Sweat and Sparkles: My Fur-Babies' Favorite Treats!

So, you may or may not know that my pups are my "babies", but THEY ARE!! I love them to death and spoiling them is one of my all time favorite things to do!!

They get to lay on the couches, sleep in the bed, get table-scraps now & then {{yes I know, bad bad, I'm working on this!}}, they even get presents wrapped under the tree on Christmas!! <3 And yes, they open them by themselves! :) haha.

So, obviously I LOVE making healthy dog cookies for them at home. I found this recipe that I really love because not only is it simple, it only takes 6 ingredients that I almost always have on hand and the pups love them. {{also, they actually smell GOOD as they bake!}} Oh yeah, and I almost forgot to mention they give your puppers FRESH breath {thank you Parsley Flakes!} so you don't have to suffer when your babies are giving you slobbery kisses! :)

Let's get started!!

Liked I mentioned earlier, the ingredients you need are simple and you more than likely already have them in your cupboard {YAYAY to not having to go to the grocery store!}

Ingredients:

1 banana {peeled}
1 cup whole wheat or oat flour
2/3 cups rolled or old fashioned oats
1/2 cup dried parsley
3 tablespoons peanut butter {all natural is best}
1 egg {beaten}

First things first, get your oven preheating to 300 degrees.

Next, put your peeled banana in a large bowl and MASH MASH MASH.

Now that you've got that banana all mashed up, it's time to add the rest of the ingredients. You're going to toss in your egg, flour, oats, parsley & peanut butter.

Time to MIX!!! {I tried at first with a spoon but found it was MUCH easier to just dig in with my hands and knead it all together. Much like you're making cookie dough or meatloaf}

You should end up with something like this!!

You've got your dough mixed, your oven is a toasty 300 degrees, so it's time to get these cookies laid out on a baking sheet. It's up to you how you do this, you can just roll them into small balls and flatten with a fork, or you can do what I did and find a cute little doggy bone cookie cutter, roll the dough out & bake!!! {my dogs like the fancy shapes, at least that's what I tell myself} ;)

Arrange your cookies on your baking sheet {spray with a little non stick cooking spray for best results} and bake for 20-30 minutes, depending on how crunchy your fur babies like their treats! <3