Treat your furry best friend with these homemade sweet potato dog treats. Made with natural and healthy ingredients that they’ll love!
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Homemade Dog Treats
This one is for all the dogs out there – I know I have a lot of furry readers!
These sweet potato dog treats are the perfect way to say ‘I love you buddy’ to your fur babies!
Simple to make, dogs love these biscuits and they are so fun to make!
Why you’ll love this Sweet Potato Dog Treat recipe:
- SIMPLE INGREDIENTS: You just need four simple ingredients to make a batch of these treats.
- EASY: Just mix the ingredients together, roll and cut them out and bake in the oven. Simple!
- LARGE BATCH: This recipe will make 50 dog treats, plenty to keep your pooch happy for a while!
How to make Sweet Potato Dog Treats
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- Mix together the sweet potatoes, eggs and applesauce.
- Stir in the flour.
- Roll out and cut with a cookie cutter.
- Bake on a baking sheet.
Why make homemade pet treats?
Not only is it way more economical to make a batch of dog treats, but you know exactly what’s going in to them.
Made with no preservatives or additives, these dog treats are mad with just natural and healthy ingredients.
How to store
Once your sweet potato dog treats are fully cooled, place them in an airtight container. They will keep for several weeks at room temperature.
Should you peel the sweet potatoes?
Yes, always remove the skin of the sweet potatoes as these can be difficult for your dig to digest.
You can peel the sweet potatoes and cook them in boiling water until tender, or you can roast them and then peel them. Then you just need to mash them up and mix with the other ingredients.
Tips!
- I used a bone shaped cookie cutter for these treats, but you can use whatever you have to hand.
- Let the sweet potato dog treats cool fully before giving them to your dog or storing.
- These are treats and not meant to replace your dogs regular meals.
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More Pet Treat Recipes we Love
- Peanut Butter Dog Treats
- Cheese Dog Treats
- Dog Cupcakes
- Homemade Cat Treats
- Oat and Apple Pretzel Dog Treats
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Sweet Potato Dog Treat Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked mashed sweet potatoes
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour plus more for rolling dough
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Add sweet potatoes, eggs, applesauce to a mixing bowl and mix well. Stir in flour. Mixture will be stiff and sometimes it’s easier to mix with your hands than to bend a metal spoon.
- Divide dough in half and roll onto a surface covered with additional flour until about 1/8″ thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut shapes and place onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until dry and crispy. Remove from oven. let stand on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to completely cool on a cooling rack.
- Serve when cooled or store in a sealed container in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Becky’s Tips
- I used a bone shaped cookie cutter for these treats, but you can use whatever you have to hand.
- Let the sweet potato dog treats cool fully before giving them to your dog or storing.
- These are treats and not meant to replace your dogs regular meals.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Did you make this? Leave a comment!
Hi! What cam I substitute the apple sauce for? Just wondering
You can use pumpkin puree or mashed bananas!
Gosh I followed this recipe to a T and the dough was very wet. I had to add a lot of additional flour.
Hi, the dough can turn out wetter or drier depending on the moisture content of the sweet potatoes and also on the humidity level in your kitchen! Feel free to adjust the flour level as needed to get the dough to come together.
How long can these be refrigerated for and then how long will they be good in the freezer for ??
They will stay good in the fridge for up to 2 months, or you can freeze them for up to 8 months!
Can I substitute whole wheat flour with almond or oat flour?
Yes!
Love these treats!
Is there a way to possibly incorporate Peanut Butter into this?
We think your best bet would be to replace some of the sweet potato with peanut butter.
Here is the outcome of the 1st batch that cooked almost 40 mins. with a 1/8 inch cut cookie.
Ok I make all of my furry companion’s food including treats. I didn’t give 5 stars because I wasn’t certain of this 1/8 inch cookie cooking for 40 mins. Since I usually follow a 1st time recipe to the T, I went for 40 mins. and I decided to take them out 8 mins early because they looked burnt. I used the other half of the divided dough for another batch, took them out in 25 mins. one side is a bit dark but doable. My question is, are these supposed to be like this cause I have purchased on line BARK and PUMPKIN treats that were more like chips. I believe this would be a good recipe if tweeked to my pups standards, cooked done but not charred.
Thanks for sharing with us!
Here is an update on these “chips” She loves them even charred ones. I am adding 5 stars because she loves them as is but next time I just won’t cook them as long. O and FYI, I put some in the fridge and they softened up except for the really dark ones, they’re like good wood lol. . I have more in the freezer. Thank you!
Our two hounds love them ~ even tho’ I forgot the apple sauce!!
Thanks for sharing.
Sounds like a success!
Beebe is toothless, the sweet potato cookies are a little bit soft inside. Perfect for him, we are sharing at his 8th birthday party tonight, I made one big sheetpan cookie and scored it in pieces, because I have arthritis in my hands, cant roll and cut shapes any more.
Such a handy hack to make sure you can do it!
I have the sweet potato cookies in the oven, not fed to my dog so no rating yet, but did I miss something in the recipe? It says divide the dough in half, what then? Only roll out 1/2 dough?
I made a big sheet pan cookie ,scored.