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Thank you to HarperCollins for sponsoring today’s dog biscuit recipe post. All thoughts are my own.
The summer has flown by and I’ve been trying to make the most of these last few weeks with my kids before they go back to school. Wesley will be headed to first grade this year and he is pretty pumped it. It is amazing to watch the progress he made last year, especially with reading. We often read books together and each take turns reading a page or a specific character.
That’s why we were so happy to see Biscuit featured in our new collection of I Can Read!brand books! If you aren’t already familiar with this line of beginning readers, I Can Read! books are organized into color-coded levels. With the wide variety of titles featuring award-winning authors and illustrators, you can find books at every stage to engage and excite your child.
We decided together it would be fun to make a dog biscuit recipe inspired by Biscuit from Biscuit Loves the Library.
For many years Wes and I have enjoyed our kids in the the kitchen series, Mini Chef Mondays but lately we’ve fallen out of this habit. Making homemade dog treats was a great way to break up our morning spending quality time together doing something we love.Our dog Leo was definitely keen on the idea of a homemade dog biscuit.
How to Make a Homemade Dog Biscuit Recipe
There are many different ways to make dog biscuits. Most dog treat recipes call for either peanut butter, pumpkin or sweet potato.To match the color of Biscuit himself, we went with banana and peanut butter dog treats and kept the ingredients simple with what we already had on hand.
There are ways to make this biscuit even healthier such as with whole wheat flour but we didn’t have any. We thought oatmeal would be a nice touch and it made a great filler.
We used a mini bone cookie cutter for this dog biscuit recipe but you could use other shapes or even roll up the dough and cut them with kitchen scissors.Update: The bone cutter used for this post is no longer in stock. Here is another inexpensive bone mini cutter set with three sizes!
The main trick is to keep the thickness the same so your dog biscuits cook evenly.
We baked our dog biscuits on a silicone lined baking sheet. This worked great to create a perfect biscuit bottom and avoid any sticking.
You’ll want to cook these on a lower oven temperature for a longer period of time to get that nice biscuit texture. Exactly how long will depend upon the thickness of your biscuits. I tried to keep mine about a quarter of an inch. And that is all there is to making a dog biscuit!
Wouldn’t these make great gifts at the holidays? Leo absolutely loves them and Wesley couldn’t wait to give him one once they had a chance to cool. Feeding your dog homemade treats or homemade raw dog food is a great way to show them some extra love.
This dog biscuit recipe inspired by Biscuit the Dog is a perfect kids activity! Make these peanut butter and banana homemade dog treats with your child to pamper your furry friend.
Cuisinedog treats
Keywordbanana, biscuits, dog, dog biscuits, dog treats, homemade dog treats, peanut butter
Prep Time20minutes
Cook Time35minutes
Total Time55minutes
Servings50small treats
Ingredients
1cupall purpose or whole wheat flour
1/2cupoats
1egg
1/3cuppeanut butter
1medium sized bananamashed
1tablespoonhoney
1egg whitelightly beaten
Instructions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking sheet. (You can also use a greased baking sheet as well.)
Mix all ingredients except egg white in a medium bowl until well combined.
Roll out dough onto floured surface to 1/4 inch thick.
Cut into desired shape using small cookie cutter.
Place on baking sheet and brush with egg white.
Bake until golden brown and firm, approximately 35 minutes, depending upon shape and thickness.
Cool before serving.
Keep stored in airtight container.
Recipe Notes
Exact number of dog biscuits will depend upon the size of the biscuit cutter. The one I used was 2 1/2 inch (6cm) (length), 5/8 inch (1.6cm) (depth).
That afternoon Wesley spent some time reading his new I Can Read! booksfeaturing some of his favorite characters including Splat the Cat and Paddington.
He loves that he needs very little help with this series and can read a book almost entirely on his own. Watching him grow and continue to learn has been fun over this past year, especially with his reading skills.
Besides Biscuit, Wesley was also super excited to see Pete the Cat. We have several Pete the Cat books on our bookshelf so Wesley was happy to add another one.
The 1st dog biscuits were developed by an electrician named James Spratt in 1860. These so-called Meat Fibrine Dog Cakes were made of wheat, beetroot, vegetables, and prairie meat. They were formed into a square shape and baked. The famous dog shaped biscuit, didn't come about until over a decade later, in 1907.
Businessman James Spratt introduced the first commercially-prepared pet food in England in approximately 1860. After seeing dogs being fed leftover biscuits from a ship, Spratt formulated the first dog biscuit: a mix of wheat meals, vegetables, beetroot and beef blood.
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The film was inspired by a real road trip director Channing Tatum took with his dying dog, a pitbull mix also named Lulu, after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2018. Tatum told Yahoo! News: "When I went on my last road trip with my puppy, [I experienced] that feeling of, 'There's nothing I can do.
This is a comparison between the begging of a dog to the materialism and need to be accepted of a person. A dog would beg for a dog biscuit, so Fitzgerald is portraying her as someone who acts like upper class in order to “beg” for attention even though she lives in a tiny apartment in the city.
He bought her a cute little puppy, and Tom wept again for Myrtle when he saw the dog biscuits at the apartment after her death (IX, 179) [Tom speaking]: "I went to give up that flat and saw that damn box of dog biscuits sitting there on the sideboard, I sat down and cried like a baby."
In 1915, the biscuits earned the moniker of Milk-Bone for their high percentage of cow's milk. The Milk-Bone proved a worthy competitor to Spratt's Dog Cakes, and in 1931, the snack company Nabisco purchased it.
It made its Canadian debut in October 1994 on YTV and has aired there ever since; in the United States, it has aired on Nickelodeon from September 1995 to January 2010, The N from April 2002 to December 2007, Nicktoons from May 2002 to January 2010, and Comedy Central from February 2010 onward.
Whether speaking to new or seasoned pet parents, veterinarians are often asked 'can dogs eat peanut butter? ' The good news is that regular peanut butter is safe to give your dog as a treat. Just make sure to avoid peanut butter with Xylitol, a sugar substitute found in lower or sugar-free products.
Yes, dogs can eat bananas. It's tempting to share tasty fruit with your dog, especially when they're staring at you longingly. The good news is dogs can eat bananas in reasonable quantities as an occasional treat.
Buck is a dog and the main character of Jack London's 1903 novel, The Call of the Wild. The story follows Buck on his journey from becoming a dignified house pet to his eventual regression back into a wild animal.
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