This Easy Pumpkin Dog Treat Recipe is a treat that Kylie has been dying to make for our dog Bentley! She and Bentley are like BFFs and are always together, so much so that Kylie has been known to taste his treats for him. (No joke)
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Kylie is my pumpkin fanatic, so when she found out, Bentley could have dog treats made with pumpkin, she was on a mission to make him happy. That she did, she was so excited when we found some cute little cookie cutters shaped just like the little dog biscuit treats. We will make more special treats since the dog devoured these!
Dog Bone Cookie Cutters
Dog Bone Cookie cutters
Dog Cookie Cutters
We used Fox Rug Dog bone cookie cutters from Amazon. You can use any cookie cutters for these; my girls loved that they were in the shape of dog bones. You can find a wide variety of dog-themed cookie cutters on Amazon!
Easy 4-ingredient Pumpkin Dog Treat Ingredients:
- All-Purpose Flour– You can use all-purpose, whole wheat flour, oat flour, almond flour, and chickpea flour. I use all-purpose flour most often. Watch for reactions if it’s your first time baking a special treat for your dog.
- Large Egg– You can use store-bought or fresh eggs in this recipe.
- Canned Pumpkin – Use pumpkin with no additives; see below for a canned vs fresh pumpkin comparison.
- Peanut Butter– I used creamy peanut butter, be sure your peanut butter doesn’t have Xylitol.
Can Dogs Have Pumpkin?
Before giving your dog any new foods, you can consult with a vet to ensure they are safe for your dog and its breed. As well as being a healthy dog snack, these are tasty human treats. According to the American Kennel Club’s list of Safe Fruits and Vegetables, pumpkin is safe and has health benefits for the digestive system and their skin and coat.
Plain canned pumpkin is good to have on hand for your dog. According to the American Kennel Club, the soluble fiber can add bulk to a dog’s stool and absorb water when a dog has diarrhea or an upset stomach. In addition, pumpkin offers skin and coat benefits for your furry friend and an aid to digestive issues. Plain canned pumpkin is the healthiest choice for your dog. But like all things in moderation, too much pumpkin in a dog’s diet can cause more stomach issues.
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Should I Use Canned Pumpkin Or Fresh Pumpkin:
Plain canned pumpkin is the healthiest choice and is a great ingredient for these pumpkin peanut butter dog treats. You will want to make sure any canned pumpkin has no added salt, sugar, spices, or other additives. (Pets.Webmd gives a great breakdown of the best advice on this topic)
Fresh pumpkins will have a higher water content than canned pumpkins. If you make fresh homemade pumpkin puree, you will de-seed your pumpkin and then boil the pumpkin until soft. Remove and drain from water to mash, then store the puree in the fridge for three to four days in the fridge, or six months in the freezer.
Never use canned pumpkin pie or peanut butter that contains Xylitol, an artificial sweetener that is toxic to dogs.
How To Make Easy Pumpkin Dog Treat:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees f!
In a large mixing bowl, combine your wet ingredients, the egg, peanut butter, and pureed pumpkin. You can use a hand mixer or stand mixer for this step or mix with a whisk or wooden spoon.
Once your wet ingredients are mixed, slowly mix in the dry ingredient of flour. We put in a cup, then added in 1/4 cup each time until we got to the 2 cups of flour, and the dough’s thickness increased.
Flour your counter and roll your dough into a ball onto the floured surface.
Roll your dough out flat with a rolling pin onto your floured counter.
Cut out your cookies to the thickness you like your homemade dog treats to be.
Next, lay out your dog treats on a baking sheet, aka cookie sheet, you can use a piece of parchment paper as well.
Bake for about 20 to 30 minutes until they are done or golden brown
Allow to cool off and share the treats with your dog! Kylie tried a bite of one and liked them as well as Bentley did
How To Store Homemade Pumpkin Dog Treats:
Place these in an airtight container and store them at room temperature. You could store these in a refrigerator if you want to for up to a week.
Our Other Homemade Dog Treat Recipes:
- Easy Homemade Coconut Oil Peanut Butter Dog Treats– These frozen treats are our dogs’ favorite in the summertime!
- Homemade Dog Breath Treats– Use fresh mint to make these tasty dog treats to help your furry friend’s breath fresher!
- Homemade Apple Pumpkin Dog Treats-Dogs can enjoy all the fall goodies of apples and pumpkin in these tasty treats with oats!
- Homemade Pumpkin Dog Treats-With only four ingredients, these are easy-to-make and tasty treats for your four-legged friend!
Have you made dog treats before for your dog?? What did you make??
Easy Pumpkin Dog Treat Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Flour
- 1 Egg
- 3/4 Cup Canned Pumpkin
- 1/3 Cup Peanut Butter
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees f!
- In a large mixing bowl, combine your wet ingredients the egg, peanut butter, and pureed pumpkin. You can use a hand mixer or stand mixer for this step or mix with just a whisk or wooden spoon to do this.
