Thanksgiving Dog Treats: DIY Apple Pumpkin Pie Chew Sticks

Serena Faber Nelson Founder & Pet Lifestyle Writer

Pet lifestyle expert Serena Faber-Nelson is the founder of Pretty Fluffy. A contributor to Everyday with Rachael Ray, Modern Dog Magazine, Cesars Way and more; her modern, stylized take on DIY dog treats has seen her recipes viewed millions of times over.

Serena is the author of the go-to dog mom bible, Dog Mama, and the popular dog treat recipe book, Healthy Homemade Dog Treats.

Don’t let your dog feel left out this Thanksgiving holiday! These 3 ingredient chew sticks are the perfect treat/toy for your pup to enjoy. The ingredients can’t get any healthier (or simpler!). Plus your house is going to smell like yummy pie while they are dehydrating in the oven. What is better than that?

I have seen pumpkin ‘jerky’ treats or ‘fruit leather’ made before, but combining applesauce, pumpkin AND cinnamon together just screams holiday party. The extra step of spiraling them makes it look like you put in so much time and effort, when really the oven did 99% of the work for you. It’s okay, you can still take all the credit and glory! Your dog is going to LOVE these.

Get the simple recipe below and enjoy your Thanksgiving, Pretty Fluffies!

Ingredients

1 Cup Pure Organic Applesauce

1 Cup Pure Organic Pumpkin Puree (Not pumpkin pie puree!)

1/2 Tbsp Organic Cinnamon

Recipe

• Preheat your oven to 175ºF/79ºC.

• In a medium size bowl, add all ingredients and give it a good stir to combine.

• Line your baking sheet with parchment paper, and with a spoon, smear out long lines of the batter. The thicker you make them, the longer they will take to dehydrate. Mine were about the thickness of 3 stacked quarters.

• Place in oven and dehydrate/bake for 6-7 hours. Each oven varies, so I suggest checking on them every hour or so. You want them to be firm and not sticky, but not so hard they break apart easily.

• Once out of the oven and cooled just slightly so they are still warm to the touch, check to make sure  they are flexible but not sticky. Cut your strips down to your desired length with scissors. Then, with a simple twisting motion mold them into spirals, and what you are left with are awesome little chewy sticks for your dog. It’s that easy!

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