The holidays are just around the corner, and everyone is excited for the festivities that the season brings. At the same time, our furry friends share the excitement because they are family. Because of this, what better way to bring joy to your dog’s face than by baking them a batch of homemade dog cookies?

Important Details To Remember When You Bake

Baking for your dog and baking for yourself are two different things. Remember that dogs have smaller mouths, so the cookies need to be cut into smaller pieces to prevent overfeeding. There are many ingredients that are usually added to human cookies but should never be put in dog cookies, such as chocolate. Did you know that chocolate is actually toxic to dogs? This is why you should never put it in your dog cookies! Likewise, when you are baking cookies as a gift to another pet owner, it is important to ask them about any allergies that their pet may have before baking.

If you want to bake Christmas treats for your dog, here are three recipes to try:

1. Christmas Cookies For Dogs

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat flour (2 cups)

• Plain non-fat Greek yogurt (1 cup)

• Baking powder (1 tbsp.)

• All-natural peanut butter (1 cup)

• Water

Directions:

Before starting, preheat your oven to 375 °F. Mix all the ingredients well and add water until the dough becomes rollable. Then, you should cut the dough to size and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. The cookies that come out of the oven should be beautifully browned!

2. Christmas Bacon Nut Cookies

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat pastry flour (½ cup)

• Soy flour (½ cup)

• Wheat germ (½ cup)

• All-natural peanut butter (1/3 cup)

• Natural maple syrup (1 tbsp.)

• Water (3 tbsp.)

• 1 egg

• Chopped bacon (3 rashers)

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 300 °F while frying the bacon in a skillet and setting them aside to cool. Chop them into little pieces after they have cooled, and mix the wet ingredients and add a small amount of bacon fat. When the wet ingredients have been well mixed, add the dry ingredients, and make sure they are mixed well. After that, you should cut out the cookies into bite-sized pieces and bake until they are browned. Usually, 15 minutes is enough to do the trick!

3. Peppermint Apple Cookies for Dogs

Ingredients:

• Whole-wheat flour (1 ½)

• Rolled oats (½ cup)

• Unbleached all-purpose flour (1 cup)

• All-natural applesauce (½ cup)

• Oat bran (⅓ cup)

• Dry baking yeast (1 ½ tsp.)

• Dry milk (2 tbsp.)

• Chopped spearmint leaves (2 tbsp.)

• Water (⅞ cup)

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 250° F. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. You should then combine all the ingredients into a dough and cut them into bite-sized pieces that are perfect for a dog. After that, bake your treats for an hour until beautifully browned!

Conclusion

At this point, you now have three fascinating Christmas dog treat ideas to try out this holiday. Baking cookies for your pets or as a gift to give other pet owners is a great way to spread holiday cheer and make the holidays a little bit merrier for your furry friends.

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