Dogs are part of the family! Treat them like one with these super easy to make sweet potato dog treat biscuits!
Get ready. Today we are going to talk DOGS! (At the end of the post, sign up for a chance to win an Abound Prize Pack and a Kroger Gift Card!)
Is it unusual to make your dog homemade treats? No.
Trust me, this super easy sweet potato dog treat biscuits recipe will have you baking a batch before you know it.
Last month at the Kroger Abound Pet Food event, I met Capree of Dog Milk. We started talking about homemade dog treats and she told me about the ingenious idea of using baby food.
Sweet Potato Dog Biscuits
Baby food is the perfect base for dog treats. For the most part, it’s made out of pureed fruits and vegetables with a little water to thin it out.
Today’s treats are made with sweet potato. Instead of spending half an hour cooking a sweet potato and then pureeing it and waiting for it to cool, buy baby food!
I got two 3.5 oz containers for $1. Those two small containers will make 4 dozen treats!
Using four ingredients (gluten-free flour, rolled oats, honey, and sweet potato baby food), I created these little heart shaped biscuit treats for Charlie.
I opted for a gluten-free flour, but all-purpose flour and whole wheat flour is perfectly acceptable if your furry friend has no wheat allergies. (I used the heart from this metal cookie cutter set.)
I’ve made other treats in the past that were complete failures, but these treats had his attention the second I opened the baby food package.
Just like the cakes, cookies, and other desserts I make for my family, I like to know what’s in the treats I feed Charlie.
For me, there’s nothing worse than not knowing what the heck you’re eating.
To make these treats crunchy, they are baked until crisp. If you want that nice shiny golden coating, brush a little egg wash before baking.
And yes, I sampled a little to make sure they taste fine. The honey adds just a tiny bit of sweetness that makes Charlie love them!
Homemade Sweet Potato Dog Biscuit Treats
Ingredients
- 3.5 oz container sweet potato baby food*
- ¾ cup + 1 Tablespoon gluten-free flour*, (like Cup4Cup)
- ¼ cup rolled oats
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 1 large egg, beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine sweet potato baby food, flour, rolled oats and honey. Use a sturdy spatula to combine everything together. Dump contents to a lightly floured working surface and knead dough together.
- Pat or roll dough to a thickness of about ¼ to ½-inch. Use desired cookie cutters to punch of shapes. Stick to one or two similar sized shapes to ensure even baking.
- Place cutouts on prepared baking sheet. Lightly brush the tops of cutouts with beaten egg wash.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until biscuits are crisp and golden in color. Rotate pan midway through baking. Let treats cool in pan before treating your dog.
Notes
- If your dog has no wheat/gluten allergies, you can use all-purpose flour or whole-wheat flour.
- The treats can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for a few days.
- For longer storage, I suggest keeping them in the fridge or freezer.
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Charlie absolutely loves the turkey, pea and berry jerky bites!
Abound is made with high quality ingredients, with proteins as the first ingredient. Best of all, it is available at the grocery store making it easy to shop for your entire family in one stop. Plus, compared to other speciality and premium pet foods, it is very reasonably priced.
All Abound products are wheat, corn, and soy filler free, making it a great choice for pet’s with allergies or sensitive stomachs.
To enter giveaway leave a comment below. Tell me your furry friend’s name and their favorite treat! [CLOSED]
Disclosure: The Abound Prize Pack and Gift Card is provided by Kroger. I received the same products for Charlie to try. All opinions are my own.
lexi! loves yogurt :)
I love the name Lexi! Charlie hasn’t tried yogurt yet…I’ll have to introduce him to it :)
Our sweet girls is Millie Broots! She LOVES to eat peanut butter out of her Kong and she enjoys the turkey -apple-bacon strips my mom bought her!
I have yet to meet a pup that didn’t LOVE peanut butter! :)
My best friend is my dog, Louie. And Louie’s favorite snack is a bagel.
A bagel?! Wow, that’s new :)
Actually, Sadies loves to eat a variety of things, most of which is not meant for her. But she especially loves her Blue Dog Bakery treats.
Charlie loves food not meant for him, too. I’ll have to check out Blue Dog Bakery!
Dakota loves his chicken jerky and lamb sticks. You can get him to do anything you want when you have his favorite snacks in hand. Love him!
Dakota is such a cute name! He sounds adorable :)
Love this cute photos! Never thought of using baby food in dog treats. Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Liz! :) I can’t wait to try out other baby food for more savory treats
Look at that happy guy! Are you sure these are dog treats and not cookies to share with your friends? Haha – Is it weird that I kind of want to eat one too…
My kitties are Artichoke & Aioli and their favorite food is kale. Or bok choy. Sneaky cats always stealing greens out of the market bag.
Haha you CAN feed them to human friends…except I have feeling they’ll complain that it’s not very sweet.
