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Cinnamon Swirl Pup Treats - happy pups all round with these super simple little pup treats - made even easier if you use shop bought pastry! #puptreats | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

Cinnamon Swirl Pup Treats

Prep: 15 minutes (or less if you buy the pastry!) mins | Cook: 15 mins | Total: 30 mins | Quantity: 24 biscuits (approx)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (165g) wholemeal flour
  • 1/3 cup (65g) butter or dairy free spread (I used Vitalite)
  • 2-3 tblsp cold water
  • 1/4 cup (75g) smooth peanut butter (see **note**)
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 170 Fan / 190 C / 375 F / Gas 5
  2. To make the pastry put the flour and butter or spread into a bowl and using the tips of your fingers rub the two together until all the butter is mixed in and you have something resembling sand or breadcrumbs
  3. Add 2 tblsp cold water and mix together until it forms a dough – if it’s too dry and not sticking together add some more cold water. You want the dough to hold together and be neither too crumbly nor too wet
  4. Tip out onto a floured work surface and form into a smooth log shape
  5. Roll out into a large rectangle – not too thin, not too thick – about the thickness of a coin, you want to be able to roll it up like a sausage roll
  6. Mix the peanut butter with the ground cinnamon and spread over the pastry, covering completely and as evenly as possible
  7. You can roll it one of two ways here – simply roll from the long edge so you have a very long sausage shape or you can roll from both the short ends so they meet in the middle
  8. Once it’s rolled slice it like you would a Swiss roll into circles approximately ½ inch (1 cm) thick, slightly flatten in the palms of your hands and lay onto a baking tray. These don’t spread very much so you can lay fairly closely together
  9. Bake for 15 minutes until firm and very lightly golden
  10. Leave to cool completely before storing in the fridge or freezing for treats another day (poor pup!)

Notes

  • You can speed up and simplify the whole process by using shop bought pastry. If you do this, preheat the oven as normal then follow from step 5 if it’s a block of pastry or step 6 if it’s ready rolled!
  • **IMPORTANT NOTE** Lots of peanut butters include sweetener, particularly Xylitol which is toxic to dogs. Make sure to use a brand of peanut butter that doesn't include any form of sweetener. Many thanks to one of our newsletter subscribers for this information

Recipe by The Cook & Him at https://thecookandhim.com/recipes/cinnamon-swirl-pup-treats/