These raw vegan apple beet almond butter dog treats are pretty in purple. Not only are these pretty to look at, your puppies will love them too! They are made of only 5 clean ingredients, apples, beets, almond butter (check out how to easily make it homemade here), cinnamon, and coconut flour. All you need to do is blend it all up in the food processor and dry in either a dehydrator or oven and that’s it! Easy, super clean ingredients, and a happy puppy. My puppy Orion will vouch for these.
To make these cute little dog treats, you will need apples, a beet, almond butter, cinnamon and coconut flour or any grain-free flour of your choice. I have home made coconut flour left over from making coconut milk, so I used it in this recipe, but you can use store bought coconut flour, almond flour, etc. You can easily make your own nut or seed flour by drying the leftover pulp from making nut and seed milks in the dehydrator, then blend in a blender until it becomes a fine flour. Sift the flour if you are going to use it in pastry recipes, but for this, you can skip the sifting step.
Roughly chop the apples and beet and add it into the food processor. Blend until everything becomes a fine mince. Scrape the sides of the food processor in between blending. Add the almond butter and cinnamon and blend.
Once it becomes a thick paste, add in the coconut flour or the flour or your choice. Blend until it forms a dough about the firmness of your earlobe. The amount of flour you need will vary depending on the flour you are using.
Lay down the silicone sheet for the dehydrator and place the dough on top of it. Put another silicone sheet on top of the dough and roll out the dough into 1/4″ thickness. You can use parchment paper instead of the silicone sheets if you like.
Peel off the silicone sheet on top and use a cookie cutter to cut it into your desired shapes. You can also roll the dough into round small cookies by hand instead.
If you are using a dehydrator, line the dehydrator tray with a mesh sheet. Lay the treats down and dry at 115℉(46℃) for 24 hours until completely dry. After a few hours of drying, flip the treats upside down for even drying. Once they are completely dry, store them in an air-tight container. These will last for a month but I’m sure it’ll be long gone by then.
If you are using an oven, preheat the oven at 350℉ (175℃). Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and lay the treats down. Bake for 25-30 mins. Let it cool and store them in an air-tight container.
How ridiculously cute are these? Your pups will love them and you’ll love how they look on your shelf too!
- 1 medium sized beet
- 2 apples
- ½ cup almond butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅔ cups to 1 cup coconut flour or other grain-free flour of your choice (adjust the amount depending on the flour you are using)*
- Roughly chop the apples and beet and add it to the food processor. Blend until everything becomes a fine mince. Scrape the sides of the food processor in between blending.
- Add the almond butter and cinnamon and blend.
- Once it becomes a thick paste, add in the coconut flour or the flour or your choice. Blend until it forms a dough about the firmness of your earlobe. The amount of flour you need will vary depending on the flour you are using.
- Lay down a silicone sheet for the dehydrator and place the dough on top of it. Put another silicone sheet on top of the dough and roll out the dough into ¼" thickness. You can use parchment paper instead of the silicone sheets if you like.
- Peel off the silicone sheet on top and use a cookie cutter to cut it into your desired shapes. You can also roll the dough into round small cookies by hand instead.
- Line the dehydrator tray with a mesh sheet. Lay the treats down and dry at 115℉(46℃) for 24 hours until completely dry. After a few hours of drying, flip the treats upside down for even drying.
- Once they are completely dry, store them in an air-tight container.
- Preheat the oven at 350℉ (175℃).
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and lay the treats down. Bake for 25-30 mins.
- Let it cool and store them in an air-tight container.
Keeps for 1 month.
I heard dogs cant have almonds…have u heard anything?
Hi Michelle,
Thank you for your comment! I apologize for the delayed response. I just got back from a trip to Tokyo.
I’ve read almonds can be harder to digest for some dogs, but my dog doesn’t have issues with it. Almond butter should be easier to digest for them compared to just straight almonds, since it’s ground to a paste. You can just replace the almond butter with peanut butter too.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
I must be doing something wrong as my dough is what I belueve is as firm as my earlobe but it is also a wet feeling dough that leaves residue on my hands. I did use brown rice flour instead of coconut flour which can be the issue but I put a whole bag or 1lb into my dough.
Is this dough supposed to be wet?
Hi Vanessa,
I am very sorry for the late response. Life took me away from my blog this year, and I haven’t been on top of checking the comments I receive.
I realize you probably don’t need clarification by now, but yes, it is a relatively wet dough. That’s why I’m sandwitch-ing the dough in the non-stick sheet, so that it doesn’t stick to the rolling pin. You could use brown rice flower instead, but if you do, I suggest baking it in the oven, and not use the dehydrator.
Thank you so much for giving my recipe a try. Once again, I deeply apologize for my late response.