These homemade dog treat recipes are simple, wholesome, and designed to complement the meals in your cookbook.
Perfect for training sessions, enrichment toys, or the occasional reward, each recipe uses straightforward ingredients you can feel good about serving.
Choose a few favourites, batch bake if you like, and keep them on hand for those well-earned tail wags.
🦴 1. Peanut Butter Oat Training Bites

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12–15 minutes
Makes: 24–30 small bites
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- ½ cup natural peanut butter (xylitol-free)
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Mix all ingredients until a dough forms.
- Roll into small pea-sized balls.
- Place on lined tray and flatten slightly.
- Bake 12–15 minutes until lightly firm.
- Cool completely before serving.
Storage: Refrigerate up to 5 days. Freeze up to 2 months.
🐟 2. Salmon Sweet Potato Squares

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Makes: 16 squares
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked, mashed sweet potato
- ½ cup canned salmon (drained, boneless)
- 1 egg
- ½ cup oat flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix all ingredients until combined.
- Press into a small lined baking dish.
- Bake 20 minutes until set.
- Cool and cut into squares.
Storage: Refrigerate 4–5 days. Freeze up to 2 months.
🦴 3. Banana Pumpkin Soft Chews

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Makes: 20 small chews
Ingredients
- ½ cup pumpkin puree (plain)
- ½ ripe banana, mashed
- 1 cup oat flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C).
- Combine ingredients into soft dough.
- Form small bite-sized pieces.
- Bake 18 minutes until lightly firm but not hard.
- Cool fully.
Storage: Refrigerate 5 days. Freeze 2 months.
🥕 4. Carrot Apple Crunch Biscuits

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Makes: 18 biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 cup finely grated carrot
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1½ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix all ingredients to form dough.
- Roll out and cut shapes.
- Bake 25 minutes until firm.
- Cool completely.
Storage: Refrigerate 5 days. Freeze 3 months.
🐔 5. Chicken & Rice Mini Bites

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Makes: 24 small bites
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked shredded chicken
- ½ cup shredded carrot
- ½ cup cooked white rice
- Chopped basil
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Blend ingredients in food processor.
- Form small balls.
- Bake 20 minutes until cooked through.
- Cool before serving.
Storage: Refrigerate 4 days. Freeze 2 months.
🫐 6. Blueberry Yogurt Drops (Frozen)

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Chill Time: 2 hours
Makes: 30 small drops
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup mashed blueberries
Instructions
- Mix yogurt and blueberries.
- Spoon small drops onto parchment paper.
- Freeze 2 hours until solid.
- Store frozen.
Storage: Keep frozen up to 2 months.
🥜 7. Peanut Butter Banana Frozen Cubes

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Chill Time: 3 hours
Makes: 20 cubes
Ingredients
- ½ cup natural peanut butter
- 1 mashed banana
- ½ cup plain yogurt
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients.
- Spoon into silicone mold or ice cube tray.
- Freeze until firm.
Storage: Keep frozen up to 2 months.
🐟 8. Sardine Oat Biscuits

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Makes: 18 biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 can sardines in water (drained)
- 1 egg
- 1 cup oat flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mash sardines thoroughly.
- Mix with egg and flour.
- Form biscuits and bake 20 minutes.
- Cool fully.
Storage: Refrigerate 4 days. Freeze 2 months.
🦴 9. Pumpkin Flax Crunchers

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Makes: 20 biscuits
Ingredients
- ¾ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 egg
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Combine ingredients.
- Roll and cut shapes.
- Bake 25 minutes until firm.
- Cool completely.
Storage: Refrigerate 5 days. Freeze 2 months.
🍗 10. Turkey & Parsley Meatballs

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Makes: 20 mini meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix ingredients gently.
- Form small marble-sized balls.
- Bake 18 minutes until cooked through.
- Cool fully.
Storage: Refrigerate 4 days. Freeze 2 months.
🍠 11. Sweet Potato Chew Slices

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours (low bake)
Makes: 15–20 slices
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet potato
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250°F (120°C).
- Slice thinly.
- Place on lined tray.
- Bake 2 hours, flipping halfway.
- Cool completely.
Storage: Refrigerate 5 days. Freeze 3 months.
🐔 12. Chicken Liver Training Bites

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Makes: 30 tiny cubes
Ingredients
- ½ lb chicken livers
- ½ cup oat flour
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Blend ingredients until smooth.
- Spread thinly in lined pan.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Cool and cut into small cubes.
Storage: Refrigerate 3 days. Freeze 2 months.
🥕 13. Carrot Coconut Soft Treats

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Makes: 20 treats
Ingredients
- 1 cup grated carrot
- 1 egg
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 tbsp unsweetened shredded coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Mix ingredients.
- Form small bites.
- Bake 18 minutes.
- Cool fully.
Storage: Refrigerate 5 days. Freeze 2 months.
🐟 14. Tuna Parsley Bites

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Makes: 24 bites
Ingredients
- 1 can tuna in water (drained)
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup oat flour
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix ingredients well.
- Form small balls.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Cool completely.
Storage: Refrigerate 4 days. Freeze 2 months.
🍎 15. Apple Cinnamon Oat Biscuits

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Makes: 18 biscuits
Ingredients
- ½ cup finely diced apple (no seeds)
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 egg
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix ingredients to form dough.
- Roll and cut shapes.
- Bake 20 minutes.
- Cool fully.
Storage: Refrigerate 5 days. Freeze 2 months.
🥚 16. Egg & Spinach Protein Bites

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Makes: 20 mini bites
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup finely chopped spinach
- ½ cup oat flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix ingredients thoroughly.
- Spoon into mini silicone mold.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Cool before serving.
Storage: Refrigerate 4 days. Freeze 2 months.
🫐 17. Blueberry Oat Crunch

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Makes: 20 biscuits
Ingredients
- ¼ cup mashed blueberries
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Combine ingredients.
- Form small biscuits.
- Bake 18 minutes.
- Cool fully.
Storage: Refrigerate 5 days. Freeze 2 months.
🐔 18. Chicken & Pumpkin Mini Muffins

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Makes: 18 mini muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked shredded chicken
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 egg
- ½ cup oat flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix ingredients.
- Spoon into mini muffin tray.
- Bake 20 minutes.
- Cool completely.
Storage: Refrigerate 4 days. Freeze 2 months.
🥜 19. Peanut Butter Flax Crisps

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 22 minutes
Makes: 20 thin crisps
Ingredients
- ½ cup peanut butter (xylitol-free)
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup oat flour
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix ingredients to form dough.
- Roll thin and cut small shapes.
- Bake 22 minutes until crisp.
- Cool fully.
Storage: Refrigerate 5 days. Freeze 2 months.
🍓 20. Strawberry Yogurt Frozen Buttons

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Freeze Time: 2 hours
Makes: 25 buttons
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup mashed strawberries
Instructions
- Mix yogurt and strawberries.
- Spoon small drops onto lined tray.
- Freeze until solid.
- Store frozen.
Storage: Keep frozen up to 2 months.

