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last updated September 17, 2024

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Blueberry Dog Treats

These homemade blueberry dog treats are made with dried blueberries, oats, and peanut butter.

The best thing about these all-natural dog treats is that they are less expensive than store-bought and have simple ingredients with no preservatives. They are actually pretty nutritious for your dog!

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The Best Things About These Cookie Dog Treats

Did you know that blueberries are high in antioxidants and low in sugar? Thats why blueberry treats for dogs are so good for them!

These are the best DIY dog treats because they are super-easy to make and use only whole ingredients. In fact, Ill share more information about the health benefits before we get to the recipe.

I prefer to make my healthy dog treats because I can control exactly what I put into them. No more mystery ingredients or wondering if they are safe for my pets. I know these are healthy for them!

Plus, not only do the blueberries add essential nutrients, but they add a delightful color as well. These are fancy dog treats especially when you use the bone-shaped cookie cutter.

Ready to make some cute dog treats? Keep reading!

Blueberry Dog Treats Recipe Ingredients

The entire list of ingredients and the step-by-step directions are in the printable recipe card, at the bottom of this post. First, I want to share some additional information about the ingredients I used in the best homemade dog treats youll ever make.

Heres a list of what you need. If you want to make organic dog treats, make sure you buy all organic ingredients.

Dried blueberries use unsweetened dried blueberries or dried blueberries sweetened with apple juice. Avoid ones with added sugar.
Quick-cooking oats If you dont have quick-cooking oats, just use a food processor to chop up some old-fashioned or steel-cut oats.
All-purpose flour Want to make these treats gluten-free? Use a gluten-free all-purpose flour instead.
Eggs to bind the dough.
Peanut butter If your pet has a peanut allergy, use a different type of nut butter or sunflower butter instead. Always use nut butter with no sugar added.
Water for adding moisture to the dough.

Ingredient Notes

When you make this easy dog treats recipe, here are a few more notes to keep in mind.

Fresh or frozen blueberries may be substituted for dehydrated. They will cause your dough to turn blue and be stickier. You may need to add less water to the dough.

Freeze-dried blueberries may also be substituted for dried/dehydrated. They tend to be lighter and airier so they may crumble when added to the dough. You may need to add more water to the dough.

Difference Between Dried and Dehydrated Blueberries

You can use either dried or dehydrated blueberries in this recipe.

Dried and dehydrated blueberries are essentially the same thing. They have been through a process to remove water.

Air dried and dehydrated blueberries are chewy, dense, and look like small raisins. It takes a long soak in warm water to rehydrate them.

Freeze-dried blueberries are airy and lighter. They rehydrate faster and retain their original shape.

Serving Size

How many homemade dog treats should you give your dog at once? That depends on what else they ate that day.

Dogs shouldnt overeat too many carbs even healthy ones from flour and blueberries. For this reason, I suggest only giving your pup one treat per day.

Equipment Needed

You probably have most of the kitchen items you need to make these dog treats. You can use any regular cookie cutters but the ones shaped like dog bones give these treats a fun look.

How to Make Blueberry Dog Treats

These are the recipe steps and photos of the process for making the treats. I hope they help you make this healthy dog treats recipe!

You can scroll down to the bottom of this article for a printable recipe card.

In a small bowl, mix together the eggs and peanut butter. Use a hand mixer or a whisk for this step.

In a medium bowl, combine flour and quick oats.

Add the peanut butter and egg mixture to the flour and oat mixture.

Pour about half of the water into the bowl.

Using your hands or a large spoon, combine the ingredients. The dough will begin to form. Continue until well combined adding more water as needed.

Add the dried blueberries to the dough.

Push the dough down and onto the blueberries and work with your hands to combine them.

With a rolling pin, roll the dough out to about to inch thickness, according to your preference.

Use a cookie cutter to cut out the dog treats from the dough.

Place the cutout dough on a non-stick baking sheet. You can also an aluminum baking sheet lined with a silicone mat or parchment paper.

Bake at 350F for 20 to 25 minutes.

Remove the dog treats from the oven and place them on a wire rack to cool.

How to Store Baked Blueberry Dog Treats

Store the baked dog treats in an airtight container. A dog treat jar is a good idea so they are not mistaken for human treats. Here are some cute ones on Amazon:

Can humans eat these blueberry dog treats?

They sure can! Everything in the crunchy dog treats is safe for human consumption. However, people probably wont like them since they are not sweet.

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Blueberry Dog Treats

Homemade blueberry dog treats made with oats, eggs, and peanut butter.

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes Cook Time 20 minutes minutes Total Time 35 minutes minutes

Ingredients

2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter (no sugar or sweetener)
2 eggs
1 cup quick-cooking oats
2 cups all-purpose flour
cup water
1 cup dried blueberries unsweetened

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a small bowl, mix together eggs and peanut butter using a whisk or hand mixer.
In a medium bowl, combine flour and oats.
Add the peanut butter and egg mixture to the flour and oat mixture.
Add half of the water.
Using your hands or a large spoon, combine the ingredients. The dough will begin to form. Continue until the dough is well combined and adding more water as needed.
Add the dried blueberries.
Push the dough down and onto the blueberries and work with your hands to incorporate the blueberries into the dough.
Place the dough on a work surface.
Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to about to -inch thickness, to your preference.
Use a cookie cutter to cut out the dog treats.
Place the cut out pieces on a non-stick baking sheet. You can also use an aluminum baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
Remove the dog treats from the oven and transfer them to a wire rack to cool.

Notes

The recipe makes about 20 treats with a 3-inch cookie cutter. The actual quantity will vary depending on the cutter.You can gather the dough scraps, shape them into another dough ball, and then re-roll the dough to make more treats.Store the treats in an air-tight container.Do not use peanut butter that contains xylitol because the sweetener is toxic to dogs.

