Easy 3-Ingredient Homemade Gluten-free Dog Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cups Chickpea Flour
- ½ Cup Peanut Butter Natural (90g, no sugar or salt added)
- ½ Cup Pumpkin Puree 145g
Instructions
Making the Dough
- Knead the chickpea flour, pumpkin puree, and peanut butter together in a big mixing bowl.
- Knead until a dough ball develops. If the dough is too sticky, add 1 tablespoon of chickpea flour at a time until it is smooth and no longer sticky.
- Cover the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour after it has come together. This will stiffen the dough and make it easier to cut shapes from it.
- Take the dough from the fridge and plastic wrap after an hour of chilling.
- Set aside a cookie sheet or baking pan lined with parchment paper.
- On the counter, you will be rolling out the dough, sprinkle chickpea flour. Even dust the rolling pin.
- Sprinkle a little chickpea flour on the dough. Rub it in gently until it is lightly coated, then roll it out to a thickness of about ¼ inch to ½ inch thickness. If the dough is still sticky, dust both sides of the dough and flip it periodically before rolling it out.
- Cut out shapes in the dough with a cookie cutter. To prevent the dough from sticking to the cookie-cutter, dip it in chickpea flour between each cooking cutting. Note: Do not fret if you don't have a cookie-cutter. A trusty knife can be used to carve them into squares or any shapes you like.
- Place the cutout shapes on the parchment paper, about ½ inches apart.
Baking & Drying it Out
- Pre-heat the oven to 350F (177C).
- Bake the cookies for 30 minutes once the oven has reached the desired temperature.
- If you have an electric oven, turn it off after 30 minutes and leave the oven door ajar for another 30 minutes. If you are using a gas stove, shut the oven door instead. To avoid burning the bottoms of the dog treats, we will dry them with indirect heat. Note: Make sure the bottoms do not burn by checking them every 10 minutes.
- Allow them to cool at room temperature for at least 5 hours after they have finished drying in the oven. Try not to leave them out for a few days, or they will harden and dry out even more.
Storing the Treats
- If there is enough ventilation, these can be kept at room temperature for 1-2 months.
- Warning: You should not keep them in the fridge or in an airtight container because moisture can build up and cause them to spoil more quickly.