3 ingredient Sweet Potato Dog Treats! This easy dog cookie recipe is ready from start to finish in under 30 minutes and is wheat and dairy-free.
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Charlie and Chester have personally taste-tested and approved another homemade dog cookie recipe. This time it's Sweet Potato Dog Treats!
With only three ingredients they are super easy to make, and much healthier and cheaper than store-bought dog cookies. They make a great alternative to our Peanut Butter & Banana Dog Treats.
Ingredients
Here are the 3 ingredients you need to make our Sweet Potato Dog Treat recipe:
- Sweet potato - This needs to be cooked. You can oven-bake it, steam or microwave it. This part can be done in advance when you're using the oven/steamer for something else. Store it in the fridge until you make the treats.
- Oats - These should be rolled, old-fashioned, or quick oats.
- Coconut oil - Refined or unrefined.
How To Make Sweet Potato Dog Treats
This vegan dog cookie recipe is really easy to make. Here's how:
- Process the oats into coarse flour.
- Add the sweet potato and coconut oil and process again.
- Drizzle in some water until a stiff dough forms.
- Roll out with a rolling pin, cut into cookie shapes, place on baking sheets, and bake!
Success Tip - The baking time might seem long for cookies, but they are best when really dry and hard. It makes them harder for your dog to chew and they keep longer too.
I like to use a bone shaped cookie cutter because dog bone shapes are fun, but any will do. You can even just cut the dough into squares or rectangles with a pizza cutter or knife if you don't have cookie cutters. Your pups really won't mind what shape they are!
Storing Homemade Dog Treats
Make sure the cookies have cooled completely then store them in an air-tight container at room temperature. As long as you cook them until they are very hard and dry they will easily keep for 2 months or 6 months in the freezer.
Sweet Potato Dog Treats
Author:WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
Ingredients
- 2 cups (200 grams) rolled oats or quick oats
- ½ cup (100 grams) cooked sweet potato , skin removed
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- a few tablespoons water
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INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a large baking tray with parchment paper.
- Add the oats to a food processor and process until they are a coarse flour-like consistency.
- Add the cooked sweet potato and the coconut oil (doesn't matter if it's hard or liquid) and process until well combined.
- Add the water 1 tablespoon at a time, pulsing a few times in between each addition, until the mixture can be squeezed into a firm, pliable dough with your fingers,
- Remove the blade, tip out the dough and knead together a bit so it's all in a big ball.
- Roll out to about 3 to 4 mm thick. I like to roll mine out on a silicone baking mat but if you don't have one you might need to sprinkle some flour on the surface to stop the dough sticking. If your dog is wheat intolerant be sure to use oat flour (just process a few more oats until they are flour).
- Cut out into cookie shapes using a cookie cutter or just cut the dough into even pieces with a knife or pizza cutter.
- Carefully transfer the cookies to the lined tray and bake in the oven for 20 - 25 minutes. Keep an eye on them towards the end as all ovens and baking trays cook differently. The cookies should be very hard and dry with slightly golden bottoms.
- Cool completely on the tray then store in an airtight container.
NOTES
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Cindy says
Can you use cooked yam instead of sweet potatoes in this recipe?
A Virtual Vegan says
Yes you can and pumpkin works well too.
Shirley Smith says
I used pumpkin and it worked fine. I have one dog that we think has a sweet potato allergy plus I think pumpkin may have fewer calories. Both dogs loved the treats and they are so easy to make.
Joni says
My dogs love these...thanks for the recipe!! What kind of dog is Chester...he is adorable..
A Virtual Vegan says
Thank you Joni. I'm so pleased your dogs are enjoying them. Chester is an Australian Labradoodle.
Melvin says
Perfect. Dogs really like them and easy.
mimi says
I'm making these right now ????thanks for the recipe
I think your post has a typo btw. It says "cook on a cooling rack."
A Virtual Vegan says
Ooops thank you for catching that. Just corrected it. Hope your pooch enjoyed the cookies!
