Homemade grain-free sweet potato dog cookie recipe! (2024)

Is there an ingredient that I can substitute for the peanut butter? One of my dogs is allergic to it, but everything else in these is GREAT!
Thank you!

I.M.Healthy soynut butter. It comes in chocolate, honey, chunky and smooth. I'm allergic to peanuts and everyone loves this stuff, including my dogs. You can get it at most health food coops or from amazon.

Bonny, please don't give the chocolate flavor to your dogs!! It's poisonous to them.

carob (sp?) is a great chocolate substiute.

Carob, it's similar to chocolate but non toxic for dogs. I'm not sure how the consistency would work but I'm betting smashed bananas would work okay too.

Poppy, chocolate flavouring isn't poisonous - cocos is, which is the main ingredient in chocolate. You can however get carob which is the alternative for dogs.

How about Almond Butter instead?

My friend is allergic to peanut butter....she buys what is called Wow Butter at Walmart where the peanut butter is....it tastes like peanut butter but it is totally nut free.

almond butter

Does anyone know how long these keep for?

I keep them on the counter for 2-3 days then refrigerate them!

I made these for my dogs today the love them

Almonds are not easily digested & can give your dog an upset stomach and create gastric intestinal distress.

Has anyone heard if tahini can be used? It's made from sesame seeds. Just curious. I have soy but butter too.

I have made the carob and peanut butter balls and Rascal loves them

You could use some baby food meat or even dribble a little bacon grease in the dough for meat flavor or some shredded cheese?

I have a very fussy German Shepherd. I made these today and he loves them. Our grocery store was out of the coconut flour so I used the whole wheat as suggested. They turned out fine and they don't taste bad either. i will pass this recipe on.

Be careful Jill Merritt feeding wheat products to your GSD. Many are allergic to it. I avoid it with my two GSDs now that I know about it.

Would it be ok to keep these on the counter in a sealed crock or jar without fear of spoilage? Thanks!

Mine were fine in a sealed container on the counter.

I freeze mine on a cookie sheet so they do not stick together then put them in a zip lock baggie they do not get very hard and my dogs love them frozen this allows to make a double or triple batch.

I made them today for my dogs and they love them. Thanks

Can't buy coconut flour in Australia would rice
flour do?

Where in Australia do you live I am in Joondalup in Perth and we have an IGA in our lake side shopping centre they have coconut flour have you looked in the health food section of your super market

Geri I found it at Woolworths with the flours. There was only two different brands. Look on top or bottom shelf. It was quite hard to see.

Can you make your own coconut flour out of unsweetened coconut flakes?

Do you have any idea how much phosphorous is in this recipe? I have a dog with renal dysplasia and have to restrict that. I like that there are no eggs since the yolks are high in phosphorous.

Sorry I didn't notice there were eggs at first. I can substitute egg whites for the eggs to keep the phosphorous level down.

I own a kennel and would like to give the out as a gift at Christmas. Do you know the shelf life? Would like to prepare first part of December and not worry if they are spoiled. Thanks.

Can we add pancreatic enzymes to this recipe and still get the same texture ?

Mine turned out too wet/sticky to form with a cookie cutter. Anyone else have this trouble?

Mine too! Even after I added another 3/4 cup of flour! I think there might be a typo in the recipe? I baked these like you would choc chip cookies, putting dollops on a greased cookie sheet, and they came out fine... not the prettiest but the pups aren't complaining. :)

When baking with coconut flour or rice flour one needs to add 1/4 tsp. baking powder to recipe for each cup of flour.

I just mixed everything together but used all purpose flour. The dough was very sticky so couldn't use cookie cutters. I dont care because I would've used a glass. I did try extra flour also.

Coconut flour is much more absorbative than wheat (all purpose) flour. It is usually 1/4-1/3 cup coconut flour to 1 cup wheat flour. So if you used wheat flour you would have to add much more four.

I make a call of my dogs food and treats. You must remember that this food does not contain any preservatives so it must be refrigerated or frozen. I usually make the treats in batches of three or four dozen then freeze them and take out a couple each date to thaw.
FYI I use a rice or coconut flour in place of wheat flour and they always turn out perfect. My dog does not know the difference neither will yours.

I made these last night for my dog's birthday. I was afraid they'd be too crunchy for my picky girl, but they ended up being slightly soft with crunchy edges and both of my dogs love them. They especially loved getting the dough that fell on the floor. I even tried a bit and they weren't too bad. :)

Angela, my dog loves to chew on hard things like bones and especially hard dog treats. Do you think leaving them in the oven for a little while longer would create a harder cookie

My dog is allergic to sweet potatoes. what can i use in place?

I (inadvertently) used canned pumpkin when I made this recipe and it came out great. Just remember to refrigerate them because they do stay very moist. I couldn't use a cookie cutter and just made them as drop cookies.

Thanks. unfortunately, he does not like pumpkin either. :o( anything else?

Try organic pumpkin

Jennifer, the taste of the coconut, peanut butter, and carrots would certainly camouflage the taste of the sweet potatoes or pumpkin I'm sure. However you could also add a little bacon grease and maybe some chopped bacon-the real stuff. I would cut the recipe in half

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Bobbye, what does the baking powder do? I'm a dog lover but definitely not a baker, lol!

I added some oatmeal and peanut butter to mine. All the puppies loved them

I too am wondering what the baking powder does? I used coconut flour on my last batch of cookies for Mickey because he seems to be allergic to wheat flour and they were extremely dry. I only used less than half the amount of coconut flour as wheat flour.

I was just wondering if regular flour could be substituted for the coconut flour. I've never even heard of that

I made these today with whole wheat flour & real bacon bits & oatmeal. The dough was sticky so I shaped them into sticks. Melted carob chips & dipped the tips. My dogs loved them.

Laura your dog is not going to know the difference between coconut flour or regular flour and I doubt that it will affect the recipe at all. You can get coconut flour at whole foods or Trader Joe's. I use coconut flour, chickpea flour, or brown rice flour and baking for my dog.

My dog is allergic to peanut butter any ideas for substitutions on peanut butter in sweet potato dog treats

Can I make your cookie recipes and place the cookies in my food dehydrator??

I made this and it was easy, wholesome and my dogs enjoyed them. I mixed all ingredients together while the potato was cooking,then mashed the potato ,added it while still warm and was able to cut the rolled dough with a cookie cutter just fine.
thank you for this recipe , Evee, Dizzy and Chase are thankful too!

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