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, his pup approved peanut butter cookie was created specifically for dogs. Your furry family member will love when you whip up a batch of dog-friendly cookies just for them!
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
- Your pup will be thrilled with these yummy dog cookies, just like the good boy you see in the photo above.
- It’s quick and easy! You can whip up a batch of these cookies in less time than it takes to run to the store.
- You only need water and four ingredients.
- When you make your own snacks for your pets, you know what is in the ingredients.
- They are so fun! They look just like the peanut butter cookies we eat, but in a dog friendly form.
Dog Cookies
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 peanut butter dog cookie 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.
How To Make Cookies For Dogs
If you’ve ever made any type of cookies, then making these dog cookies will be a snap! You only need a handful of ingredients and less than a half hour of time.
Let’s discuss how to make this dog cookie recipe, as well as the ingredients that are needed for it. Please take note that below you will find discussion, expert tips, and answers to frequently asked questions about this recipe to help you recreate it in your kitchen.
If you *just* want the recipe itself, scroll down. The full printable recipe itself, with exact measurements and instructions, is found at the bottom of this page
Ingredients
The ingredients that you will need are simple. Here are some notes about each one. As with all foods that you feed your dog, if you have any questions about ingredients for your dog, make sure to check with your vet. They will be the authority on what is best for your pup. These are simply ingredients that I feel comfortable with feeding my own pup.
- 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.
Directions
These dog cookies are super easy to make, and just like making the peanut butter cookies you enjoy! Here are the steps you will take. Reminder, this is for discussion and photos, the full, printable recipe you use to bake from is, like always, at the bottom of this post.
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 their 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 peanut butter cookie dough to on two sides to create an overlapping crosshatch impression. This gives peanut butter cookies their signature look, but also helps flatten the cookie a bit for baking.
All that’s left is to 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!
Expert Tips
Storage: Make sure to completely store treats before storing. Once cool, store in an air tight container or freezer bag. I recommend then 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.
Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.)
The most common questions I am asked is can people eat these cookies? Absolutely, 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.
More Great Recipes
I hope your pup enjoys these dog cookies 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
Disclaimer
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Roy says
yeah, there’s definitely something off about the dry to wet ratio and I only put in 1 C. hot water.
Donna Callahan says
Can use coconut flour the same. Works great and mydog loves
lychee says
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?
Christi Johnstone says
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.
DeDe says
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?
Christi Johnstone says
I can’t say as I haven’t tried that and don’t know for sure.
Denise says
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?
Rita says
I believe in the tips secretion you meant to say to cool cookies before storing them. Not store them before storing them.
Liz says
Which?
Christi Johnstone says
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.
Stacey says
The nurition facts, are those based per recipe or per cookie? Just want to make sure my puppers are kept within their diet range.
Christi Johnstone says
Correct.
Georgene L says
The pupcake cupcake how many cupcakes will a batch make.,, and also with the cookie receipe
Christi Johnstone says
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.
Kortney says
My dogs absolutely loves these, will be making more for sure!!!