Sausage Oat Dog Treats
Easy, crunchy snacks with a meaty aroma that your pooch will love.
A small amount of good quality pork sausage meat is combined with healthy oats, wholemeal flour, breath-freshening parsley plus a little yogurt and/or water.
Baked until crispy, the biscuity treats will keep for at least 2 weeks.
Ingredients
- 75 g wholemeal flour plus extra for rolling out
- 50 g rolled or jumbo oats
- 50 g fine oatmeal can be replaced with more oats whizzed to a powder in a blender or food processor
- 80 g sausage meat see Recipe Note 1
- 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley see Recipe Note 2
- 1 rounded tbsp thick yogurt can be replaced with more water or weak, low salt stock
- water
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 170°C / 150° Fan / Gas 3 / 325°F.
Cut a piece of baking paper to fit a large baking tray.
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Put the flour, oats, oatmeal, sausage meat and parsley in a bowl.
Put the yogurt into a jug, make up to 100ml with water then add it to the bowl.
Start bringing the ingredients together by stirring with a spoon, then switch to your hands to form into a dough that's firm but neither dry nor wet. If necessary, add a little more water or oatmeal to get the right consistency.
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Transfer to a lightly flour dusted surface and very briefly knead to get a smooth ball.
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Put the cut piece of baking paper on the worksurface and sprinkle with a little wholemeal flour.
Place the dough on top, sprinkle it and a rolling pin with a little more flour, then roll out thinly (approximately 2-3 mm).
Take a knife or pizza wheel and cut the dough into squares or rectangles.
Tip: first neaten the edges with the pizza wheel or knife. These scraps of dough can then be re-rolled and cut into more treats with a cookie cutter if liked.
Alternatively, roll the dough out on a work surface, cut out shapes e.g. bones, and place on the baking paper, re-rolling the scraps to make more.
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Transfer the baking paper with the treats onto a baking tray and put in the oven on the middle shelf.
Bake until dry and cooked all the way through (approx. 40 minutes).
- The treats at the edge of the tray may cook more quickly: remove and transfer to a wire rack when done and continue cooking the rest.
- Turning over halfway through will help to get even cooking.
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Place the cooked treats on a wire rack until completely cold then store in an airtight container. They should stay fresh for 2 weeks.
Cooked treats can be frozen and fed without defrosting if they have been rolled thinly.
You can also freeze the uncooked treats. To bake from frozen, add extra time to ensure they're completely cooked through.
Recipe Notes
Note 1. Sausage Meat. Try to get the best quality you can and make sure it doesn't contain ingredients harmful to dogs e.g. onions. If using sausages, you'll need approximately 2 medium sized ones, skins discarded. You could also substitute ground/minced meat such as pork, chicken, turkey or beef instead.
Note 2. Parsley: it's recommended to use curly rather than Italian or flat leaf parsley as the latter may be harmful to dogs.