Friday, November 07, 2025

Kitchen sink doggy treats

This post is about encouraging all pet owners to up your game and transcend mere mortal pet owner status. Those pricey biscuits for your pets can be home made with love and for next to nothing.  Most times we buy out of convenience and yeah, thats what gets a lot of people through the day.  Everyone has to eat and if I don't have to make it, that's time saved.

Recently I found myself with a device of inspiration... a bone shaped cookie cutter!  That, coupled with a weekend at the lake where one is practically forced to relax surrounded by forest, lakes and no where to be I had to bake something. HAD to. I love murder mysteries but midsummer murders was not holding my attention while it gently and incessantly rained outside as it had all week.

Remember DO NOT use these ingredients as can be dangerous for your dog.  Read the full list and why here


  • Alcohol
  • Apple seeds
  • Citrus (this includes cranberries, grapes and rasins)
  • Apricot pits.
  • Avocados.
  • Cherry pits.
  • Candy (particularly chocolate—which is toxic to dogs, cats, and ferrets—and any candy containing the toxic sweetener Xylitol)
  • Coffee (in any form)
  • Garlic



1 dl graham flour
1 dl rye flour
1 dl oatmeal (for smoother texture, put it through a blender, or small food processor)
2 dl flour
1 tsk bagpulver
1 dl chicken broth (from bullion)
2 tbl cream fraiche
1/2 dl bacon fat
1/2 dl canola oil
Cut in enough carob powder to get the desired roll-out dough consistency (around 1/2 dl).

Preheat oven to 180 Celcius
Mix dry together and add wet ingredients to dry mixture
Roll out dough
Stamp out cookies
Place on parchment lined cookie sheet

Adjust baking time according to cookie size and texture preference.
Mine were 8-10 mm thick, bone shape 5X2 cm

For soft treats bake for 8 minutes
( recommended for dogs with brittle teeth = the very young or very old)

For crunchy treats bake 5 -7 minutes.  flip them over and bake another 5 -7 minutes.