Homemade 4th of July Dog Treat Recipe
These little banana cookies were always a bit hit when I used to make them for a little boutique dog shop here in Scottsdale, Arizona. My Homemade 4th of July Dog Treat Recipe is coming just in time for the holiday, but these can be made year round. My dogs (Sparky in front and Ryleigh) are clearly excited :)
Equipment
- Stand Mixer
- Cookie Sheet lined with Parchment
- Safe Food Coloring (see link in blog post)
- Cookie Cutters (see link in blog post)
Ingredients
- 1 large Banana mashed
- 1 large Egg or 1/4 cup equivalent (see blog post for details)
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 c Flour see blog post for options plus more for rolling
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1-2 tbsp Oat Milk see blog post for options
- Red and Blue Food Coloring see blog post for links
Instructions
- The recipe is best prepared in a stand mixer due to the amount of mixing required to incorporate the food color. The dough does develop gluten, so be sure to allow it to rest before rolling. Combine all ingredients and divide into three separate bowls.
- Add one of the balls of dough back to the mixer with the blue food color. Remove and repeat with the next ball of dough and the red food color. You can choose to leave them marbled, or fully incorporate the color.
- Preheat the oven and line two baking sheets with parchment. Place your cut out cookies on the parchment. They do not spread, so you can fill up the sheets. The number of cookies this recipe yields depends on how large you make them.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes but don't let them get golden. Once all of the cookies are baked, reduce the oven temperature as low as it will go and continue to bake the cookies until they are crisp (see notes). They will need to be dry for any kind of shelf life. This can take 1-2 hours depending on your oven. Allow to cool before storing in an airtight container.
Notes
NOTE: Please keep in mind that all ovens cook differently. These can take one to two hours to fully dry depending on how large or small you make them. Allow to cool and break one in half. You should have a crisp cookie when done.