Candy Canes
Christmas Dog Treats Recipe

Our homemade Candy Canes recipe for dog cookies is simple—but impressive! You'll look like you slaved for hours in the kitchen to make these Christmas dog treats!

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Made from natural ingredients, these little candy canes are good for your dog too!

Give them as gifts—save money—and enjoy the satisfaction of giving homemade dog treats to your friends and family for their pets.

The easiest way to make these dog cookies is to use a candy cane cookie cutter. If you don't have one, you can make little ropes and shape them into candy canes. Either way you make the candy canes, this dog treats recipe will work equally well.

When the cookies are baked, add the finishing touch of stripes—made from yogurt coating or royal icing. The icing can be applied with a decorating tube. If you use yogurt you can drizzle it on or apply with a pointed object like an ice pick.

For these dog treats, I don't worry about sugar content. There is so little that it's almost non-existent!

Ingredients for Candy Canes
Dog Treats Recipe

• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon dry milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 cup unbleached flour
• 1/2 cup cornmeal
• 3 tablespoons rolled oats
• teaspoon cinnamon

Yogurt coating or royal icing

Directions for Candy Canes
Christmas Dog Cookies

• Place all the ingredients in your bread machine, in the order suggested by the manufacturer.

• Use the Dough cycle.

• When the dough is finished, remove it, divide it into 3 pieces and roll each piece to a 1/4” thickness.

• Cut out your candy canes and place them on a lightly greased cookie sheet.

• Bake the dog cookies at 275 degrees F for about an hour. Check them to make sure that they don't get too brown.

• Turn off the oven and let them continue to dry overnight.

• When completely dry, the Christmas cookies should be dry, hard and crisp.

• Decorate the holiday dog treats with royal icing or yogurt coating by making candy cane stripes as shown in the photo.

The finished dog cookies can be stored at room temperature for a month or two as long as you have dried them sufficiently.

I hope you enjoy this Candy Canes Dog Treats Recipe. You'll have fun with this one!

Make sure you also try the

• Christmas Tree Recipe
• Christmas Dog Party
• Gingerbread Dog Bones
• Carob Chip Cookies
• Dog Treat Icing
• Pumpkin Dog Cookies
• Pumpkin Dog Treats
• Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

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