- Once your wet ingredients are mixed slowly mix in the dry ingredient of flour. We put in a cup then added in 1/4 cup each time until you get to the 2 cups of flour, and the thickness of the dough does increase.
- Flour your counter and roll your dough into a ball onto the floured surface.
- Roll your dough out flat with a rolling pin onto your floured counter.
- Cut out your cookies to the thickness you like your homemade dog treats to be.
- Next layout your dog treats on a baking sheet aka cookie sheet, you can use a piece of parchment paper as well, and bake for about 20 to 30 minutes until they are done or golden brown
- Allow to cool off and share the treats with your dog!
Tina says
Do you use white flour or wheat?
Jenny says
We used white flour to make ours
Cece says
Are these crunchy or soft ? My dog will only eat crunchy treats. Also , do they need to be kept in the refrigerator ?
Jenny says
Ours turned out crunchy which worked out since that’s what our dog prefers as well. I kept them in a bag on the fridge and he hasn’t reacted.
Leanette Wlliams says
My dog loves them!
Cece says
My dog has many allergies, like wheat, and eggs, so let people know when making dog treats they can use oat flour and 1 THIRD CUP OF Unsweetend apple sauce for every egg the recipe calls for.
Kris says
Thanks for the alternative to wheat flour. Where can you buy oat flour?
Sharon says
I put oats in my blender and made my own flour. My granddaughter has to have everything given free.
Sharon says
Auto correct! Gluten free not given free.
Margaret Skoog says
If using oatmeal ground instead of wheat flour be sure to use gluten free oatmeal. Oatmeal is naturally gluten free but gets contaminated at the elevator. My stomach goes crazy if it’s regular oatmeal, purrs like a kitten with gluten free oats!
Teri says
Please edit to use only natural peanut butter with no salt added. The excess salt can be harmful to dogs. I make peanut butter dog treats all the time for my “pack” too!
Natasha says
It’s not about the salt or being “natural”. It’s about xylitol. That’s what you DON’T want in the peanut butter. Natural isn’t always healthier.
Melba says
I’m going to comment here:
There should NEVER be xylitol in natural peanut butter. Natural peanut butler’s ingredient list should read: peanuts
Jenifer Schmitt says
I am going to try this the but I will give the website 5stars ??
Melissa Baker says
Do you have any diabetic friendly recipes for dog treats?
Natasha says
I know coconut flour is good for dogs with diabetes.
Elaine says
Would you recommend those for cat treats as well. I have 4 and the treats are getting to be too expensive for me.
pat says
Will this Kill fleas on my cat? I know grind pumpkin seeds are for fleas.
Jenny says
I am not sure. I have never heard of that before.
dr.seg says
No, it will not kill fleas. Neither will ground pumpkin seeds. The only 100% guaranteed way to get rid of fleas on a cat is a product like Advantage or Frontline (Advantage works best). Talk to your veterinarian about your cat’s flea problem, it can cause serious issues if left untreated.
Cindy Taylor says
is this recipe ok for cats?
Teresa says
Did you use All purpose flour?
Jenny says
Yes I did
Natasha says
It’s pumpkin puree, correct? Not pumpkin filling??
Jenny says
Yes pumpkin puree
Shelly says
Can you substitute crunchy peanut butter?
Susan says
Two cups of four ?
Jenny says
Oh my gosh fixed that thank you!
Cindy says
Do these have a lot of farce for diabetic digs
Beth says
huh what?
Christina says
Our 4 dogs LOVE these!!! Thank you ,,,
Mel says
How long do they last? Do you keep them refrigerated always?
Barbara Cardany says
How long will these keep? Do they have to be put in fridge?
Jeanette Scott says
How long do the treats keep? How fast is the turnover rate?
Jenny says
Our dog went thru them in about a week. I would just watch for the freshness it depends on how fast you give your dog treats. I plan to try to freeze them next time.
carolyn skillin says
I always make treats for my family dog’s and put them in the freezer but a few in the frig. I always use wheat flour . Our goats like them too .
Alicia Cervantez says
How long are they good for?
Brittany says
I think the overall premise is good however your information is lacking some serious knowledge of how humans foods and products interact with animals digestion’s. Please consider doing more research on the topic and including it in your post next time… your readers did more work in their comments then you did on this recipe.
Jane says
Last comment was a little rude to the writer. No one is going to agree with everything. I think we all know she had good intentions in this recipe posting. I am a vet and this is safe for pets on special occasions. However, some pets DO require special attention to foods so always talk to your vet for questions.
Roy StJohn says
FLOUR, EGG, PEANUT BUTTER, PUMPKIN? CANNOT FIGURE OUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME WHAT THE “OFFENDING” INGREDIENT IS BEING REFERRED TO BY THIS RUDE POSTER. YEAH, GIRL, IF YOUR DOG IS ALLERGIC TO ANY OF THESE INGREDIENTS THEN COMMON SENSE DICTATES YOU WOULD NOT FEED THESE TO YOUR DOG! IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING! YOU’RE WELCOME. (ROLLING MY EYES).
