This 4 ingredient Sweet Potato Dog Treats recipe is made with mashed sweet potato and gluten free flour. These homemade dog treats are healthy, nutritious and guaranteed tail wagging approval from your pups.
The last time I made these Gingerbread Dog Treats, I said it has been a while since I brought out the little bone shape cookie cutter and whip up a batch of homemade dog treats. It’s only been a month since, what an improvement right? These Sweet Potato Dog Treats are some of the easiest dog biscuits to make. With just four ingredients – egg, oil, sweet potato, and gluten free flour – you have absolutely no excuse not to make them.
How to Make Sweet Potato Dog Treats
Obviously you need sweet potato for these sweet potato dog treats. This recipe only calls for ½ cup in volume. You could set aside some to make these treats when you’re preparing sweet potato for a side dish. Or if you’re baking up a few sweet potatoes just for this recipe, you could puree and freeze the rest for later. Another good option is canned sweet potato puree.
Beat together the egg, vegetable oil and mashed sweet potato until smooth. Then fold in the gluten free flour until a dough forms. It should have consistency somewhere in between pie dough and bread dough. Roll it out and cut into your desire shapes for baking. The bone shape cookie cutter I used is about 2 ½” long. And the heart shape cookie cutter is about 1 ¾” wide. They are the perfect size for my tiny dogs.
I wanted to keep the recipe simple so I didn’t add any extra flavoring. However, a splash of vanilla extract or a pinch of ground cinnamon will do well in this recipe. As for flour selection, I used Bob’s Red Mill gluten free flour. Another good option for wheat sensitive pups would be oat flour, or I sometimes just ground up rolled oats in my food processor . If allergy is not an issue, you could just use regular all-purpose or whole wheat flour.
These cute little sweet potato dog treats were super fun to make. And the small batch is just enough to last a week at my house. You could always double or triple the recipe if you want enough treats to last two weeks or for the month. I would store them in the refrigerator if you want to keep them longer than two weeks. I hope your dogs will enjoy these gluten free dog treats as much as you have fun making them!
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Sweet Potato Dog Treats
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoon oil
- ½ cup mashed sweet potato
- 1 ¼ cup gluten free flour
- More flour for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Add egg, oil and mashed sweet potato to a medium mixing bowl and beat until smooth. Fold in the gluten free 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 containers for up to two weeks.
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I ground oats in place of flour …she loves it
Hello! I made these treats with brown rice flour and it worked flawlessly however a grain free pup momma asked for some and I tried using chickpea flour and it is just so sticky. The gluten free flours are brown rice flour so it doesn’t work for their diet. Do you know of any tricks?
Hi Brittany, I’ve never worked with chickpea flour so I don’t know if I’ll be of any help, but try to increase the amount of flour to see if they come together. I’m guessing chickpea flour doesn’t absorb as much liquid as others and that’s probably why it’s so sticky.
Thank you.
I use about 1/2 a cup more and then put the dough in the fridge for about an hour and that seems to help a lot.
I used coconut flour and I often use almond flour for my dogs as well and it worked out beautifully.. you just have to check the ratio, as many alternatives need far more than regular flour.
Can you use silicone treat trays safe for the oven with this recipe rather than the cookie cutters? Wondering if they would turn out okay.
I haven’t tried treat trays, but I think they are for softer treat with more cake like batter. With this dough you can just cut and place it on a baking sheet so there isn’t a need for using treat tray to mold it into a shape. But if that’s what you want to do, it should still work, though I have the feeling it might be more work to stuff it into the treat trays.
My dog is on a diet can you give me a recipe?
Hi Pippa, I don’t know what kind of diet your dog is on but you can browse all the dog treat recipes I have here and decide which is appropriate for your dog.
Has anyone used silicone treat trust safe for the oven with this recipe rather than the cookie cutters? Wondering if they would turn out okay.
I made these and my dogs LOVED them. I am going to make these for my friend’s dog who is following a vegan diet. Any idea what I can use for an egg substitute? Also, if I freeze the left over sweet potato pure, any idea how long it will last?