Anja says
Hello Mel, thank you for sharing your recipe. I have 5 dogs and they all love them! I gave out a few to friends and their dogs love them too. A healthy and simple to make treat. This makes all our day....
A Virtual Vegan says
Thank you Anja. I'm so pleased they are all enjoying the cookies!
Debra Lombardo says
I made a batch for my two very picky allergy dogs. They loved them. Since they are both allergic to oats, I substituted the oats with millet flour. Thank you very much for sharing your recipe.
A Virtual Vegan says
It's good to know it works with millet flour too. So pleased they enjoyed them!
Didi says
I made these and my dog loves them. I'm always keen to find simple recipes, otherwise I put it off and just buy them but I prefer to keep everything homemade and healthy. I love making home baked treats for my dog and my kids. My kids also thought these cookies looked good but I made them other cookies!
Vegan Rabbit Mom says
Great recipe for my pet rabbits. They refuse to eat rabbit pellets, or hay. I even got them Orchard grass pellets made for horses, and they wouldn't eat those.. I was giving them HALO vegan dog food, which they love, but they raised the price of a 4 pound bag to $20! I can't afford that, so I studied the ingredients, and decided to try and make my own easy to feed food for them. I found this recipe, while trying to figure out how to do that. Here's what I did. I took a cup & a half of the orchard pellets they won't eat, & buzzed them up as fine as I could in a blender. Then I dumped it in a big bowl, & added 1 cup of potato flour (non grain because rabbits shouldn't eat seeds). Then, I go outside and clip a few leaves off my comfrey plant, and yarrow plants, and some broad leaf grass, dandelion, and or clover leaves. I cut all the greenery up into small pieces into the blender. I buzz them up as fine as I can get, then I add 20 Blueberries, 1/2 a cup of applesauce, (for fruits), and 1/2 a cup of pumpkin or sweet potato & a handful of spinach (vegetable + the potato flour in the dry bowl), a tbs of molasses a sprinkling of pink salt & 2 cups of water. Then I blend it up again on the liquefy setting. I pour the wet into the dry and mix until there's no dry "flour" showing. Then I use an Ice Cream scoop, to scoop & drop some of the mixture onto a silicon mold with each cell looking like those Easter Peeps rabbits. (Rabbit shaped cookies for rabbits) I bake them at slightly. over 350 degrees for 20 minutes. My two rabbits LOVE them, & they get them to eat their pellets! I vary them, depending on which fruits & veggies I have on hand. These are way less expensive, than the vegan dog food, and mimic a wild rabbit's diet better, with fruits, herbs/herbaceous plants aka leaves, & veggies, which are rarely found in commercial rabbit foods. I keep them refrigerated, because they are semi moist because of all the fruits, veggies & herbs. Rabbits may eat grass or hay, but they're not grazers, and should be eating a mostly leafy diet. In addition to these cookies, which they get 3x a day, they get vegan kitchen scraps, such as: baked potato or sweet potato skins, squash rinds, carrot peelings, lettuce spines, and garden "waste", like radish, turnip or parsnip tops, corn, bean or pea plant leaves, blackberry & Crown Vetch leaves, Wood Sorrel, Flowering Quince leaves, etc. These cookies, also help them have nutrient dense food in the winter. I dry and buzz up comfrey leaves & other leaves, to store & make these in the winter for them. I can use canned sweet potato, pumpkin & applesauce. On rare trips to the grocery store in the winter, I can get fresh or frozen ingredients to use.
Melony Levy says
I have 4 Dark Fawn Chihuahuas, 3 of them being very finicky eaters, 2 with allergies, and 1 that is slightly overweight. I made these Sweet Potatoe Dog Treats but because I didn't have any coconut oil and I find olive oil to be quite heavy and dense when baking , I replaced the oil WITH 2 Tbls of PEANUT BUTTER which I had seen you had recommended as a possibility for substitutions in a previous comment. ALL of my dogs LOVED them!!! So I decided to make another batch but instead of peanut butter I used 2 Tbls of APPLE SAUCE but still added a teaspoon of olive oil mainly to prevent sticking to the pan. The oil could probably be omitted if you choose to use a nonstick spray but I like the end result as is. Thank you for the wonderful recipe and my dogs thank you as well. Using this as a base, there are just so many variations that can be made. I will be making many, many more!
