In part 7 of our Sunday Bites series,  we are introducing some yummy carrots to one of our firm favourites – peanut buttter!    If your furiend doesn’t enjoy chowing down on a raw carrot then this is the perfect way to add a low-calorie vegetable which is high in fibre and vitamins in a treat.  Even if it is in a small quantity!

Yep, why not hide some goodness into those homemade dog treats. I promise they’ll never notice ;0)  Oh, and it was another great excuse to make the most of those fab Lily’s Kitchen Cookie Cutters!

Related Links:

• Homemade Dog Treats: Liver Cake Recipe for Dogs
• 5 Best Dog Food Nutrition and Review Websites (Reviewed)
• The full ‘Sunday Bites’ Series – Homemade Dog Treats

 

 

Peanut Butter and Carrot Biscuit Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 minutes; Cooking Time: 12-15 mins

Difficulty:   Easy

Ingredients:

• 250g peanut butter*
• 1 large carrot grated
• 1 large egg
• 180ml of water (if you know your dog can tolerate milk then you could swap this out for skimmed milk)
• 300 grams of wholemeal flour
• 30g of rolled oats (or quick oats)
• 1 tablespoon of baking powder

*remember to make sure your peanut butter is free of the ingredient xylitol.  I always use 100% whole peanut butter which you can find in most stores (if you are based locally in Carnoustie, you’ll find this in Gather).

 

You’ll also need some cookie cutters – I opted to use our Lily’s Kitchen Cookie Cutter but feel free to raid your baking tray.

 

Method:

 

#1 Preheat your oven to 160 degrees Celcius

Pop your oven to 160 degrees Celcius so that it’s ready to bake when you are.

 

#2  Line your baking trays

As the recipe made around xxx biscuits, line two large baking trays with parchment paper to stop them sticking.

 

 

#3  Pop all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and MIX!

Yep, it’s really that simple. Grab all of the ingredients and gently mix them together in a mixing bowl using a wooden spoon.

They should form a dough like consistency.

If you feel the mixture is too wet, add some more flour, or too dry, then add some water.

 

#4 Get ready to roll

Pop some flour onto both your surface and a rolling pin and get ready to roll ;0)

You’ll want to roll out the dough to around 1/4 inch thickness and then use your cookie cutter shapes to make the biscuits.

 

#6  Ready, Steady…. Bake!

Pop your biscuits onto the trays leaving a little room around them to bake fully.

Then it’s time to grab a cuppa and let them do their thing in the oven.  The peanut butter and carrot biscuits should take between 12-15 minutes and once slightly brown are fully cooked. I like to leave them closer to the 15 minutes so that they are crunchy!

 

#7  Leave to cool

With three spaniels, this is the most difficult bit, so I’d recommend popping them onto wire trays and heading out for a walk while they cool down. Otherwise, it’s highly likely your pooch will be clambering up on the worktop to steal them ;0)

Now…. are you ready for treat time?

 

#8  Treat Time!

They really didn’t need to be asked twice … it’s woof time!

And yep, that’s flour all over Harley’s nose… he just couldn’t resist sneaking up to see what was on the worktop!

 

You can store in the fridge for around 2/3 days but remember you could also freeze these for up to 2 months too!

 

 

Did your Dog Love our Peanut Butter and Carrot Biscuit Recipe?

I’d love to hear how you get on with making any of our recipes and, of course, whether your dog loved our peanut butter and carrot biscuit recipe.

Don’t forget to keep an eye out for next weeks ‘Sunday Bites’ recipe which is the last one in the series.  You can make sure you don’t miss any of these by popping your detail in below.  You’ll also get a copy of our free eBook containing all of our homemade dog recipes at the end of the series too.

 

Related Links:

• Our full Sunday Bites series
• 5 Best Dog Food Nutrition and Review Websites (Reviewed)
• Homemade Dog Treats: Liver Cake Recipe for Dogs