You can try flax egg for vegan or check out this post. You can freeze sweet potato puree for up to a year. I do this all the time and just thaw it before I make another batch of treats.
Is it possible to use oat flour instead?
Yes, absolutely! I have a couple of recipes with oat flour, check out these oatmeal dog treats as an example. I’m not sure if it’s going to be a 1 to 1 substitution but you want to use enough oat flour to get a similar texture dough, take a look at all the process photos to see texture.
Although apprehensive at first, our Boxers love these cookies!
Oh excellent! I’m glad to hear Mike 🙂
Hello there, can I use coconut oil instead of vegetable oil?
Yes
Hello! Your recipe looks great and I will definitely gonna try this recipe –I have a question, do you know how many treats it will make? Thank you!
About 2 dozens, but it really depends on how large you cut them. My cookie cutter is about 2″.
We live in an Adult community in Ocala, Fl. When my boyfriend goes for his nightly walks he loves to take a small bag of these cookies with him. I make them into small logs ( a little bit wider than a pencil) First I freeze them and then slice them thinly, before cooking. The dogs just love them! Thanks for the recipe.
Oh I love it that you made them into little training treats! Glad to hear the dogs love them 🙂
Hello, if I am making only a dozen of them (half the recipe), do I half the cooking time as well? Thank you!
You can make fewer cookies but keep the same cooking time so they can dry out properly.
Can you use regular flour?
Yes, you should be able to substitute 1:1 ratio, but just pay attention to the texture of the dough in the photo and adjust more or less as needed. Perhaps use 1 cup at first and add more to get the same dough texture, not sticky but easy to roll out and shape. Let me know if you have any other questions.
How do you store them. I would like to make a big batch. How long can they be at room temperature. Thank you in advance for your help
Hi Lili, these treats are safe at room temperature for about a week. They should last longer if they dry out completely during baking, but if you want to keep them longer than a week, refrigerate them to be safe. They can also be frozen for a very long time. Thaw enough for just a few days at a time if you make a large batch and freeze them.
Love the ideas 💡 of these great recipes.
Thanks Deborah, I hope you try them!
I make cbd dog treats often and since a lot of my customers are geriatric dogs, I roll the dough thicker, not thinner but still bake at same temp and same time. Remember they will carry over cook once you pull them out, for a few minutes.
Good luck, hope that helps.
Can I use coconut flour for this recipe?
I don’t recommend coconut flour, it absorbs a lot of liquid so you won’t be able to substitute the same amount of flour. It will also come out very crumbly and you won’t be able to shape it into a cookie as pictured.
My dog loves them!!
Awesome! I’m so glad to hear 🙂
I would like to keep them a little chewier. How would I do that?
Hmm… I haven’t made any chewy dog treats but you could try to bake them at a shorter time to keep the inside from drying out completely. That might work to make it chewier. Try it at 350F 10 mins each side and skip the last 30 mins at 300F. Let me know if it works for you.
I make cbd dog treats often and since a lot of my customers are geriatric dogs, I roll the dough thicker, not thinner butt still bake at same temp and same time. Remember they will carry over cook once you pull them out, for a few minutes.
Good luck, hope that helps.
My dogs love these treats I have 3 dogs
Yay! So glad to hear!
I put a little cinnamon in mine and honestly I want to eat them too. Also is it okay for me to make a YouTube video with me possibly making these and or my dogs reaction? I will most definetly say where the recipe came from!
Haha thanks Kelsey! And the video is most certainly okay, I’d love to see the dogs’ reaction too when you are finished. I’d appreciate your linking to the recipe. 🙂
how long will these last once cooked
I’ve kept homemade treats at room temperature for up to two weeks before and there was no sign of spoiling. However, where I live, the climate is very dry. If it’s hot and humid where you are, I would keep them in the fridge if planning to keep longer than a week, and only defrost a day or two worth of treats at a time.
Amazing loved ur recipes…healthy food treats for dogs thank u for this lovely recipes
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