I had bought a couple of sweet potatoes, intending to make some sweet potato chews with them, but then I thought I’d rather make some cookies.  After I had no luck finding a wheat-free sweet potato dog treat recipe, I decided to experiment and try to come up with a recipe of my own.  Here it is!

Lu & Wally’s Wheat-Free Sweet Potato & Flax Dog Treats

The ingredients:

• 1 medium sweet potato (1/2 cup)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup flaxseed meal (benefits of flax seed for dogs)
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup rice flour

The directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.

Microwave sweet potato until soft and mashable.   (About 5 minutes, but maybe more, depending on the size of your potato.)

Cut sweet potato in half and scoop 1/2 cup of potato.

In a medium bowl, combine sweet potato, egg, flax meal and cinnamon.

Stir until well blended and then add the rice flour.

Stir until a soft dough forms.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface.   With your hands, or a rolling pin, press the dough into a rectangle that is 1/4″ thick.

With a pizza cutter or a knife, cut the dough into 1/2″  x 1/2″  squares.  We were able to get 96 squares out of this batch.

Transfer the squares to a baking sheet.

Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Here’s what they end up looking like:

The house smelled SO good after baking these!  They almost smell like pumpkin pie!

The real test – do the dogs like them??

“Me first!”   “No, me first!”

“I want one, too, Momma!”

“These are worth dancing for! Yum, yum!”

They were very helpful during the baking process:

The Verdict? Lu & Wally enthusiastically approved! ;)

If you try them, let me know what your pups think!

Printable recipe:

Lu & Wally’s Sweet Potato & Flax Wheat-Free Dog Treats

The ingredients:

• 1 medium sweet potato (1/2 cup)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup flaxseed meal
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup rice flour

The directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Microwave sweet potato until soft and mashable.   (About 5 minutes, but maybe more, depending on the size of your potato.)
3. Cut sweet potato in half and scoop 1/2 cup of potato.
4. In a medium bowl, combine sweet potato, egg, flax meal and cinnamon.
5. Stir until well blended and then add the rice flour.
6. Stir until a soft dough forms.
7. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface.   With your hands, or a rolling pin, press the dough into a rectangle that is 1/4″ thick.
8. With a pizza cutter or a knife, cut the dough into 1/2″  x 1/2″  squares.  We were able to get 96 squares out of this batch.
9. Transfer the squares to a baking sheet.
10. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Makes approximately 8 dozen 1/2″ dog treats.

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