Treat your furry friend to these incredibly easy homemade dog biscuits. This recipe uses basic, simple ingredients and can be easily adapted to include delicious add-ins!
This is such a fun little baking project that your kids will enjoy, too! For the basic recipe, all you’ll need are three simple ingredients: all-purpose flour (or whole wheat flour), eggs and water. That’s it!
How to Make Simple Dog Biscuits
- Form the dough in a large bowl.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to about ¼ inch thick on a surface dusted with flour.
- Cut into shapes using a cookie cutter. I love these cute bone-shaped cookie cutters.
- Bake for 18 to 20 minutes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Cool completely on a wire rack.
Flavorful Add-Ins
Get creative and add some deliciousness your dog will love you for! The photo above is the basic version of this recipe. The other photos that include colored dog biscuits were made with add-ins.
- Mashed cooked sweet potato
- Canned pure pumpkin puree
- Mashed banana
- Peanut butter
- Honey
- Broth – swap out the water for beef or chicken broth
About the Texture of These Dog Treats
These are not the type of hard treats that “snap” when you break them in half. They’re a little crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
How to Store
Once cooled, store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Please consult your veterinarian before feeding your dog any type of homemade dog treats or food. I hope your pups enjoy these treats as much as mine have over the years. Happy baking!
Simple Dog Biscuits
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour* and additional flour for dusting surface
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten
- ⅓ to ½ cup water
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix flour, eggs and water in a large bowl, forming a stiff dough with your hands. Add more water if necessary.
- Dust surface with flour. Using a rolling pin, roll out dough about ¼ inch thick. Using a cookie cutter, cut into shapes (or use a pizza cutter wheel or knife to cut into small strips).
- Place onto prepared baking sheet and bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until lightly browned and cooked through.
- Cool on a wire rack. Once cooled, store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
- This recipe yields approximately 35 (3 inch) bone shaped dog biscuits.
- Please consult your veterinarian before feeding your dog any type of homemade dog food or treats.
- Add-Ins: Add 2 tablespoons of one the following, if desired. Start with ⅓ cup of water when using add-ins and add more water if necessary to form a stiff dough.
- mashed banana
- pure pumpkin puree
- mashed sweet potato
- peanut butter *** make sure it does not contain xylitol
- honey
- Water can be substituted with beef or chicken broth.
- *I have tested this recipe with both all-purpose flour and whole wheat flour and both work well. However, whole wheat flour has more nutritional value. Nutritional info listed is using all-purpose flour.
Nutrition
If provided, nutritional info is a courtesy, is not guaranteed and should only be considered as a guideline.
Originally published May 2012. Updated with new photographs and new text October 2020.
Nydia
Im going yo tryand add peanut butter
Amy @ The Blond Cook
Hope your fur baby enjoys the treats, Nydia! 🙂 Let us know how the peanut butter works out!
Tracy
Just made these treats for my two babies and they went banana!! I couldn’t keep them out of the mixing bowl at first !!! I did substitute with the beef broth and peanut butter for that extra special love(lol)!! Needless to say I will be making these for now on!!
Amy @ The Blond Cook
Thanks for sharing, Tracy! So happy to hear your fur babies loved the treats! 🙂
Donna
Our 185 pound Great Dane LOVES these cookies.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Have a nice day!
Amy @ The Blond Cook
Thanks so much for sharing, Donna! Wow – 185 pounds, I’m sure he/she eats a lot of treats… our fur babies are family! 🙂
Dianne L. Springer
Thank you!!! I made this recipe today and let me tell you….not only did my dogs LOVE them, so did my grandchildren! They had to “taste test” them and enjoyed them as much as my dogs!!!
I added a spoonful of peanut butter to the above recipe and substituted “beef broth” for the water. I rolled balls of dough and flattened them by hand instead of rolling out the dough.
This recipe is definitely a HIT and I like knowing EXACTLY what my dogs are eating! Thank you again for sharing your recipe!
Amy @ The Blond Cook
Thanks for sharing, Dianne! The addition of the peanut butter and beef broth is such a great idea… I’m sure my fur baby will approve and I’m happy yours did too! 🙂
Caroline
Both my dog and my cats love them
Sandra Larson
I have a dog with diabetes, so I am going to try this with almond flour. I will tell you how it turned out.
Amy @ The Blond Cook
Please let me know… and I hope your fur baby enjoys them, Sandra! 🙂
Lorraine Cash
My two dogs love these
Thanks for sharing x
Pam
Oh for Pete’s Sakes- Garlic is fine for dogs! It repels Mosquitoes and fleas naturally! You can feed the disgusting, full of bad ingredients, unhealthy milkbone dog treat without hesitation and have a issue with garlic? Beggin strips? Puparoni? Anyone debating garlic, I want to see what treats they have in their cupboard.
Don
It is all dependent on the amount.
Consider this article: https://www.petguide.com/health/dog/the-shocking-truth-about-dogs-and-garlic/
When considering toxicity, it’s about the volume as much as it is the ingredient. To exemplify — would you have a glass or a drum (50 gals) of wine with dinner? Do you see the difference?
Laurie Kane
Garlic, onions, grapes, raisins, chocolate, are among a few of the things they have discovered are toxic to a dog. I remember as a kid sharing candy bars with my Pekingese all the time. We didn’t know better and she never showed any signs of sickness.But why take chances when we are lucky to be living in a time with so much information available.
I made these for my girls, Lola and Ellie Mae, and they love them. I added a few spoonfuls of peanut butter making them even more irresistible. Thanks for a great, easy recipe.
Ciara
Amber loves these!! I added a few of her dog biscuits to add a bit of crunch to them! She practically swallows them
Gabby
I made these and I veggie baby food. My dogs went crazy for them.
Ciara
Mine did too!
Sarah
How much veggies did u use?
Elizabeth Wright
I add peanut butter to it
This might sound crazy but I like to eat them
Connor Chapman
How much peanut butter?
Darcie
It is pretty plain recipe, however I added two big spoonfuls of Peanut Butter and I believe this made it a little more tasty. I tasted the treats after being cooked and I couldn’t really taste any peanut butter so I put an extra dab on top and my pups loved them. Peanut butter top made them a little messy but oh well! they were a hit and I chose this recipe because it was quick, easy, and simple!
Amy @ The Blond Cook
Thanks so much for sharing, Darcie – Happy to hear your fur babies loved them! 🙂
Sarah
I’ve been making peanut butter dog treats for my puppy for a while and it calls for 1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter. He loves them bug I can’t wait to try this recipe.
Nikki Mitchell
Hello
I thought peanut butter was bad for dogs?
My little dog gets bad ear infections when he has meaty products-, since stopping the meaty products his ears are great!
Now I just need to find healthy treats – he doesn’t love his treats!
Nik
Madeleine
Peanut butter without sugar is perfect. My doggies are also allergic to meaty products. They LOVE these treats with 2 tbls peanut butter.
Sharon
How much peanut butter do you add? 1/2 cup or ?
Sandra Garcia
I substitute chicken broth for the water. Nayna loves it!
Terri
Been feeding Garlic for 10 years for fleas and ticks my dog is very healthy mastiff
Laura
I was looking into garlic to keep the bugs away. How much do you give your dog. I have an 85 lbs Golden and a 12week Mastador. (Bull mastiff mixed with lab.)
Lorraine
My lil girl loves ’em! Thanks!
Emily
Same!! Thanks for sharing
Jane
I have read that garlic and onion POWDER is fine….Garlic and onions in raw state are dangerous….