The pups love when I am in the kitchen baking up tasty dog treats for them. While they love their frozen treats, they are extra crazy about the goodness coming out of the oven. You can see them sniffing the air and scooching closer to the kitchen while they are baking. And, while they love them because they are tasty, I love them because I know exactly what is in them! Homemade treats do not contain any of the artificial yuckiness that store-bought treats can have. Today the pups were sniffing around and waiting on these tasty Homemade Peanut Butter Applesauce Dog Treats!
Peanut butter is, of course, a favorite and add in wholesome applesauce and you have a tasty wholesome treat! And, as I have discovered, my pups LOVE applesauce almost as much as peanut butter!
The aroma of these Homemade Peanut Butter Applesauce Dog Treats baking is enough to make you drool! It’s no wonder they gather around in the kitchen waiting on the tasty goodies! As most of our treats are, humans can enjoy them too. And, even though dogs love peanut butter applesauce treats, they may be a bit bland for us as they have no sugar or salt to amplify the flavor.
With the warm weather arriving, your pooch may like one of our easy frozen dog treat recipes like these Frozen Strawberry Banana Dog Treats or these Frozen Apple and Blueberry Dog Treats to help cool them down!
YIELD: 50 assorted size dog treats (I used 3 different size bone-shaped cookie cutters)
The recipe is very forgiving and you can easily half if you don’t want to make this many.
Homemade Peanut Butter Applesauce Dog Treats
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Flour (not as nutritional as whole wheat, but I use all-purpose)
1 cup Oatmeal
1/2 cup All-Natural Peanut Butter (you can use regular but be sure there is NO Xylitol!)
3/4 cup Unsweetened Applesauce
1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
1/4 cup Olive Oil
How to make these woofalicious Homemade Peanut Butter Applesauce Dog Treats dog treats
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer using dough attachment, combine all the ingredients except the olive oil.
Add the olive oil in a little at a time until the dough holds its shape.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough until approximately 1/4″ thick.
Cut with cookie cutters or you can also just cut into squares.
Place on a greased cookie sheet (or spray with cooking spray).
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until browned – ovens vary.
Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Let the pups enjoy!
Store in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days or refrigerate.
Print this tasty dog treat recipe!
- 1½ cups Flour (not as nutritional as whole wheat, but I use all-purpose)
- 1 cup Oatmeal
- ½ cup All-Natural Peanut Butter (you can use regular but be sure there is NO Xylitol!)
- ¾ cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- ½ tsp. Baking Powder
- ¼ cup Olive Oil
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer using dough attachment, combine all the ingredients except the olive oil.
- Add the olive oil in a little at a time until the dough holds its shape.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough until approximately ¼″ thick.
- Cut with cookie cutters or you can also just cut into squares.
- Place on a greased cookie sheet (or spray with cooking spray).
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until browned – ovens vary.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Let the pups enjoy!
- Store in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days or refrigerate.
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I wouldn’t have ever thought about mixing applesauce and peanut butter to make dog treats.
I love how easy this is and how few ingredients you need to make these! Plus they sound so yummy! 🙂 My dogs would love these. Thanks for the printable recipe card. I will have to give these a try!
What a great treat to make.
Great recipe for a dog treat!
My dog is going to love these. Thanks!
These sound good to me
What a fun recipe. I think my daughter and I will make this for the pup when she finishes school next week.
Applesauce and peanut butter–that is different!! 🙂
Great dog treat recipe
Sounds like my dog would definitely enjoy these treats.
What a unique recipe. Thanks.
This recipe looks easy to make and my dogs will love them.
Seriously, how cute are they? I’ve given homemade baked goods for holiday gifts, but never thought to do the same with homemade pet treats. I’m not sure why because homemade dog treats are perfect for dog-lovers.
Will try these Alister loves peanut butter.
This is a great flavor combination for dog treats, and good for them too! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe. 🙂
My doggy loves these! Thanks.
I will have to try these out on our Sorcha, thanks!
Can you substitute regular vegetable or canola oil for olive oil
Yes, and it will still be perfect 🙂
Thanks for this great simple recipe! Simple, healthy and inexpensive way to make yummy dog treats! Made some for my 11 yr old black lab’s birthday along with homemade peanut butter, yogurt and maple syrup ice cream. He and his golden retriever brother couldn’t have been happier! Recipe makes a lot so put extras in freezer for later! Thanks again!
I love these recipes, thank you. My mom and I are finally going to make our babies treats. We should have fun. It doesn’t look complicated. I hope the babies love them
I knew peanut butter was good for humans, I didn’t know it was good for dogs, too!
This recipe sounds good for humans, too!
I love making snacks for Sorcha, thanks for sharing your recipe.
Thanks for this wonderful recipe.
I love seeing all of these recipes! I want to make these, and soon!
Made these for my two Boxer babies. They love them, made nowhere near 50 more like 25 treats. I will make these again .
My fur babies would love these homemade dog treats. I need to make these for my doggies and see how they like them!
I just made these today only I halved the recipe. I only have one little dog and the treats I’ve made before he ate for a couple of days and then didn’t want them anymore. The only thing I did different was grind the oatmeal in my little food processor. I also had to bake them a little longer because he likes crispy! Lol Anyway so far, so good! He nabbed it out of my hand and scarfed it up! Thank you so much for the recipe!!
Love the way the dough comes together so easily! I have 5 dogs and this was a hit!
Absolutely love this. i dont have a dog, but gonna share this with my sister
Just made these for my pup and she loves them! I told my boyfriend I made cookies for him and he ate one. He asked if I accidentally used salt instead of sugar. But they are great since it’s made with human grade food. I blended some oats and flaxseed up to a powder consistency and mixed it in with the whole purpose flour because my little gal needs some more fiber. (lessened the flour amount but still 1.5 cups total with the powders) I made little nugs / bite size pieces shapes because I didn’t have a cookie cutter. They turned out amazing.