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Sweet Potato Dog Treats Recipe

Homemade Sweet Potato Dog Treats (For Small Dogs)

You don’t have to be a wizard in the kitchen to pull these off with style. Here's our favorite easy sweet potato dog treat recipe perfect for your small dog.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Equipment

  • oven
  • Microwave
  • Large bowl
  • Cookie cutter or knife
  • Baking sheet

Ingredients
  

  • 1 sweet potato, mid-size
  • 2 ½ cups of whole wheat flour
  • ¼ cup applesauce, unsweetened
  • 2 eggs

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • Heat the sweet potato in the microwave for roughly 6 minutes, or until tender. Cut it, remove the skin, and mash the potato. You need 1 cup of mashed sweet potato, the rest can be used elsewhere.
  • Mix eggs, applesauce, mashed sweet potato and flour in a big bowl, mixing until it forms a dough. Cut the dough with a cutter to get the desired shape or form like cookies. In any case, it should be about ½” thick.
  • Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until crisp. Remove from the oven and let them stand for 10 minutes.

Notes

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