Baked Glazed Apple Treats - Limited Ingredients

     We recently acquired a third dog, fostering, and the amount of treats we're going through is crazy! I only purchase treats and food that are wheat and corn free due to Maeby's food allergies, which can get pricey, so I decided to make some treats again. I wanted to do something more simple and less messy than the usual process. I then thought of apples; my dogs love apples! They're relatively cheap and very healthy. So, this is the concoction that resulted:

Baked Glazed Apple Treats

Ingredients:

3 Apples, of any variety

3 TBSP honey

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 275.

Clean and dry the apples (leaving the skins on provides extra fiber). Chop off the tops and bottoms, since they will be too thick for the desired result. Slice the apples horizontally as thin as possible, approximately 12 slices per apple, removing seeds.

Place the apple slices on cookie sheets lined with wax or parchment paper. HINT: Spray the cookie sheets with oil before applying wax paper, as the honey will cause the paper to stick to the pan. 

Combine the honey and cinnamon in a small bowl and microwave x 30 seconds. Now, spoon or brush small amounts onto each apple. If the honey starts to become too thick to spread, reheat in the microwave at 10 second increments. 

Place the cookie sheets in the oven for 2 hours, flipping the apples every 30 minutes.

Apples should be crispy around the edges and dehydrated. Let cool before serving. 

Store in airtight container and refrigerate. 

Treats! Fresh from Your Kitchen

The quality of ingredients in our dog's food and treats are slowly improving, even getting some attention in advertising.  I'm so glad it's getting easier to find healthy treats, but if you're still concerned about the ingredients in your dog's treats, why not try to make them yourself?  We have had a blast and saved some cash!  Here's a few of my dog treat recipes that have been approved by my Maeby and Kingsley... but they're not picky.


In case you're in need of some cute cookie cutters, check out these cute little sets. Before I found these, I made the mistake of spending a lot for what I've found to be over sized and over priced Martha Stewart cutters at PetsMart.  At least the cookies are breakable!


Peanut Butter Dog Treats

2 cups flour
1 cup peanut butter (creamy)
1 cup water
1/2 cup oatmeal
1TBSP baking powder 
1 TBSP Honey

Preheat oven to 375 and lightly grease baking pan.  In a mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder and oatmeal. Mix, then add peanut butter, honey and water. Stir until dough forms. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead it and then roll it out to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut the dough into desired size and shape. Place onto lightly greased pan and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool and store in airtight container.


Apple Cinnamon Dog Treats

2 cups flour
1 chopped apple, with peel for extra fiber
1/2 cup oatmeal
1 TBSP peanut butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon


Preheat oven to 375 and lightly grease pan.
Mix flour, oatmeal, apple, peanut butter and cinnamon together, adding water to make dough workable. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead and roll the dough out into 1/2 inch thickness. Cut and place on lightly greased pan and bake for 30 minutes until golden brown.

Pumpkin Dog Treats

2.5 cups flour

2 eggs

1/2 cup canned pumpkin

2 TBS peanut butter

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350.

Whisk together the flour, eggs, pumpkin, peanut butter and cinnamon in a bowl.  Add water as needed to help make the dough workable, but the dough should be dry and stiff.  Roll the dough into a 1/2 inch thick roll and cut. Bake for 40 minutes.

Refreshing Summer Dog Treats

16oz plain yogurt

2 mashed bananas or 1 chopped apple (peel on for extra fiber)

2 TBSP peanut butter

2 TBSP honey

Mix and spoon into ice cube tray and freeze.

Thanks to my friend, Penny Arnett, for taking these great photos.