Christmas Trees - Christmas Dog Treats Recipe

Try these Christmas tree cookie cutter dog cookies, whether you need some for a dog Christmas party or just to make the holiday festive for your own dog.

Decorate the Christmas tree treats just like traditional Christmas cookies, and serve to your canine friends!

This dog treat recipe for Christmas dog treats is healthy and easy to make.

Your bread machine does all the work for you. Simply place the ingredients in your bread maker, let it mix and process the dough. Come back, make shapes and bake!

The sky is the limit—use your imagination for the shapes and the decorations. I'll give you a few suggestions.

You'll think of dozens of other great ideas on your own!

Here's another idea for you to consider. Sometimes I prefer to make the dog treats recipe a little differently. I switch the amounts of oatmeal and cornmeal.

So, I would use 3 tablespoons of cornmeal and ½ cup of rolled oats--instead of the other way around. If you do this every so often, your dog will have the benefit of different nutrients.

Or, for a special treat, or to give as a gift, you can use carob coating or yogurt coating (or another choice of dog treat icing) to give your cookies a festive holiday look.

Here are some other holiday dog treats recipes that are favorites for holiday baking:

• Candy Canes Dog Cookies

• Gingerbread Dog Bones

• Carob Chip Cookies

• Pumpkin Dog Cookies

• Pumpkin Dog Treats

• Pumpkin Dog Biscuits

• Carob Chip Cookies

• Peanut Oat Drop Cookies

Ingredients for Christmas Trees
Dog Treats Recipe

If you'd like to get some carob or yogurt to coat the cookies, they are more difficult to find.

Try looking in a cake decorating shop or a shop that sells supplies for candy making.

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

• yogurt coating or carob coating
• colored sprinkles

Directions for
Christmas Dog Treats Recipe

If you are just going to make these cookies once a year (for your own dog and as gifts), then you probably don't need heavy duty cookie cutters.

The best place that I've found to get occasional use cookie cutters is Ben Franklin or Michaels. Both have cookie cutters for under a dollar. Wal-Mart sometimes has some around the holidays, but they are not as reliable a source.

• Place all the ingredients (except the carob or yogurt coating and colored sprinkles) in your bread machine and use the dough setting.
• When the dough is ready, remove it, divide it into 2-3 pieces and roll the dough until it is 1/4" thick.
• Cut out your shapes. For Christmas, I like to use trees, stars, Santa, snowmen, stockings, etc.
• Place the dog cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet or baking mat.
• Bake the Christmas cookies at 275 degrees F for about an hour. When they are done, they will be lightly browned.
• Turn off the oven, and let the cookies continue to dry overnight in the oven.
• The next day, melt the coating or make the dog treat icing that you will be using.
• Either dip the cookies in coating or brush the melted coating onto the cookies with a pastry brush.
• While the coating or icing is still semi-liquid, put the decorative colored sprinkles on top of the cookies.

So, try my Christmas Dog Treats Recipe and see if your dog likes this recipe.

I think you'll have fun with it, and you certainly will save money. You will end up with a quality homemade dog treat that will rival any good pet bakery treats.

And you'll be able to do this--for pennies on the dollar!

If you use yogurt coating or carob coating, you can use this healthy icing with some of your "people" recipes, also. So consider other uses for these coatings in addition to this dog treats recipe.

Use them for "people" cookies, drizzle them on cakes and coffee cakes. Coat pretzels with them. Use them in candy molds to make little candies. You will find many, many uses!

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