If you go to a pet store to buy dog biscuits and take a look at the ingredients list, you will be amazed at what you can find there. Carbohydrates and sugar can be found on almost all packages, there is often no trace of meat, or it was only measured in teaspoons and added to the biscuits.
These ready-made biscuits are rarely healthy! Homemade dog biscuits are not expensive, much healthier than those that you can buy in stores, individually adaptable in terms of the ingredients and they are durable on top of that.
What ingredients are allowed in the biscuit?
You can mix everything into the dog biscuits that you would offer your dog for healthy nutrition, e.g. include vegetables, meat, fish, and egg. Since many dogs have grain allergies, it is a good idea to use gluten-free grains such as rice flour, amaranth, millet, corn flour, buckwheat, or chickpea flour. Anything that your dog loves and naturally tolerates is suitable as a vegetable.
Our dog biscuit recipe
- 220g potato flour
- 1 tsp barley grass powder
- 150g granulated cottage cheese
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
First, we need 220g of pure potato flour. Add a heaping teaspoon of barley grass powder and a pack of 150g granular cottage cheese. The empty pack of cottage cheese can be given to the dog to slurp on. Three eggs and a tablespoon of liquid coconut oil follow. It is recommended to get organic ingredients. The ingredients are placed in a bowl and mixed with a spoon or a hand mixer to form a smooth dough.
Baking in molds
Since the dough is liquid, you can either put it on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and cut it after baking, or you can put the dog biscuit dough in molds. Silicone molds, such as those used to make chocolates or ice cubes, are particularly suitable for this. Now put some dough in the middle of the mold and smooth it outwards until all the dough is distributed. When the preparations are complete, the biscuits are baked.
To do this, preheat the oven to 160°C and then bake the biscuits for 30 minutes. Depending on the size of the dog biscuits, if they are larger, they can be baked longer, if they are smaller, shorter.
What is the best way to store the biscuits?
With the right storage of food, it can be preserved for longer. Accordingly, release the biscuits from the mold after baking. But please be careful! If your dog is nearby, be sure to keep him away from the hot cookies or he could get badly burned. To dry, we recommend leaving the biscuits in a safe place out of reach of the dog for at least half a day. When the biscuits are completely dry, they can be fed or stored in cans for a while, as this will keep the biscuits crispy for longer. However, it is advisable to bake fewer biscuits and always prepare fresh ones and feed them.
Adjustment of the recipe
Of course, there are no limits to your imagination and you can add vegetables such as carrots or zucchini to the biscuits according to your dog’s preferences. You can also add meat. Stay creative and dare to try new things. Your dog will thank you!
