Pumpkin Dog Treats Made With Einkorn – Your Pet Will Love!
My dogs sure do like it when I make these Pumpkin Dog Treats Made With Fresh Milled Einkorn! And, I am willing to bet your pet will love them too! I feel good about feeding these homemade dog cookies to my pups, because I know what ingredients are in them, and they are all good ingredients for dogs!
Is Pumpkin Good For Dogs?
Yes! Pumpkin, as long as it is just plain pumpkin, is very nutritious for dogs! It also is loaded with Fiber, and is great for their digestive system! Pumpkin also contains Beta-Carotene, Vitamins A, C, and E, these are all great for our pups health!
I like this Ceylon Cinnamon, I use it for the dog treats, as well as for our food too! You can grab it HERE if you are having trouble finding it, I have to order it from Amazon.
Why Ceylon Cinnamon?
Ceylon Cinnamon is a healthier version of regular cinnamon. Ceylon cinnamon is loaded with many health benefits including, but not limited to:
- Beta- Carotene
- Manganese
- Antioxidants
- Vitamin A & K
- Potassium
- Zinc
And, HERE is what WebMD has to say about the benefits of Ceylon Cinnamon.
This is whole Einkorn next to Hard White Wheat, showing the difference in how it looks. I love both, and HERE is the brand of Einkorn I have been using, and been happy with this one.
Why Use Einkorn Flour?
Fresh Milled Einkorn is the original wheat, and is the easiest wheat to digest. Also, Einkorn packs a nutritional punch with Vitamin E, other nutrients, and has loads of great fiber. I choose to mill my own Einkorn flour, because that way I know it retains all the nutrients. When purchasing already milled flour, it is already missing the most nutritious parts of the wheat berry. This is why so many people and animals can’t digest “flour” anymore.
What do I mean by “Flour”
Well, what I mean by “Flour” is that the flour that is sold in the store is not actually the whole flour we were intended to ingest. Commercial flour only contains the endosperm of the wheat berry (or kernel.) Because of Processing, the germ and bran are removed, then the “waste” is sold to us as white flour. This is why so many Americans have a hard time digesting flour (or Gluten!) To Sum Up, Even with our pets, Vitamin E is a great added nutrient for the skin and coat.
Why Don’t I Just By Whole Wheat Flour
I wish whole wheat flour was the answer, however, unfortunately, it is not. Whole Wheat Flour is simply white flour with part of the bran added back in. So, it is still missing the germ (the most nutritious part.) The reason is that the germ houses the Vitamin E, which can spoil quickly, so manufacturers know they need to sift this out in order to have a long shelf life.
This is the guided rolling pin I like to use for things that I need to roll out. It helps keep everything even and the same size, so they all cook at the same rate. HERE is that rolling pin if you are interested.
Alternative Flour Options For Dogs With Wheat Allergies
There are many alternate flour options you can use if your dog has wheat allergies. The flour alternatives marked with an asterisks * are ones you can mill in the Nutrimill Harvest Grain Mill. You can checkout that mill HERE. I love it and have been using it for over a year with no issues.
- Rye Flour*
- Oat Flour*
- Bean Flour*
- Brown Rice Flour*
- Buckwheat Flour*
- Chickpea Flour*
- Quinoa Flour*
- Sorghum Flour*
- Millet Flour*
- Barley Flour*
- Almond Flour
- Coconut Flour
I am sure there are even more options than this, but this list should give you a great jumping off start! The two flour choices at the bottom are a much more complicated method to make into flour, or yo could just purchase them if you are looking to use those options.
Here are all the ingredients in my mixing bowl, and the dough looks a little wet, so I put it in the refrigerator so the fresh milled flour has time to absorb all the liquid.
I called these Pumpkin Gingerbread, because I used ginger, but it was a mouthful, so I changed it to just Pumpkin Dog Treats!
Then I mill a little more Einkorn flour to sprinkle on my table to roll it out once the dough has rested.
Ingredients For These Einkorn Pumpkin Dog Treats
- 1 cup Pumpkin Puree
- 2 Eggs
- 3 cups fresh milled Einkorn Flour 380g (I milled 2 cups of whole Einkorn)
- 1 tsp Ceylon Cinnamon (you can use regular cinnamon, but the Ceylon Cinnamon has so many benefits)
- 1 tsp Ginger (fresh grated is a great choice)
They are ready to bake! You could poke them with a toothpick before baking if you don’t want them to puff up.
