Carrot Cake Pup Pops

Recipe created by Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, Albertsons Companies Wellness Corporate Dietitian.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup old fashioned oats
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 cup natural-style peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil of choice
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1/4 cup milk or water
  • 3/4 cup finely shredded carrots
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 18 carrot sticks
  • OPTIONAL: Garnish pup pops with a dab of mashed potatoes (made with peeled potatoes and plain yogurt or water).

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
  2. Coat a mini muffin pan with cooking spray, or brush lightly with vegetable oil, if needed.
  3. Add oats to a mini food processor (or similar) and pulse well to create oat flour.
  4. In a medium size bowl, whisk the egg until blended.
  5. Whisk in peanut butter, oil, honey, and milk/water.
  6. Stir in shredded carrots then stir in the oat flour and baking soda just until combined.
  7. Use a mini cookie scoop to scoop batter into the prepared mini muffin cups.
  8. Bake about 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  9. Cool on racks and insert carrot sticks into the bottom of the pup cake to make the pup pop.
  10. If desired, frost the tops of the mini pup pops with a dab of pup-friendly mashed potatoes (made with peeled potatoes whipped with plain yogurt or water).

Servings

Makes approximately 18 pup pops

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Pup-sicles

Recipe created by Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, Albertsons Companies Wellness Corporate Dietitian.

Ingredients

  • 8 Signature SELECT Everyday 3 ounce cups
  • 2 1/2 cups diced watermelon
  • 1/2 cup diced banana (about 1/2 medium/large banana)
  • 8 Milk Bone dog snacks

Directions

  1. Set 8 of the 3-ounce cups in a 9-inch loaf pan.
  2. Add the watermelon pieces to a mini food processor (or similar) and pulse until blended. Add 1/8 cup of the watermelon puree to each of the 3-ounce cups. Spoon 1 tablespoon of diced banana into each of the cups and stir gently to disperse the banana pieces.
  3. Cover the loaf pan and place in a freezer making sure it’s level. After about 1 hour, insert a Milk Bone into the center of each of the cups, making sure there is about 1/3 of the bone sticking out to serve as the popsicle stick. Continue to freeze the Pup-sicles another hour until completely frozen. When ready to serve, peel away the 3-ounce cup and let your pup enjoy these cool treats on the grass or a dog-friendly dish.

Servings

Makes 8 servings

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Peanut Butter Pup-Cakes

Natural style peanut butter and whole foods like oats, pumpkin and carrots are the foundation of these adorably delicious pup-cakes. One pup-cake is the perfect size treat for a small to medium size dog! Recipe created for O Organics® by Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, Albertsons Companies Wellness Corporate Dietitian.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup O Organics® whole wheat flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/3 cup quick cooking oats or old fashioned oats
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 cup canola oil (or vegetable oil of choice)
  • 1/3 cup O Organics® Old Fashioned Creamy peanut butter
  • 3 tablespoons O Organics® honey
  • 3 tablespoons O Organics® canned pumpkin (or unsweetened applesauce)
  • 3/4 cup finely chopped O Organics® Baby-Cut Carrots (use mini food processor)
  • 4 ounces Lucerne® Neufchatel cheese, room temperature
  • 5 tablespoons O Organics® Old Fashioned Creamy peanut butter, room temperature

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Coat a mini cupcake pan with cooking spray.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and oats; set aside.
  3. Place the egg, canola oil, peanut butter, honey and pumpkin, in a mixing bowl and beat on low speed until blended.
  4. On low speed, beat in the carrots then the flour and oat mixture. Use a cookie scoop to fill each of the cups with the batter. Bake for 15 minutes.
  5. While pup-cakes are cooling, combine Neufchatel cheese with peanut butter with a mini spatula or spoon.
  6. Add a dollop of the frosting (about 1 rounded teaspoon) to the top of each pup-cake and garnish with a mini snack bone if desired.
  7. Refrigerate the pup-cakes you will use within a week in a covered container. Freeze the remaining pup-cakes in a covered container and thaw them as you need them.

All recipe ingredients should be cooked to a safe internal temperature according to USDA guidelines. After preparing a recipe, please store any leftovers in the refrigerator.

Servings

Makes 10 servings

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Cheddar Cookies

Recipe created by Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, Albertsons Companies Wellness Corporate Dietitian.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese, packed measure
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour (1 to 2 tablespoons more if needed)
  • White flour for dusting the surface

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and then set to the side.
  3. Briefly run the cheese through a mini food processor to chop it up (or use a knife to chop).
  4. Add the egg and water to a large bowl and whisk until smooth
  5. Add the cheese and flour to the bowl and stir to form a dough.
  6. Knead the dough a few times in the bowl to fully combine; add a tablespoon or more flour if needed.
  7. Roll dough out onto a lightly floured flat surface and pat it down with your hands or rolling pin to your desired thickness (i.e. 1/2-inch thick).
  8. Use an open cookie cutter to cut out the dog treats and lay them onto the prepared baking sheet.
  9. Combine the scraps and roll the dough to cut out more cookies.
  10. Bake treats until crunchy all the way through (approximately 25 minutes or more depending on the thickness of the cookies).
  11. Completely cool the treats on the baking sheet.
  12. Store them in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 1 month. They won’t last that long though!

Servings

Makes 12 bone shaped cookies using a cookie cutter about 3-inches long.

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Pup-Peroni Pup-Kins

Recipe created by Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, Albertsons Companies Wellness Corporate Dietitian.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup O Organics Old Fashioned Creamy Peanut Butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup Signature SELECT 100% Pure Pumpkin
  • 1 tablespoon O Organics 100% Pure Maple Syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 1/4 cups Old Fashioned Oats (or rolled oats)
  • 20, 1-inch pieces of puppy stick treat (i.e. Pup-Peroni Treats)
  • 20 fresh Parsley leaves

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, mix first 4 ingredients together until blended.
  2. Stir in the oats, mixing until completely incorporated.
  3. Use a mini cookie scoop to form 20 balls about 1 1/4-inch wide and place them in a waxed paper lined air tight container.
  4. Cut a puppy stick treat into 1-inch pieces if you haven’t already.
  5. Insert a piece of a puppy stick and a fresh parsley leaf into the center of each ball, like a stem and leaf, and remold the peanut butter mixture around it to form a pumpkin.
  6. Cover and keep in the refrigerator until ready to serve your doggie! 

Servings

Makes 20 servings

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