Christmas treat recipes for your dog

Our recipes

• Christmas tree treats
• Snowball pupcakes
• Festive gingerbread owners
• Christmas candy canes
• Wintery berry bones

Christmas tree treats

• 190g wholemeal flour
• 2 eggs
• 65g tinned pumpkin
• 30g peanut butter (xylitol-free)
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1. Mix all the ingredients together to make a dough. You may need to use your hands to ensure that everything is well combined. If your mixture is too dry you can add a small amount of water.
2. Sprinkle some flour on to a surface and roll out the dough until it’s 1/2 inch thick.
3. Cut out the dough using a Christmas tree shaped biscuit cutter.
4. Place in the oven for 30 minutes or until the biscuits are hard to the touch.
5. Leave to cool thoroughly before feeding to your dog.

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Snowball pupcakes

• 1 ripe banana
• 75 g peanut butter (xylitol-free)
• 1 egg
• 35g honey
• 50 g wholemeal flour
• 35g rolled oats
• 1/2 tsp baking powder (optional)
• 60ml water

• One tsp of cream cheese or Greek yogurt per pupcake

1. Mash the banana.
2. Mix in the peanut butter, egg and honey.
3. Add in the dry ingredients (flour, oats and baking powder) and stir until thoroughly combined.
4. Mix in the water, adding a splash at a time.
5. Divide the mix between six cupcake cases, and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Leave to cool thoroughly and remove the pupcakes from their cases.
7. Coat the top of each pupcake with a teaspoon of cream cheese or Greek yogurt.

Festive gingerbread owners

• 125ml water
• 25ml (1½ tbsp) olive oil
• 25ml (1½ tbsp) black treacle
• 1 tbsp honey
• 300g wholemeal flour
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 4 tsp of ground ginger

1. Mix the wet ingredients together in a bowl (water, olive oil, black treacle and honey).
2. In a separate bowl mix the dry ingredients together (flour, cinnamon and ginger).
3. Add the dry ingredients into the wet mix and stir until combined into a dough.
4. Place the dough into a bowl, cover and then put in the fridge for 3.5 hours.
5. Take the dough out of the fridge and roll out onto a flowered surface until 1/4 inch thick.
6. Preheat your oven to 180°C/ 160°C Fan/ gas 4.
7. Use your gingerbread biscuit cutters to cut out your gingerbread owners.
8. Place each biscuit on a lined baking tray.
9. Bake for 10-15 minutes.
10. Leave to cool thoroughly before feeding to your dog.

Christmas candy canes

• 60ml vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 225ml water
• 350g wholemeal flour
• 30g powdered milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 tsp beetroot powder (or you can use the juice from a pack of beetroot or grated cooked beetroot)

1. In a bowl, mix the vegetable oil, egg and water.
2. In a separate bowl mix the flour and powdered milk.
3. Add the dry ingredients into the wet mix and knead the dough for a couple of minutes.
4. Separate the dough into two equal parts and place into different bowls.
5. Add the vanilla extract to one dough and the beetroot powder into the other and knead each dough separately. Both mixtures may be a little sticky.
6. Place in the fridge for 1 hour.
7. Pull off small sections of the dough and, using the palm of your hand, roll into long thin sausage shapes.
8. Plait together one vanilla strand and one beetroot strand and shape into a candy cane.
9. Place your Christmas candy canes onto a lined baking tray.
10. Preheat your oven to 180°C/ 160°C Fan/ gas 4.
11. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
12. Leave to cool thoroughly before feeding to your dog.

Wintery berry bones

• Greek yogurt
• Diced strawberries
• Blueberries

1. Scatter some diced strawberries and whole blueberries into a freezer proof mould. We’ve used bone shapes, but any shapes will do.
2. Spoon the yogurt over the fruit and smooth over with a spoon.
3. Tap the filled mould on to a hard surface to get rid of any air bubbles.
4. Place the moulds in the freezer overnight.
5. When it’s treat time, pop one out and give to your dog.
6. Treats can be stored in a bag or container in the freezer for up to three months.

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