Making homemade dog treats for your pet can be such a fun activity. If you have children at home, get them involved too. They will love baking tasty treats for their pet and they will also learn a bit about homemade dog treats. If you have smaller children at home it’s not uncommon for them to be unable to participate in much of the actual baking process simply because they are too little. A great way to get the little ones involved in making homemade dog treats is to let them decorate them! Melted yogurt chips and colored sesame seeds are two of the easiest ways to decorate homemade dog treats.
It’s important that look into what foods can be harmful to dogs before you decorate your homemade dog treats. For example, if you are looking for the chocolate effect you can use carob chips rather than chocolate. Chocolate is toxic to dogs and it shouldn’t be used in any dog recipes. Most dog treat recipes that want a chocolate taste or appearance will use almost always use carob chips. You can also use brown yogurt, as long as there is no cocoa in them.
After trying countless dog recipes for homemade milk bones, my dogs liked this one the best. You can cut these treats into any shape that you would like and they are perfect for decorating. You can substitute the all purpose flour with oat for a crunchier dog treat and you can also substitute the egg with egg beaters if your dog has problems with eggs. This dog recipe makes about 3 dozen treats.
Homemade Milk bone Dog Treats
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup powdered milk
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. melted butter
1 egg
1 1/2 cups water
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, brown sugar, and powdered milk in a large mixing bowl. Add water, egg, and butter. Mix togetherness until dough forms. Roll dough into 1 1/4″ thickness. Cut into desired shapes. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool and get ready to decorate.
Decorating Your Homemade Dog Treats
Colored Sesame Seeds: Pour sesame seeds into a small bowl. Add a few drops of all natural food coloring to each bowl of sesame seeds. Mix seeds together until desired color is achieved. Set aside.
Yogurt Chips: Melt the yogurt chips in a double boiler or in the microwave. Mix the melted yogurt chips to be sure that there are not any lumps. Dip the homemade dog treats into the melted yogurt chips. Lay the dog treats on a piece of wax paper. Sprinkle each dog treat with the colored sesame seeds. Let cool and serve!
This article was written by an IDCR guest author.
