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Treat your furry best friend with these homemade sweet potato dog treats. Made with natural and healthy ingredients that they’ll love!
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Homemade Dog Treats
This one is for all the dogs out there – I know I have a lot of furry readers!
These sweet potato dog treats are the perfect way to say ‘I love you buddy’ to your fur babies!
Simple to make, dogs love these biscuits and they are so fun to make!
Why you’ll love this Sweet Potato Dog Treat recipe:
- SIMPLE INGREDIENTS: You just need four simple ingredients to make a batch of these treats.
- EASY: Just mix the ingredients together, roll and cut them out and bake in the oven. Simple!
- LARGE BATCH: This recipe will make 50 dog treats, plenty to keep your pooch happy for a while!
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How to make Sweet Potato Dog Treats
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- Mix together the sweet potatoes, eggs and applesauce.
- Stir in the flour.
- Roll out and cut with a cookie cutter.
- Bake on a baking sheet.
Why make homemade pet treats?
Not only is it way more economical to make a batch of dog treats, but you know exactly what’s going in to them.
Made with no preservatives or additives, these dog treats are mad with just natural and healthy ingredients.
How to store
Once your sweet potato dog treats are fully cooled, place them in an airtight container. They will keep for several weeks at room temperature.
Should you peel the sweet potatoes?
Yes, always remove the skin of the sweet potatoes as these can be difficult for your dig to digest.
You can peel the sweet potatoes and cook them in boiling water until tender, or you can roast them and then peel them. Then you just need to mash them up and mix with the other ingredients.
Tips!
- I used a bone shaped cookie cutter for these treats, but you can use whatever you have to hand.
- Let the sweet potato dog treats cool fully before giving them to your dog or storing.
- These are treats and not meant to replace your dogs regular meals.
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More Pet Treat Recipes we Love
- Peanut Butter Dog Treats
- Cheese Dog Treats
- Dog Cupcakes
- Homemade Cat Treats
- Oat and Apple Pretzel Dog Treats
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Recipe
Sweet Potato Dog Treat Recipe
4.66 from 115 votes
Author: Becky Hardin
Prep: 10 minutes minutes
Cook: 40 minutes minutes
Total: 50 minutes minutes
Serves50 Treats
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Treat your furry best friend with these homemade sweet potato dog treats. Made with natural and healthy ingredients that they'll love!
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Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked mashed sweet potatoes
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour plus more for rolling dough
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
Add sweet potatoes, eggs, applesauce to a mixing bowl and mix well. Stir in flour. Mixture will be stiff and sometimes it’s easier to mix with your hands than to bend a metal spoon.
Divide dough in half and roll onto a surface covered with additional flour until about 1/8″ thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut shapes and place onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until dry and crispy. Remove from oven. let stand on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to completely cool on a cooling rack.
Serve when cooled or store in a sealed container in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Last step! Don’t forget to show me a pic of what you made! Upload an image or tag me @thecookierookie on Instagram!
Becky’s tips
Makes 50 large treats.
- I used a bone shaped cookie cutter for these treats, but you can use whatever you have to hand.
- Let the sweet potato dog treats cool fully before giving them to your dog or storing.
- These are treats and not meant to replace your dogs regular meals.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 26kcal (1%) Carbohydrates: 5g (2%) Protein: 1g (2%) Fat: 1g (2%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 7mg (2%) Sodium: 4mg Potassium: 34mg (1%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 1g (1%) Vitamin A: 388IU (8%) Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) Calcium: 4mg Iron: 1mg (6%)
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Meet Becky Hardin
Becky Hardin is a wife and mother living in Saint Louis Missouri. She founded The Cookie Rookie in 2012 as a creative way to share recipes. Now, she is a trusted resource for easy cooking around the world, being featured in Taste of Home, The Kitchn, ABC’s Home and Family, and more. Here at The Cookie Rookie she is the editor in chief of all recipes and continues to enjoy sharing her passion for cooking for busy families. She has since founded two additional food blogs, Easy Chicken Recipes and Easy Dessert Recipes.
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Viridiana
Posted on 1/14/2024
Hi! What cam I substitute the apple sauce for? Just wondering
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Samantha Marceau
Posted on 1/15/2024
Reply to Viridiana
You can use pumpkin puree or mashed bananas!
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Loretta Hedgw
Posted on 3/26/2023
Gosh I followed this recipe to a T and the dough was very wet. I had to add a lot of additional flour.
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Samantha Marceau
Posted on 3/27/2023
Reply to Loretta Hedgw
Hi, the dough can turn out wetter or drier depending on the moisture content of the sweet potatoes and also on the humidity level in your kitchen! Feel free to adjust the flour level as needed to get the dough to come together.
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Michele
Posted on 11/11/2022
How long can these be refrigerated for and then how long will they be good in the freezer for ??
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Reply to Michele
They will stay good in the fridge for up to 2 months, or you can freeze them for up to 8 months!
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Cindy Bates
Posted on 9/21/2022
Can I substitute whole wheat flour with almond or oat flour?
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Samantha Marceau
Posted on 9/21/2022
Reply to Cindy Bates
Yes!
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Steph
Posted on 6/23/2022
Love these treats!
Is there a way to possibly incorporate Peanut Butter into this?
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Samantha Marceau
Posted on 6/23/2022
Reply to Steph
We think your best bet would be to replace some of the sweet potato with peanut butter.
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Teri
Posted on 5/12/2022
Here is the outcome of the 1st batch that cooked almost 40 mins. with a 1/8 inch cut cookie.
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Teri
Posted on 5/12/2022
Ok I make all of my furry companion’s food including treats. I didn’t give 5 stars because I wasn’t certain of this 1/8 inch cookie cooking for 40 mins. Since I usually follow a 1st time recipe to the T, I went for 40 mins. and I decided to take them out 8 mins early because they looked burnt. I used the other half of the divided dough for another batch, took them out in 25 mins. one side is a bit dark but doable. My question is, are these supposed to be like this cause I have purchased on line BARK and PUMPKIN treats that were more like chips. I believe this would be a good recipe if tweeked to my pups standards, cooked done but not charred.
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Becky Hardin
Posted on 5/16/2022
Reply to Teri
Thanks for sharing with us!
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Teri
Posted on 5/16/2022
Reply to Teri
Here is an update on these “chips” She loves them even charred ones. I am adding 5 stars because she loves them as is but next time I just won’t cook them as long. O and FYI, I put some in the fridge and they softened up except for the really dark ones, they’re like good wood lol. . I have more in the freezer. Thank you!
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Jane Waterland
Posted on 2/16/2022
Our two hounds love them ~ even tho’ I forgot the apple sauce!!
Thanks for sharing.
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Becky Hardin
Posted on 2/16/2022
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Sounds like a success!
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Iris Miller
Posted on 2/14/2022
Beebe is toothless, the sweet potato cookies are a little bit soft inside. Perfect for him, we are sharing at his 8th birthday party tonight, I made one big sheetpan cookie and scored it in pieces, because I have arthritis in my hands, cant roll and cut shapes any more.
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Becky Hardin
Posted on 2/16/2022
Reply to Iris Miller
Such a handy hack to make sure you can do it!
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Iris Miller
Posted on 2/14/2022
I have the sweet potato cookies in the oven, not fed to my dog so no rating yet, but did I miss something in the recipe? It says divide the dough in half, what then? Only roll out 1/2 dough?
I made a big sheet pan cookie ,scored.
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