COOKEATGO.COM – MY HERO! I’VE BEEN TRYING TO GIVE PUMPKIN OUT OF THE CAN FOR STOOL BINDING ASSISTANCE AND THE BOYS HAVE NOT BEEN THE LEAST BIT THRILLED. NOT SURE IF BEING BAKED IN WILL STILL HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT BUT WE’RE GONNA GIVE IT A SHOT. TUVM!
MichelleA says
I hav3 a jack Russell that loves the dog treats I made from your recipe is there any other flavors the dogs can have?
Jenny says
Hello Michella,
This is our newest on that our dog Bentley loves https://cookeatgo.com/easy-healthy-homemade-coconut-oil-peanut-butter-dog-treats/!! You can aslo see our other pet treats all right here-> https://cookeatgo.com/?s=dog+treats
Glad your dog loved them!
Debbie Dobson says
How long will these last inthe refrigerator? Can they be frozen?
Btw, my dog loves them! Easy to follow recipe.
Jenny says
Mine normally don’t last longer then 5 days cause Bentley loves them! I would freeze them and there shouldn’t be any issues
Jacqueline Wehage says
Do you know the calories on these treats?
Jenny says
No I don’t I would plug in the ingredients on an app like My Fitness Pal and then adjust the servings to what you are able to get out of your batch.
Marie says
Great easy recipe! Made them this morning for my pups. They love them.
Cindy says
Mine are in the oven now for my 2 furry angels, can’t wait for them to try them!!!
Jenny says
Did they love them?
Crystal Ezell says
What can I use for my dog that needs grain free foods
Dorothy says
Your instructions for the dough say “roll into a bowl.” Should this be “roll into a ball”?
I will make these when our dogs need some treats. Thanks!
Jenny says
Oh that’s a total typo!! I’ll fix it now thank you!!
Lynsey says
My 11 year old lab loves these!! But, he recently got put on a low fat diet for pancreatitis. : ( what can I sub for the peanut butter to keep these delish but also low fat? Would it affect the recipe if I took out the PB altogether?
Carol says
With a grand daughters deathly allergic to peanut butter I would be afraid because she almost died when someone else ate it in same room. I make an oatmeal cookie for my dog now. Ideas for replacing peanut butter, please
Jenny says
This dog treat recipe we make has no peanut butter in it. https://cookeatgo.com/homemade-apple-pumpkin-dog-treats/ or https://cookeatgo.com/homemade-breath-dog-treat-recipe/ Hope that helps!
Lynsey says
What’s a good peanut butter substitute for a low fat option?
Jojo says
Thank you for sharing!! My puppy, Remi, LOVES these!! I did use Whole Wheat Flour, and she begged for more!!
Thank you!!- Jojo
Jenny says
YAY!! Our Bentley loves them!!
Elise says
Jasper likes these treats, but Charlie Boy thinks it Doggy Crack!! He goes crazy when its baking.
**Food grade Diatomaceous Earth will kill fleas & eggs. Read up on it in Holistic vet books. Must be SURE its “FOOD GRADE” & not the stuff for the swimming pool!!
Leah says
My dogs love these. I always make a double triple batch and hand them out! I was wondering if apple would work as well as pumpkin. Pumpkin hasn’t been on the shelves lately. TIA
Anita says
My husband ate one (he always try’s dog treats to make sure the dogs will like them) He said they were great!
Our dogs love them as well. I’m gonna make some for family members dogs for thanksgiving. And of course my babies!
Some times I put low salt soy sauce on some of them. They like that as well.
Yorkies says
MY HERO! I’VE BEEN TRYING TO GIVE PUMPKIN OUT OF THE CAN FOR STOOL BINDING ASSISTANCE AND THE BOYS HAVE NOT BEEN THE LEAST BIT THRILLED. NOT SURE IF BEING BAKED IN WILL STILL HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT BUT WE’RE GONNA GIVE IT A SHOT.
stop barking says
The excess salt can be harmful to dogs. I make peanut butter dog treats all the time for my “pack” too!
Snuffle Bowl says
But, he recently got put on a low-fat diet for pancreatitis. : ( what can I sub for the peanut butter to keep these delish but also low fat
Meg Trager says
We make a similar recipe but I use buckwheat, which is not really wheat but healthier. Look it up to decide if it’s better for your pup. I also use completely natural peanut butter with no sugar, just peanuts. If you have a food processor it’s easy to make your own – just put in natural peanuts and whirl away!
Christine says
Where can you get peanut butter without salt, sugar, I thought skippy peanut butter was ok for dogs.
Brenda says
My dog loves these , made with oatmeal flour which I blended myself and left a few solid oats with shredded carrots. my dog loved them and made them fat so they would be thicker. last longer in frig.
Brenda says
They keep longer in the freezer,only give him one treat a day small dog.