Nutrition

Blueberry Dog Treats

In a side-by-side offering, we simultaneously presented our dogs with the high quality store-bought treats we keep on hand and these homemade blueberry dog treats. In this fun taste test, they chose these ones first every time.

Of course, they ARE dogs, so then they also want the the treat in the other hand. But they definitely know the difference and make their preference known. They know good food when they smell it and taste it. And these treats are definitely good food.

When our Chicken and Rice for Dogs recipe took off, it was just the inspiration we needed to post more recipes for dogs. Doug really enjoys baking, so he set out to create some fun snacks for our dogs.

Our dogs love fresh blueberries. Doug started researching and developing a recipe for blueberry dog treats. He added peanut butter and old-fashioned oats, and our dogs went crazy for these treats.

Everyone at our house loves these. The dogs love to eat them, of course. We love knowing exactly what's in them - whole foods like blueberries, rolled oats, eggs, and whole wheat flour. And what's not in them - preservatives and mystery ingredients.

They wag, we smile. We're all winners.

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Ingredients

Here's a quick rundown of ingredients you'll need to make these drool-inspiring blueberry dog treats:

fresh blueberries, of course
old fashionedrolled oats
peanut butter (make sure it does NOT contain xylitol, which is toxic to dogs)
whole wheat flour
eggs
cinnamon
fine sea salt
warm water

See recipe card for quantities.

In the Making (and Eating)

So you know you're on the right path, are a couple photos of what ours look like in the process.

All the dry ingredients are mixed together. This is right before water is added to form a dough.

Here Doug has the dough all rolled out onto our floured cutting board. This step is right before he cuts the dough into little squares.

Here's our girl Cassie trying SO HARD to be patient.

And here's our friends' gorgeous GSP, Callie. Word is these treats are the only thing that can get her to come inside some evenings. (Photo credit: Samantha Mapel)

Hint: When our dogs got a little overzealous taking treats, we found this How to Teach Your Dog to Take Treats Gently video. This technique has been a real finger-saver!

Equipment

Parchment paper is a game-changer in the kitchen. For this recipe, we use it to line the baking sheet pans. It allows the treats to bake evenly without sticking to the pan. We prefer it over pan spray for a few reasons: eliminates unnecessary calories, no scraping to remove treats from pan, and a really easy cleanup. Plus, you can stretch your pennies and use the same sheet for a couple batches.

The bench knife, also known as a bench scraper or bench cutter. It's a star utility player that's great for cutting the treats into squares, transporting multiple treats from cutting board to pan, and making cleanup a breeze. It even has a ruler if you want to measure your cuts. You can scrape up almost all the flour before wiping the counter, so you don't get that gross wet flour layer on your dish cloth. Yuck!

We used a stoneware pan on the day we took these photos, but we also use and highly recommend half sheet pans from USA Pan. They are absolutely wonderful and made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Storage

Because we use fresh blueberries (instead of hydrated or freeze-dried) in this recipe, it is recommended to keep these dog treats in the refrigerator. The higher moisture content from fresh berries may cause them to mold if stored at room temperature.

These will keep for a couple weeks when refrigerated, although they never last that long here!

Top tip

Get the bench knife/scraper/cutter. Maybe not for today's batch, but definitely for next time. It's a helpful kitchen tool you will use again and again for so many recipes.

Blueberry Dog Treats

Print Pin Rate

Servings: 100

Calories: 18kcal

Ingredients

1 cup fresh blueberries frozen blueberries work if thawed
cups rolled oats
4 tablespoons peanut butter should not contain xylitol, which is toxic to dogs
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 eggs
teaspoon ground cinnamon
teaspoon fine sea salt
cup warm water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place blueberries in large bowl. Use a large fork or wooden spoon to mash them so they become slightly broken up so the juices are distributed and blueberry pieces roll out well in the dough.
Add the oats and stir into the blueberries until mixed well.
Add flour, eggs, salt, peanut butter, and cinnamon. Mix well with a wooden spoon or with your hands so the dough ingredients are well-mixed. The dough will be crumbly and not hold together yet.
Add cup of warm water to the dough and mix well enough to distribute all the ingredients. Then add small quantities of water until the dough holds together in a ball. Do not overmix, and do not add too much or the dough will become sticky and not roll out well. If you do happen to add too much, adding some additional wheat flour may help to mitigate the stickiness.
On a large, clean surface, sprinkle some additional wheat flour to roll out your dough. Roll the dough to about of an inch thick. Dont roll it so thin otherwise the treats may burn or become too dry. They can be slightly thicker, but will require a longer baking time.
When rolling the dough, expect the edges to be very uneven. To cut the treats, the easiest way is to use a bench knife. Use the knife to cut strips about to 1 wide, then cut the other way to make squares or rectangles. With the uneven dough from the edges, just reconsolidate the dough, re-roll, and cut it again. Its hard to beat the control and speed of a bench knife but a pizza cutter is a good substitute. Cookie cutters are an option as well, but you want to find a small one so the treats aren't too large.
Place the treats on a full-size cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. They dont really expand, so they dont have to be spaced far apart at all.
Bake for 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees F or until the biscuits are mostly hard, but still a little soft.
Cool for at least 10 minutes before sharing them with your pups!

Notes

Makes about 100 1" square treats. Each treat = one serving.Because we use fresh blueberries (instead of hydrated or freeze-dried) in this recipe, it is recommended to keep these dog treats in the refrigerator. The higher moisture content from fresh berries may cause them to mold if stored at room temperature.These will keep for a couple weeks when refrigerated, although they never last that long here!