Let your pups enjoy the Autumn festivities with some homemade Pumpkin Dog Treats. These 3 ingredient dog biscuits are extremely easy to make, packed full of nutritious and delicious pumpkin that the pups will definitely approve of.
It’s that time of year again when the leaves change colors. Green makes way for vibrant reds, yellows, and oranges. The summer heat begins to wane and your local coffee shop starts rolling out their pumpkin spiced coffee varieties. Make these Pumpkin Dog Treats and let your pups enjoy the Autumn festivities along with you.
Do you cook or bake for your dogs? I don’t do it all the time but I do love making them little treats from time to time, especially fun, seasonal dog biscuits like these pumpkin dog treats for Fall and these gingerbread dog treats for Christmas. I also love seeing them light up when it’s time for taste testing!
How to make Pumpkin Dog Treats
This homemade dog biscuits recipe only requires 3 ingredients: pureed pumpkin, egg and flour. The dough takes just 5 minutes to whip up. You can cut the treats into cute shapes using cookie cutters or simply slice them into squares to make it even easier.
Pumpkin Dog Treats Process Photos Step 1 – 4
- Add canned pumpkin puree and egg to a medium mixing bowl.
- Beat with a whisk until smooth.
- Add flour to the liquid mixture.
- Fold with a spatula and knead until a dough forms. It should resemble a drier biscuit dough.
- Roll the dough out between ⅛” and ¼” thick, and cut into shapes to get ready for baking.
Pumpkin Dog Treats Process Photo Step 5
Other ways to treat your pups
I have a whole collection of dog treats you can browse through and choose from to suit your pup’s mood and diet.
- If you have a meat lover, I recommend these Meaty Bits Bacon Dog Treats. You could even make it with leftover chicken or steak!
- If yours is a banana lover, these Banana Peanut Butter Dog Treats are a classic flavor combo they will go crazy for. While you’re at it, you could even add some rolled oats like in these Banana Peanut Butter with Rolled Oats Dog Treats for extra nutrition.
- If you need to avoid wheat flour due to an allergy, try some gluten free dog treats like these Sweet Potato Dog Treats.
If you make this recipe, please let me know! Leave a comment, send me a photo, rate it and don’t forget to tag me @wildwildwhisk on Instagram. I’d love to see what’s cooking up in your kitchen. Cheers!
Pumpkin Dog Treats
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup pumpkin puree (220 g)
- 2 cup whole wheat flour (252 g)
- More flour for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Add egg, and pumpkin puree to a medium mixing bowl and beat until smooth. Fold in the flour and knead until a dough forms.
- Flour the counter or a large cutting board, roll the dough out to about ¼” thick. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Reroll the scraps and continue cutting into shapes.
- Place cookies on a baking sheet between ½” to 1” apart. Bake for 20 minutes. Rotate pan, flip cookies, reduce oven temperature to 300°F and bake for another 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
Notes
- All-purpose flour, whole wheat flour and gluten free flour will work for this recipe.
- Cut the treats into shapes with cookie cutters or simply slice them into squares and other geometric shapes with your knife.
- Store treats in an airtight container for up to two weeks. You can also refrigerate to keep them longer, up to 2 months. And they will last for 8 months in the freezer.
- Make sure to use pure canned pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling.
Nutrition
This post was originally published on 10/31/2014. The recipe has been updated and republished on 8/27/2019 with the latest improvements, extra tips and process photos to help you in the kitchen.
Hi Chi Trang,
I just used your recipe to make pumpkin treats for our lab mix. It was such a simple and easy recipe and one of the best! It will be my go-to recipe for dog treats.
I used all organic ingredients and followed your instructions verbatim. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes with us!
Cam on Katie!!!
These cookies are super easy to make and fun! I got a dog bone cookie cutter so I can make my dog pumpkin bones. She loves them! They stay fresh in an air tight Tupperware in the fridge for one month, counter two weeks. Most affordable, healthy and fun treat! It’s great because I love to bake and my dog enjoys them too!
Wonderful Carrie! So glad to hear your dog enjoys these 🙂
Very easy recipe with simple ingredients, and can be modified with extra flavor from a dollop or two of yogurt or peanut butter. It’s also helpful to note that the pumpkin is easy on the stomach and helps with both diarrhea or constipation. My dog loves these and responds with excitement at the chance to train with them.
what are the best steps to freezing them and giving them to my dog?
I would freeze the baked treats and defrost some in the fridge overnight or on the countertop. I like to keep about a week worth of treat at room temperature at a time for my dogs.
We don’t get canned pumpkin here but I’ll be making my own so my pup can have a batch of these. She’s gonna love me … oops … I mean the cookies 🙂
Oh man, these are the cutest things ever! I feed my dog pumpkin all the time to help her get enough fiber, so I’m sure she’ll love these. I’ll have to get a pumpkin cookie cutter !
Dogs should be grain free. They’re carnivores, not omnivores, and don’t really need carbs. Grains can tend to cause digestive upset or skin problems.
Thank you for your comment and concern. As I always state in these recipes for dog treats, feel free to substitute wheat flour with other type of flour to fit your dog’s diet. Mine are not on a grain free diet and they are perfectly healthy. Dogs are just like human, in term that each one is different with different tolerance to certain food, some have allergies and some don’t. So always use your best judgement when making homemade treats for your dogs. You are the only one who knows them best!
Thanks to this recipe my dog has lost a few pounds and i can still spoil him! He knows when im making them he can smell the goodness! He waits patiently walking back and forth from the kitchen to the living room. Im so thankful we found a solution for his big appetite and he’s just a cute little Chihuahua. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us!
Awe! I’m glad to hear you can still spoil your little baby. 🙂
People can be so convinced that bad information is truth 🙁 Dogs are actually omnivores, not strictly carnivores. This is also true for wolves, who seek out vegetable matter as part of their diet. The gut of dogs (and wolves) proves it is designed to digest both plant and animal matter, unlike cats who have the much shorter guts typical of carnivores. You can google this to gain more information – just be sure to get your information from scientifically sound sources that are based on study and observation of many animals (such as veterinary research that is NOT paid for by any entity that has a financial stake in the outcome). Bypass opinions and testimonials, because they can be either paid for – or – (more likely here) heartfelt but inaccurate when applied to the majority of other dogs. The carbohydrate in the flour in this recipe isn’t going to hurt your dog, in fact it’s an easily digestible source of energy that is appropriate in an occasional treat. My dog gets impacted anal glands easily due to her body conformation, so I make high fiber treats she can have quite a lot of – simply unpeeled sweet potatoes (NOT the garnet yams that are too high in sugar). I just slice the uncooked sweet potatoes into “coins” about a quarter of an inch thick or less (doesn’t have to be exact), spread them out in a single layer on parchment lined cookie sheets, then dry them at 250 degrees F for 4-5 hours, flipping the “coins” halfway through. They will naturally turn a darker brown on at least one side as they continue to heat and dry out; the goal is to get dry enough that they become crunchy chips after cooling off. If not dried enough, I’d worry about mold developing while being stored. I can do three sheets of chips at a time in my convection oven at 225 degrees. I give my dog enough of these treats every day to provide enough fiber to help her anal glands express themselves naturally. Unfortunately, these don’t have the cute shapes of the treats shown here. But my dog LOVES her “chips.”