These homemade banana dog treats are made with just 3 simple ingredients—bananas, oats, and peanut butter—for a healthy snack your pup will love.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Rest Time30 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Course: Dog Treat
Keyword: Banana Dog Treats Recipe
Servings: 20dog treats
Calories: 108kcal
Ingredients
3 ½cupsOld Fashioned Oats,I used Great Value brand
3medium-sizeripe bananas
½cupcreamy peanut butter,I used Jif brand
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350*F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Add the oats to a food processor and grind/blend the oats for 2- 2 ½ minutes, or until the oats are ground into oat flour.Reserve ½ cup of the oat flour for sprinkling your work surface.
Add the bananas and creamy peanut butter to the oat flour in the food processor. Pulse until the bananas and peanut butter are well incorporated with the oats. (You are looking for a firm yet pliable texture for the dough)
Sprinkle some of the reserved oat flour over your work surface.
Turn the dough out on top of the sprinkled oat flour.
Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to ¼ inch thickness.
Use the cookie of your choice (I used a bone shaped cookie cutter, but you can use any cookie cutter shape or simply slice into small squares)
Place the cookie cut outs onto the parchment paper lined baking sheet 1 inch apart. Bake for 20 minutes for a crispy dog treat, or 15 minutes for a softer dog treat.
Allow the treats to rest on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to completely cool. Once cooled, you can serve immediately.
Notes
Store any leftover treats in an airtight container at room temperature. You can store the softer dog treats for up to 2 weeks, and you can store the crispier treats for up to 3 weeks. You can store the completely cooled dog treats in an airtight container for up to 2 months. You can allow the treats to thaw overnight at room temperature before serving.
You can substitute oat flour for the Old fashioned ground oats. You can substitute crunchy peanut butter for the creamy. Make sure that whatever brand of peanut butter you choose does NOT contain Xylitol. Xylitol is toxic to animals.