A Virtual Vegan says
You have your hands full with 4 bundles of love! I'm so glad they enjoyed them. And yes, this recipe is really flexible. We make all kinds of variations for Chester. Our dogs are very lucky! Thank you for coming back to leave feedback. It's much appreciated!
Jo says
I just made a batch of these for my two cockers they absolutely loved them,, the recipe is so natural and easy! I added pureed carrot and coriander to the recipe and baked them for a tad longer (30 mins) . Trouble is I have eaten a third of them and will have to make some more!!!!
Great wholesome natural recipe thank you!!
A Virtual Vegan says
Ha ha! So glad you and your dogs are enjoying them. I must admit to stealing Chester's on occasion too!
Linda Barry says
Just wanted to say thank you for sharing this recipe, I have two kerry blue terriers and I'm always looking for healthier options for them,they really loved them. So quick and easy to make. Thanks a million.
A Virtual Vegan says
You're welcome Linda. I'm so glad your dogs are enjoying them!
Lisa says
Could I substitute the coconut oil for another oil you would recommend?
A Virtual Vegan says
I haven't tried it but I would imagine any other oil would work. Olive oil or flax seed oil would probably be good choices. You could probably even get away with using 2 tablespoons of peanut butter. If you do though be sure it is one with no additives. Peanuts should be the only ingredients. There are some additives in some peanut butters that are toxic to dogs and a lot of them have salt in too which isn't advised. Hope that helps!
Lynne says
I just made these sweet potato dog treats. I love making them as they are so quick and easy. Your tips on using a food processor and rolling the dough out using parchment paper made this task so simple. Clean up was a breeze. I have a 3 1/2 year old German Shepherd Dog, weighing 90 lbs. I have been making Ty's dog food for years, but just started making his treats, as he has developed some allergies and I want to know everything he puts in his mouth. I have made several treats, but none came out so perfect as these and he just loves them! Because, Ty, is a large dog he goes through treats quicker than his smaller doggie friends and I need to be able to make them as fast as he eats them, of course, he also shares them with his playmate friends. This is one recipe I can double up and make quickly.
But... the best part is I enjoy watching him crunch away on his new treats. This recipe is now our#1 top treat to make.
A Virtual Vegan says
Oh Lynne that's great! I am thrilled you and Ty like them so much and thank you for coming back to leave feedback. I really appreciate it. If Ty fancies a chance at any point I have a Peanut butter Banana Cookie recipe that he might like too. You can find it here https://avirtualvegan.com/peanut-butter-dog-cookies-2/
Jessica says
My three pits ..abbie rose..jaxson.and raider loved these, banana pb ones and the pumkin o es you have!! Abbie would sit at oven and talk to me cause she could smell them ..
I also use 1c yougurt 3/4 cup each blye berries and strawberries put in mold and freeze in deep freeze for two hrs pull out and put in butter dish in reg freezer..they like em and so do i:) with your pb oat and banana one i add kittle more ob and xtra banana and hqnd full of mini choc chips and bake same way..but u do round cut outs lol
A little tip for your ppl.
I ground my oats in tge ninja we use to make smoothies abd then i cream the pb and banana w two tblapoons of water it creams really easy in a bowl and takes alot of stress away .makes it enjotable to do while u have paws under your feet
Charlotte Campbell says
I made the Sweet Potato Dog Treats. My 2 year old Cane Corso loves them. I will be trying more of your recipes, I like knowing what I'm putting in my baby's body. Thank you from both, Samson and myself.
A Virtual Vegan says
I'm so glad Samson enjoyed them. Thank you for coming back to let me know. I really appreciate it!
Simon says
My dog love them. Thanks!