathepitty.com

 

Other recipes your pup will love:

Blueberry Dog Cookies (grain free recipe)

Blueberry Dog Cookies - simple & healthy DIY snack for your dog! Lolathepitty.com

PB-Banana Flax Seed Biscuits

Peanut Butter Banana + Flax Seed Dog Biscuits - @lolathepitty

Blueberry Dog Cookies

Blueberry Dog Cookies - simple & healthy DIY snack for your dog! Lolathepitty.com

A few weeks ago, I bought baking ingredients to make macaroons. Well, I didn’t want to leave Lola and Rio out so I whipped up these puppies…haha (pun intended).

This may be one of my favorite dog treat recipes I’ve made…

I’m seriously considering adding a little sugar and more moisture to the batter and baking another batch for myself – they were that good. Regardless, I may or may not have ate about 5 of these myself.

These blueberry dog treats are a slightly chewy, slightly crisp (tiny) cookie that I broke in half and fed as a little treat to Lola and Rio.

I’ll be honest, my dogs aren’t really the best judge of flavor – Rio’s favorite snack, if he were to choose, would be sticks. And Lola, well…fairly certain she’s never tasted anything she’s eaten in her life as she literally inhales all food. So you can just trust me on this one – these are awesome.

Blueberry (Grain Free) Dog Cookies - simple & healthy DIY snack for your dog! Lolathepitty.com

A little behind the scenes. Welcome to my life:

Blueberry (Grain Free) Dog Cookies - simple & healthy DIY snack for your dog! Lolathepitty.com
“You done yet, ma?”

I hope your pups enjoy these as much as I we did!

4.9 from 7 reviews
Blueberry Dog Cookies
 
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Dog cookies made with fresh blueberries! Simple to make and a healthy treat your pup is sure to love.
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Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 1 cup flour (can substitute with oat flour, whole wheat flour)
  • ½ cup rice flour (we use Bob's Red Mill organic brown rice flour)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup fresh blueberries, crushed
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a small bowl, mix flours together; set aside.
  3. In a separate bowl, beat egg, olive oil and blueberries together; combine with flour mixture.
  4. Spoon onto baking sheet (sprayed with nonstick) using a cookie dough scoop or two spoons.
  5. Bake at 350 F for 15-18 minutes or until bottom edges are golden brown.
Notes
Recipe from LolathePitty.com. All images and content are copyright protected. If you want to republish this recipe, please re-write the recipe in your own words & simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.

Update: this recipe originally was made with almond flour, due to concerns with feeding almond flour to dogs, the recipe has been adjusted.

*NOTE: if you want to make these grain free, you may substitute the flours with coconut flour or another substitute.

Other recipes you’ll love:

Frozen Peanut Butter Pupcakes

Frozen (peanut butter banana) PupCakes! www.lolathepitty.com

Carob Pupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

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Chicken Wild Rice Dog Treats

Chicken Wild Rice Dog Treat Recipe - via lolathepitty.com

Carob Pupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

You’ve requested it and it’s finally here…chocolate pupcakes. For dogs. Made with carob, of course.

And guess what? Lola and Rio loved them. I know, I know, that doesn’t say much because these two would snap up a piece of lettuce or a single grain of rice and think they really got somethin’ special. But they really, really loved these. More than lettuce. And rice.

Carob Pupcakes with a peanut butter/yogurt frosting! www.lolathepitty.com

We’re guest posting and sharing this fab recipe on Pretty Fluffy –

click here for the recipe!

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Your pups will also love these treats:

Frozen Peanut Butter Banana Pupcakes

Frozen (peanut butter banana) PupCakes! www.lolathepitty.com