Banana-Rama Grain-Free Dog Treat Recipe

What do you do with those leftover bananas that are going bad? Don’t throw them out – use them in a homemade dog treat. I had a couple of really ripe bananas this week, so they became a main ingredient in my Banana-Rama Grain-Free Dog Treat Recipe. My whole kitchen smelled like banana bread… only better, thanks to the mouth-watering aroma of the coconut flour.
Banana-Rama Grain-Free Dog Treat Recipe
Makes about 25-30 cookies
Ingredients:
2 cups coconut flour
1/8 cup flaxseed meal
½ cup quinoa flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 bananas
2 tablespoons peanut butter
2 tablespoons coconut oil
3 eggs
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients (flour, flaxseed and cinnamon). Set aside.
- In a smaller bowl, mix the bananas, peanut butter, coconut oil and eggs until well combined.
- Mix the wet ingredients slowly into the dry ingredients until combined. The dough will be crumbly, but moist.
- Roll the dough into fist shaped balls. Place on parchment paper and roll out to ¼ thickness. Use a cookie cutter to press out shapes and place on cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes. Place them on a cooling rack. Keep them in an air tight container and store in refrigerator or freezer.
Because it’s so close to Valentine’s Day, I used a dog-safe candy icing on the cookies. I melted the red wafers in a double boiler and used an icing bottle to decorate. The icing is always optional – I just wanted to do something a little special for Oscar on Valentine’s Day.