Treat your furry best friend with these homemade sweet potato dog treats. Made with natural and healthy ingredients that they’ll love!
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Homemade Dog Treats
This one is for all the dogs out there – I know I have a lot of furry readers!
These sweet potato dog treats are the perfect way to say ‘I love you buddy’ to your fur babies!
Simple to make, dogs love these biscuits and they are so fun to make!
Why you’ll love this Sweet Potato Dog Treat recipe:
- SIMPLE INGREDIENTS: You just need four simple ingredients to make a batch of these treats.
- EASY: Just mix the ingredients together, roll and cut them out and bake in the oven. Simple!
- LARGE BATCH: This recipe will make 50 dog treats, plenty to keep your pooch happy for a while!
How to make Sweet Potato Dog Treats
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- Mix together the sweet potatoes, eggs and applesauce.
- Stir in the flour.
- Roll out and cut with a cookie cutter.
- Bake on a baking sheet.
Why make homemade pet treats?
Not only is it way more economical to make a batch of dog treats, but you know exactly what’s going in to them.
Made with no preservatives or additives, these dog treats are mad with just natural and healthy ingredients.
How to store
Once your sweet potato dog treats are fully cooled, place them in an airtight container. They will keep for several weeks at room temperature.
Should you peel the sweet potatoes?
Yes, always remove the skin of the sweet potatoes as these can be difficult for your dig to digest.
You can peel the sweet potatoes and cook them in boiling water until tender, or you can roast them and then peel them. Then you just need to mash them up and mix with the other ingredients.
Tips!
- I used a bone shaped cookie cutter for these treats, but you can use whatever you have to hand.
- Let the sweet potato dog treats cool fully before giving them to your dog or storing.
- These are treats and not meant to replace your dogs regular meals.
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More Pet Treat Recipes we Love
- Peanut Butter Dog Treats
- Cheese Dog Treats
- Dog Cupcakes
- Homemade Cat Treats
- Oat and Apple Pretzel Dog Treats
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Sweet Potato Dog Treat Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked mashed sweet potatoes
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour plus more for rolling dough
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Add sweet potatoes, eggs, applesauce to a mixing bowl and mix well. Stir in flour. Mixture will be stiff and sometimes it’s easier to mix with your hands than to bend a metal spoon.
- Divide dough in half and roll onto a surface covered with additional flour until about 1/8″ thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut shapes and place onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until dry and crispy. Remove from oven. let stand on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to completely cool on a cooling rack.
- Serve when cooled or store in a sealed container in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Becky’s Tips
- I used a bone shaped cookie cutter for these treats, but you can use whatever you have to hand.
- Let the sweet potato dog treats cool fully before giving them to your dog or storing.
- These are treats and not meant to replace your dogs regular meals.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Did you make this? Leave a comment!
Can I use regular white flour or almond flour instead of wheat flour?
Wheat is best for the pups!
You would have to adjust the recipe i fusing almond flour. It requires more eggs to hold it together.
So easy to make and they love them. I did add 1/2 cup of oats since I doubled the mashed sweet potatoes and applesauce. This made it just perfect. Definitely will make again!!
Thanks for sharing, Robyn!
How many calories are in these and the sweet potato for dogs? I can’t wait to make them for my dog! :)
Nutrition info is below on the recipe card!
My puppy absolutely LOVES these homemade treats! This recipe is a keeper!
We love happy puppies!
Not sure what a serving is but my 3 dogs ate 3 each.
Some happy pups!
Hi! My dough was very soft and I had to add a lot more flour… what did I do wrong? Regardless my dog loved the end result, but it certainly wasn’t a stiff dough.
Definitely even more flour!
What can I use to replace the applesauce with? Banana? Any other suggestions?
A banana could work!
I used pear.
I haven’t used eggs in dog treats b4. The ones I 1st made had chicken broth instead. She has wheat allergies so I use chickpea flour or coconut flour….even my granddaughter likes them…she’s 2.
Great use of modifications!
Can I use rice flour to substitute the whole wheat flour?
Yes!
Can you use sweet potato purée, and would it still be 1 cup of sweet potato purée?
Thank you.
That could work! Best with no additives!