Whoa, you have some healthy cats!
I just adopted a rescue 8 weeks ago. His name is Pinto and his favorite treat is frozen apple slices.
That’s AWESOME that you rescued! Frozen apples sound great for summer. I’ll have to try that!
Thank you for sharing your recipe! I will try it out this weekend. We adopted our beagle, Louie, from a local shelter nearly 3 years ago. We adore her! Her favorite treat is pumpkin flavored wheat-free biscuits.
You are welcome Cindy! I hope Louie enjoyed the treats :)
Cassy loves Chicken baby food!
If Cassy loves baby food, she’s definitely love these treats!
My dog’s name is Jasper and he likes Milk Bones and apples. My cat’s name is Bugsy and he likes Greenies for cats (and cheese).
Ah, that’s something new. I didn’t know cats like cheese! :)
My dogs, Foxy & Lucy both like Three Dog Bakery’s All Natural Classic Wafers Vanilla.
My boyfriend used to work at Three Dog Bakery back in the day!
These look so good! I love making homemade treats to Maddie. Pinned – can’t wait to make them!
Thanks Kelly! I hope Maddie enjoys them :)
Pablo, my Australia. Shepard, loves all dairy products especially cheese as a treat!
Charlie absolutely LOVES string cheese. The minute he hears the dairy drawer open in the fridge, he is right by my feet!
Our Maltese dog Ollie loves raw vegetables !
Ollie is one smart eater! Charlie likes carrot sticks :)
My daughters 8 month Pug name is Ox. He loves to eat my girls shoes but enjoys watermelon and licking my babies face after her meals. Thanks for the recipe!
These dog treats looks really good. I’m sure Sam and Libby will love them., so I have to make them soon. Right now, they love the Nubz Dog Chews.
My Mavis is just a 10 week old Great Dane puppy. so I don’t know what snacks/treats to give her just yet. But I really want to try these sweet potato biscuits.
What a sweet pup! (Charlie looks like a Lancashire Heeler; is he? They’re such lovely dogs – and pretty rare, so you’re lucky to have one, if he is!) And how sweet it is that you – at long last – have a real life (not just stuffed) dog :) These treats look great! I can’t wait to try them out.
Our girls Sierra & Grumbles love anything peanut butter but Puperoni is a close second.
Sasha is not a picky eater , she loves food but I think homemade treats are her favorite
Hi sammy sugar. Taco. And rosie and cappy the cat . honestly they love any treats lol
This is just the cutest thing!! I just discovered your blog and I can’t wait to peruse it further! Gorgeous photography :)
Thanks Becky! :)
My jack Russell name is Taz and his favorite snack is Beggin’ Strips.
My dogs would love these. Wonder how these would turn out using rice flour so they would be extra crunchy??
my 4 dogs would love them i make home made dog treats i hope i win this give away
what about the kitties it is january 2015 but i just found this
I have an 11 pound flame siamese, who knows what long hair with ruff and fur vetween toes This will be first try with Abound dru salmon and brown rice since he absolutely hate Iams Natural and wont eat
wish me luck
My dogs are Lola a black lab mix, Elmo (my rescue) and he’s a white poodle and Bailey a miniature schanzer. They love yougurt (plain Greek), sweet potatoes and green beans.
I am making these for a project i have to do in school and my fake business is making dog,cat,rabbit treats and yours was the first one i saw so i can wait to try and make and see if my fur little Babies love it.
Can you use quick oats? Thanks!
Hi Amy! Yes, you can use quick oats. Quick oats are a little more processed than old-fashioned rolled oats, but it shouldn’t affect the recipe too much.
Hello – I love this recipe, we have a Girl Scout troop that are going to make treats to take to the animal shelter. I think we will use this recipe! One quick question, what is the shelf life of these treats? Do they need to be refrigerated? Thanks!
Hi Sonya! That’s wonderful to hear! These treats last one week at room temperature. I don’t recommend refrigerating them because they’ll get soggy. If you have a great excess, you can freeze them for up to one month.
Hello! I made the treats tonight but for some reason they were really sticky and I could not knead the dough or use my cookie cutters tk make shapes. I ended up making one big cookie and was planning on using a knife to cut them. Do you have any ideas what might have gone wrong? I doubled the recipe.
Thank you
Hi Amber, sorry to hear that. I’ve made this recipe several times without fail. Perhaps it was the brand of gluten-free flour used? I hope you give it another try! :)
Is it 3/4 cups of flour or 4 cups noticed both amounts in two different places!! Thanks
It’s 3/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp of flour. The gluten-free flour brand I used is called Cup 4 Cup. Is that 4 cups you are mentioning?
My dog is a lab/retriever mix named Dakota. She just turned 13 this year. I got her when she was 11 because I found her and found out her previous owners weren’t treating her the best. In the last couple of years I’ve had her she seems to be full of smiles. She loves sweet potato, chicken, or steak flavored treats. Really she’s just happy to get any treat. She’s very sweet.
