Peanut Butter and Banana Dog Biscuits

Makes 48 treats

• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

• ¾ cup wheat germ

• 1 cup all-natural smooth peanut butter

• 1 large egg

• 2 Tbsp vegetable oil

• ¾ cup banana chips (I like the freeze-dried version), crumbled

• 1 cup room temperature water

1)     Line two baking sheets with parchment. Heat your oven to 350 degrees.

2)     In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour and the ¾ cup wheat germ.

3)     In a standing mixer with the paddle, mix together the peanut butter, the egg and the 2 Tbsp vegetable oil.

4)     Add the flour/wheat germ and the crumbled banana chips. The chips will further break down and the dough will appear very crumbly.

5)     Add the one cup room temperature water and mix until the dough comes together as a smooth mass.

6)     Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide the dough into half. Roll each half into a thickness of ½” and cut into desired shapes.  I use a 1 ½’ heart cutter which will yield 48 treats. Cut the dough with the cutter and place the biscuits on the parchment pan, 24 per pan. Re-gather the dough and continue to cut the shapes until all the dough is used. 

7)     Bake the biscuits for 30 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Turn the oven off and leave the biscuits in the oven for 1-2 hours to completely dry out.  Then let them cool completely on a wire rack – out of reach of your hound!