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Christmas Cookie Dog Recipe

This Christmas cookie dog recipe is a fun riff on classic Gingerbread cookies. Using all dog friendly ingredients like fresh ginger and blackstrap molasses, this dog treat recipe is simple and easy to make for the holidays!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups oat four (or 3 cups whole wheat if not grain-free)
  • 2 tbsp fresh grated ginger
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • ½ cup blackstrap molasses
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ cup all natural/no sugar added applesauce

Equipment

  • rolling pin
  • cookie cutters

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 325° F and lightly grease your cookie sheet to prevent sticking. I use a little bit of coconut oil for mine!
  2. Whisk together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves until combined. In a smaller bowl, stir together the molasses, water, and applesauce until combined.
  3. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well. I find it easiest to use my hands to knead the mixture into a dough. If the dough is too wet, add more flour. If it is too dry, add a little more water.
  4. Roll the dough out to 1/2 inch thick. Use your cookie cutters to cut out cookies!
  5. Place the dog cookies on your greased baking sheet. The cookies don’t spread, so you can place them close together. Bake for 30 minutes, then let cool completely on a wire rack. NOTE: They will come out of the oven slightly soft, but will harden as they cool.
Storage
  1. These Christmas dog cookies will keep fresh for several weeks in the fridge and up to 6 months in the freezer. They are also a super cute treat to share with your dog’s furiends and other pet parents in your life.

Notes

You can make your own oat flour by throwing rolled oats into a blender. If the dough is too wet, just keep adding oat flour until it stiffens into a cookie dough.
The cookies do turn out a little grainier and lighter in color than if you choose whole wheat flour, but dogs don't mind!

Icing

I’ve never been a big icing fan, but I’ve always loved decorating Christmas Cookies! While us humans can eat icing made almost entirely out of sugar, our dogs cannot. Instead of making icing out of powdered sugar, try cornstarch or arrow root powder instead! You can use this 4 Ingredient Icing for Dog Cookies recipe as a guide.
Just keep in mind that icing does add more calories to your treats, and you definitely don’t want to over-spoil your pup. Additionally, you will need to keep treats with icing in the fridge so that the icing doesn’t get gooey or grow mold.