Homemade Grain Free Peanut Butter and Apple Dog Training Treats

4/20/2013

Homemade, grain-free and loaded with nutrition! You can't go wrong with these super delicious dog treats made with coconut flour, peanut butter, unsweetened applesauce and a touch of honey! These moist treats make the perfect inexpensive alternative to buying training treats at home. Simply shape the dough into small bite-sized balls and use them for training!

Coconut flour is a tasty alternative to grain flours, the perfect ingredient for dogs who suffer from grain allergies and sensitivities. Coconut flour targets the skin and coat to help make a dog's fur soft, thick and healthy. If your dog has dry skin or dandruff, this is the perfect treat for them! Peanut butter and unsweetened applesauce provide flavour and aroma to make for a high value treat that can be used in training. Moist, bite-sized and quickly eaten - these treats are sure to help train even the most stubborn of dogs!

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups of coconut flour
1 cup of smooth peanut butter
1 cup of unsweetened applesauce
3 eggs

DIRECTIONS

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a large bowl add coconut flour, peanut butter, unsweetened applesauce and eggs.
Combine thoroughly.
Roll into bite-sized balls on to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 10-15 minutes depending on your size of treat.

Easy to make, inexpensive, healthy and delicious! Any dog cookie with peanut butter and applesauce is sure to please your furry family member's tummy!

I use these treats for tracking and training, and they have never let me down! Hunter will do just about anything for these.

Don't have coconut flour? You can use 2 cups of whole wheat flour and 2 eggs instead! These homemade dog treats can be left on the counter for a maximum of two days before they will need to go in the fridge. It's the price we pay for feeding whole food treats with zero preservatives!

For more delicious homemade dog treat recipes, visit the "homemade treat" section of my blog!

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Angel
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56 Comments

Kathy L

4/21/2013 09:28:20 am

Angel
Since you are so good about sharing your recipes with us, I wanted to share one with you that I made for Baron tonight....it has his 3 most favorite ingredients in them....Peanut Butter, Bananas and Pumpkin. Here goes:]

2 cups coconut flour
3/4 cup ground flax seed (or flax seed meal)
2 large ripe bananas-mashed
1 cup smooth peanut butter
1 cup pumpkin puree (pure pumpkin)
2 eggs
3/4-1 cup of hot water (if needed)

Preheat oven to 350
Stir together flour and ground flax seed to combine.
Combine all the wet ingredients (except the water). Add to flour mixture and stir until dough comes together using water as needed to make a smooth dough. Roll out and cut into desired shapes (or shape into small balls). Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. This recipe made approximately 4 1/2 dozen 3 inch cookies. Hope Hunter loves them as much as Baron has loved all your recipes....

Cindy

1/4/2014 11:43:12 am

I can not find coconut flour or potatoe flour Help!!! Any suggestions?

Sheila

1/22/2014 08:16:16 am

Try your Christmas tree shop... the brand here in New England is
Bob's Red Mill. Check other grocery stores. I have found all of these flours.

Kathy

1/23/2014 01:34:47 am

Don't have coconut flour? You can use 2 cups of whole wheat flour and 2 eggs instead! These homemade dog treats can be left on the counter for a maximum of two days before they will need to go in the fridge.

sandi love

1/26/2014 01:50:00 am

Sprouts

joyce mull

1/29/2014 01:11:18 am

grind dry coconut really fine in blender or food processor

Rich

3/22/2014 08:27:38 am

I use rice flour it works great and the dogs love it.

Stephanie

5/5/2014 11:23:19 am

I got mine at WINCO in the bulk food sections!

Renee Cybul

11/30/2014 01:35:32 am

Amazon.com sells many varieties of it.

Lisa

1/2/2015 07:46:48 am

I seen coconut flour at Walmart yesterday. I was surprised and didn't know how it was used.

Rhonda

1/25/2015 01:22:15 am

SAMs and Costco carry it, as well as Whole Foods or any natural store.

Cheri

1/25/2015 02:25:03 am

Cindy, My daughter & I are gluten intolerant, so I may be able to help you. Any health food store should carry these. Also, if there are any of the following stores near you, they carry them: Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Lowe's Foods. As Aldi and Walmart have started selling a multitude of gluten-free foods, I've been able to find different varieties of grain-free/wheat-free flours in these 2 stores as well. Good luck!

Sue Gere

3/4/2015 05:42:37 am

Try a healt food store :)

LINDA

4/1/2015 02:05:55 am

You can purchase on Amazon or vitacost.com

Melaine

5/22/2015 10:56:01 am

Order from Amazon.

Grace

5/22/2015 09:18:30 pm

Blitz dessicated coconut in blender till fine. Coconut flour is basically ground dried coconut flakes. Coconut flour is finer in texture than dessicated coconut.
Coconut flour can be found in most health food or organic foodstores. Coconut flour is usually used by people who are gluten intolerant to make breads or cakes or gluten free food. Friends who are gluten intolerant will also be able to direct you to stores where gluten free ingredients are sold. You may find coconut flour there. All the best to your quest.

Dawn

6/10/2015 10:48:00 am

I've used garbanzo bean flour in other recipes

Olivia

7/30/2015 07:09:42 am

I don't know if you have found coconut flour yet but sams club has big bags for 9 bucks! It's a great deal compared to the walmart choice that is tiny and expensive.

