"Kitty Nibbles" Doggie Treats

For all you dog lovers out there, here's a little something special for your puppy pals.

Since I was looking for something to do that was peanut-related and have enough canine connections to know that peanut butter is a dog's best friend, this made the most sense...plus it was fun to make and something new add to my culinary repertoire. 

"Kitty Nibbles" Doggie Treats

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup white flour
1 cup water
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
2 tbsp vegetable oil

Combine all the ingredients in a mixer until they form a globular dough mass.  If you have a Kitchen Aid mixer, use the paddle on medium speed, will only take a few minutes to bring it all together.

Dump the dough out onto a rolling mat and knead until it is smooth.

Then roll the dough out to a 1/4" thick sheet and use a cookie cutter to cut out the treats.

You can re-roll the scraps several times until most of the dough is used.  I divided my dough into two halves because it was easier to roll it out into manageable sections.

Place the treats on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. 

Remove cookie sheet from oven, and let sit for a few minutes before moving the treats to a cooling rack.   

Cool to room temperature.  Then let the feeding frenzy begin.

Five out of five dogs agree, Kitty Nibbles rock!

NOTES

The dough will feel a little greasy and your hands will get a little slick because of the peanut butter in the mixture, but that's why you don't need to grease the cookie sheet and they treats will come off the sheet easily.

You can use any shape cutter you want.  I chose a kitty cutter because I thought it was funny.  I may be a cat person, but I'm a cat person with a twisted sense of humor.

I was able to get 20 3" cookies out of the batch.  Depending on what shape you use, you can probably get another dozen out of the recipe.

If you don't want to feed your puppy the whole batch, you can freeze the baked treats so that they will last longer.  How long they last outside the freezer is anyone's guess because the dogs ain't letting them stay out long enough for us to find out.