I was wondering if you could use coconut flour in place of other flour. Our Stormy has bad allergies but does well with coconut flour. Thank you!!
Hi Deborah! I haven’t tried making these with coconut flour. Please let me know how it works out!
I love your recipe and most importantly so did my fur babies. I have 3 dogs, a pug (who eats everything), a husky mix (who eats everything) and a boarder collie (who is picker than most toddlers). They all loved these treats and Oreo (the collie) sat at my feet wanting more. I’m going to try this with other flavors of baby food but thanks so much for a fantastic homemade cookie for my pups.
Hi Krissy! That’s wonderful to hear! Glad your fur babies like them.
These sound great…what is the shelf life of these..thank you
The treats can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for a few days. For longer storage, I suggest keeping them in the fridge or freezer.
We adopted Murdoch, I dont think he ever had to many treats.When he does get them, he is not quite sure what to do with it. So I am excited to make his own, that way I know what he is getting. Trying to make my poodle boy happy!
I hope Murdoch enjoys the treats!
My chocolate lab Gingers loves any treat she can get her paws on! I’m sure she would love these!!
Trix loves a chicken sweet potatoes treat I get from Costco. I’m hoping though that these treats and a couple others in m trying to make will be a good replacement for her. Current favorite.
I hope Trix enjoys the treats!
Right now Mo likes Nutro crunchy treats, apple, carrot or peanut butter! Looking for a another healthy one to add to the mix. I am going to make some with sweet potatoes & oatmeal!
. I am going to make some with sweet potatoes & oatmeal!
I found a cute black lab of 11 weeks old. Named her SASSY GIRL. She loves anything we are eating, but loves dry cereal.
Well Bear will eat anything but he is fond of his eggs in the morning having breakfast with me :)
My chihuahua Nala (she thinks she’s a lion) favors chicken or peanut butter treats.
This is great! Traits can be so expensive and full of preservatives. I’m so happy I found your blog! My little Sofi will love them!
How many did you get out of the bigger cookie cutter
Cuddles loves his treats, friskies party mix.
Mine can’t possibly be rolled out because it’s total soup!! I followed the recipe amounts exactly so I’m not sure what went wrong. I used oat flour, but I can’t imagine that made it so soupy?
We are trying this out this weekend as gifts for pup owners. I’m allergic to peanut butter so we didn’t want to go that route. Our pup, Molly, is spending Christmas in Heaven this year so we are just wanting to spread the pup love.
Buddy loves “the last bite” of our food?. We always save him chicken or a veggie we know he likes from our plats. He always waits so patiently because he knows he has us trained?
Why does a dog need honey?
Our sweet Adeline is a basset hound. She loves duck jerky and peanut butter bones.
Our dogs a stray, and we just kept her. We named her Gypsy. 2 years old, very small mixed breed. Her favorite treats or foods, are the ones i make myself. Right now shes having to deal with store products, as i have recently had shoulder rotor cuff repair. Everything i do just hurts. My husband has had hand surgery, the first day we brought her home. Hes recovering, as well…
how about some info on how to store these and how long do they last?
The treats can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for a few days. For longer storage, I suggest keeping them in the fridge or freezer.
My toy poodles name is Mr. Merlin. He eats just about anything mommy eats, but one of his favorite treats is…..lettuce. Yep, he loves lettuce.
My pooch loves his homemade treats !
Made the sweet potato treats and dough was very soft. May not be able to cut out shapes. What went wrong? My baby food was 4 oz. so I put in extra flour ( white ) and still very soft. Suggestions?
Marcus, my fur baby loves meaty treats. Reading your blog you gave me an incentive when I will be getting another pet to rescue him/her to give them a happy home and love. Thanks for the information.
I have a 12 year old Shar-pei. She was rescued from a local pet rescue shelter here in Sudbury Ontario Canada.
She is my baby n I spoil her. I am going to try one of these recipes and then send comment.
Thank you
What type of flour can be used if your dog is allergic to wheat?
I used the gluten-free flour Cup-4-Cup.It’s made from a mixture of cornstarch, rice flour, tapioca flour, and potato starch.
Our baby’s name is Carrie,we have had her for about 7 months,she is a rescue. The whole family love’s her
especially my 7 year old grandson. I make all her food and was looking for a good treat recipe,so I,m excited to
this one.
I hope Carrie loves the treats! My two dogs can’t enough of these :)
Is there a way to make these “soft treats” instead of crunchy? Our senior furbabies are missing quite a few teeth.
This specific recipe makes crunchy treats. However, you can keep them the fridge to soften after baking.
Where it says “¾ cup + 1 Tablespoon gluten-free flour*, (like Cup4Cup)” What dies Cup4Cup mean??