Delia

5/15/2016 12:18:58 pm

Walmart has it

Patricia

12/15/2016 06:37:12 am

i found mine a wal mart its in the flour section in a container not a bag

debbie

5/30/2018 10:08:32 am

walmart

Noreen Mitchell

1/16/2019 10:59:31 am

You can find lots of different flours for less at Ocean State Job Lot.

Christine

1/25/2014 01:26:22 pm

My dog is allergic to flax seed, what can be substituted?

eileen

12/5/2014 01:20:45 am

Made these really easy.Dogs love them.Found the coconut flour at Price Chopper

Ginah B.

8/27/2015 01:59:56 am

where can I get coconut flour? Do they carry it in the grocery store?

Kayla

7/22/2016 05:10:38 pm

Meijer has coconut flour. Red Mill brand is the only one I found though, you really have to look through all the flour for it

Whitney

6/29/2016 08:09:53 am

I have a 6mo black GSD named Baron! What is your Baron? I cannot wait to try Angel's and your recipes for my boy!

Sharon

1/27/2017 10:30:39 pm

I have made the peanut butter treat recipe w/o the bananas - the ones in roundedballs, but are way too crumbly - any idea how to make them a tad but more chewy/not crumbly?

deb

5/5/2013 02:27:18 pm

I love these treats and have varied the recipe based on what I have in my cupboard. My SAR dogs love them as well as other handlers' dogs. Thank you for sharing.

Tacheryn

1/27/2014 05:12:44 am

Salem Animal Rescue League? We have one too, she is a cutie...

Linda Pfeiffer

5/13/2013 08:36:23 am

My dog is allergic to peanuts.. do you have any idea what i can substitute? I've given her Almond Butter, but with a cost of 10.00/16oz It is too expensive to use

K9 Instinct link

5/13/2013 08:37:50 am

1 cup of sweet mashed boiled potato! Need them to be higher value? Add a tablespoon of raw honey.

Danna Claypool

5/13/2013 12:38:15 pm

Almond Butter

Danna Claypool

5/13/2013 12:40:40 pm

Sorry, posted in my answer before the shock of the price of almond butter for you clicked in the brain. ouch!

Laurie

12/1/2013 07:41:16 am

Wal-Mart carries a peanut butter alternative called wow butter

georgia

6/7/2013 02:04:11 am

my dog can't eat eggs, what can I use is place of? thanks

Paula link

6/23/2013 11:24:42 pm

You can also use Potato Flour to keep it grain-free. It is also less expensive than Coconut Flour.

Charity

7/25/2013 01:34:54 am

I use bananas and honey in place of eggs, and ground brown rice or ground oats instead of flour.

Nichole

7/27/2013 01:39:33 pm

Can the treats be frozen? If so for how long?

Billie Ratliff

9/2/2013 11:58:52 am

Hello. I was wondering if these are Ok to feed to a dog that has Megaesophagus or one that carries the Gene.

Sarah

1/22/2014 08:15:10 am

How long can the treats be refrigerated for?
And can they be frozen?

Francois

1/26/2014 04:30:15 am

Love this receipt! I would like to know if they be frozen???

Margaret

1/26/2014 12:54:11 pm

I have put them in the freezer and just leave out a few every day for my 2 gsd's. They seem fine and the boys love them.

Jack

4/15/2014 08:55:47 am

Why not half freeze them then put in food saver bags ? Then suck the air out of the bags. We do that with grapes and soft fruit. They stay fresh as the day they were sucked.

Chloe

5/25/2014 12:27:56 am

Wow! gonna try this one. My pup will surely love this. This is gonna be fun <a href="http://www.myobedientk9s.com"target="_blank">Puppy Training </a>

Renee V.

9/14/2014 12:54:23 am

Just wanted to let everyone know that if you have a Trader Joe's anywhere near they have an AMAZING price on coconut flour!

Melanie

10/1/2014 11:50:35 pm

I tried this recipe yesterday for my dalmatian who can't have a wide variety of food. Great recipe all my dogs loved them! Considerably more than a ton of other treats I've tried!

Jen

10/29/2014 01:32:15 am

At the top of this article it says a bit of honey but that is not one of the ingredients listed. What kind of honey and how much for this recipe

thunderfeetann link

12/7/2014 08:39:49 pm

We keep bees and have access to raw unpasturized honey...one of our dogs had seasonal allergies so he got a tablespoon everyday. I am going to make these treats because I worry about the effects of all that sugar (honey) on his teeth! Loving the recipes for treats for the dogs!

Lauren Scott Jesensek

9/23/2017 04:39:08 pm

Hello, I was wondering if I can use eggs in my dogs recipe? I looked up that dogs are lactose intolerant. Eggs are diary.

Sadie's mama

4/1/2018 12:57:51 pm

Hi Lauren, eggs are not dairy products. Dairy products are made from milk.

Elonne Michelle Senegal

9/23/2017 04:42:57 pm

Hi Lauren Scott Jesensek, I was just thinking the same thing and also another website it says yes, but I am still not sure if I should trust that website.

Alice Ann Times

9/23/2017 04:44:51 pm

Hello everyone, I just found this website and it says yes you can use eggs in your dog's treats but no more than 3 eggs.

Matthew Long Rains

9/23/2017 04:47:20 pm

Hey guys, Just wanted to let everyone know about their recipes. They are awesome and all of my dogs love them.

Jovan-a

7/3/2018 04:43:21 pm

Prema mom saznanju psi ne smeju da jedu kikiriki. Da li grešim?

Naveen link

7/28/2022 07:53:37 am

Awesome!

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