Instructions To Make These Einkorn Pumpkin Dog Treats
- Firstly, Mill The Einkorn Flour
- Secondly, add eggs, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, and ginger into the flour. Mix until it is all combined.
- Knead a little to combine. Form into a ball.
- Then, once it is all mixed, and there is no dry flour left, wrap in cling film and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- After it rests in the fridge, take it out to a lightly flour work surface, and roll it to 1/4 inch thick. I have this cool rolling pin with thickness gauges on the side, you can grab one HERE.
- Preheat Oven to 350*F
- Then, Line baking sheet with parchment paper
- Use whatever cookie cutter shape you want, or just cut them into little squares with a pizza cutter. I borrowed some bone shaped cutters from a friend to make these.
- You will need to reroll the remaining dough after cutting shapes a few times until there is no dough left.
- Bake for 20 -25 minutes. I did not press little holes in the center of the treats to let the air out, I kind of like hoe they balloon up with a hollow space. But, if you don’t want them to be hollow in the middle, use a tooth pick to press a few dots in the center of your treat shapes.
- Lastly, allow your pups to enjoy these preservative free treats! Also, see below on storing these dog treats.
How To Store These Pumpkin Dog Cookies Made With Einkorn
These Dog Cookies will last on your counter for about 3 days. So, I like to keep about 3 days on the counter at a time, and the rest, I keep in a freezer safe container, and in my freezer for up to 1 year. I will just pull some out when my three day supply runs low.
Checkout Some Of My Other Recipes
Cranberry & Oat Dog Einkorn Dog Cookies – Checkout a cute little Short of our dogs eating these HERE
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Pumpkin Einkorn Dog Treats
Equipment
- 1 Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 1 cup Pumpkin Puree
- 2 Eggs
- 3 cups fresh milled Einkorn Flour 380g I milled 2 cups of whole Einkorn
- 1 tsp Ceylon Cinnamon (you can use regular cinnamon, but the Ceylon Cinnamon has so many benefits)
- 1 tsp Ginger fresh grated is a great choice
Instructions
- Firstly, Mill The Einkorn Flour
- Add eggs, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, and ginger into the flour. Mix until it is all combined.
- Knead a little to combine. Form into a ball.
- Then, once it is all mixed, and there is no dry flour left, wrap in cling film and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- After it rests in the fridge, take it out to a lightly flour work surface, and roll it to 1/4 inch thick. I have this cool rolling pin with thickness gauges on the side.
- Preheat Oven to 350*F
- Then, Line baking sheet with parchment paper
- Use whatever cookie cutter shape you want, or just cut them into little squares with a pizza cutter. I borrowed some bone shaped cutters from a friend to make these.
- You will need to reroll the remaining dough after cutting shapes a few times until there is no dough left.
- Bake for 20 – 25 minutes. I did not press little holes in the center of the treats to let the air out, I kind of like hoe they balloon up with a hollow space. But, if you don't want them to be hollow in the middle, use a tooth pick to press a few dots in the center of your treat shapes.
Notes
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Greetings, I just wanted to reach out and say a BIG thank you! I’m new to FMF and have been diving into rabbit holes and spinning around. That was until I came across your channel and blogs. I can’t thank you enough. For being new and having just one solid good lead for learning has been so great. I’ve made some mistakes along the way prior to find you but I’m getting things together now and making major improvements. I did get a book, but your videos and correlating recipes cannot be beat. You give so much information not only grains but also the other ingredients like in this one for the Ceylon cinnamon.
Thanks to you, I’m really enjoying this journey.
Anna
Yay! I am so happy to hear that! I really have a passion to help others improve their baked goods with fresh milled flour. I felt like the internet was lacking that link. There are recipes out there, and info as to why milling your flour was so much healthier for you. But, not a lot to help troubleshoot when something went wrong. I had many failures as well! lol. I think we all have. Thank you so much! Happy Baking!
I know this is einkorn specific recipe, but can you use spelt or another wheat? My dog’s birthday is tmrw and id love to make this but do not have einkorn. Also, would the gram amt of the wheat change?
Thank you!
Yes! You can use spelt in place of Einkorn! I would sub it for the same amount. Happy Birthday to your puppy!