The Kennel Club Bake Off

Our recipes

• Paw-fect peanut butter pupcakes
• Brilliant blueberry muffins
• Ruff around the edges flapjack snacks
• Puppy pretzels
• Bone appétit banana biscuits
• Paws-ibly the best carrot cake ever
• ‘Ice cream’ sandwiches fur the one you love
• Wonderful watermelon pup-sicles
• Ulti-mutt cheesecake
• Coco-mutt cookies

Paw-fect peanut butter pupcakes

• 1/2 cup peanut butter (xylitol-free)
• 1 banana
• 1 egg
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder

• 2 bananas (mashed)
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Preheat your oven to 180°C/ 160°C Fan/ gas 4

1. Add all ingredients together in a large bowl and mix
2. Once incorporated, place enough mixture to fill each muffin cup
3. Allow to bake for 20 minutes
4. For the frosting, combine all ingredients and leave to set in the fridge for 30 minutes
5. Once the pupcakes have cooled, add the frosting to the pupcakes

Brilliant blueberry muffins

• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 cup oats
• 1 banana
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1/2 cup applesauce (unsweetened)
• 1 tsp honey

Preheat your oven to 180°C/ 160°C Fan/ gas 4

1. Start by mashing the banana and combining this with the eggs, applesauce and honey
2. Once this is mixed, add the oats and flour
3. Next, add the blueberries and gently mix them into the mix
4. Now the dough is complete, grease some muffin tins and place the mixture in each tin so that it is filled
5. Bake for 30 minutes

Ruff around the edges flapjack snacks

• 400 grams oats
• 140ml coconut milk
• 100 grams peanut butter (xylitol-free)
• 1 tbsp honey (optional)

1. Mix together the coconut milk and peanut butter until well combined
2. Then add in the oats a few handfuls at a time
3. Once the dough is formed, roll it out into a 1-inch thick rectangle
4. Use some cookie cutters to cut the flapjack into your desired shape
5. Drizzle some honey on the top of the flapjacks if desired
6. Place in the fridge for 1 – 2 hours

Puppy pretzels

• 2 cups of whole wheat flour
• ½ cup apple sauce
• 1 egg
• 100ml milk

Preheat your oven to 180°C/ 160°C Fan/ gas 4

1. Mix together the all of the ingredients
2. Once the mix begins to combine, use your hands to kneed the mixture into a dough
3. If the dough is very dry, add a small amount of milk
4. Break the dough into small pieces, which you can then roll into the pretzel. Each piece should be rolled into roughly 10 to 12 inch-long strips
5. Place on a baking tray and bake for 15 minutes

Bone appétit banana biscuits

• 1 banana
• 1 tbsp peanut butter (xylitol-free)
• 160g oats

Preheat your oven to 180°C/ 160°C Fan/ gas 4

1. Add the oats into a blender and blend into a powder
2. Mash up a banana and combine with the peanut butter
3. Once these ingredients are combined, add the oats to the mixture to make a coarse dough
4. Roll out the dough into a flat shape and use a cookie cutter to cut out your desired shapes
5. Place these in a baking tray and bake for 15 minutes

Paws-ibly the best carrot cake ever

• 250g grated carrots
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 250g rice flour
• 2 ½ teaspoons of baking powder

• 3 tablespoons of low fat cream cheese

Preheat your oven to 180°C/ 160°C Fan/ gas 4

1. Combine all ingredients (apart from the cream cheese) and mix until it makes a dough
2. Once the dough has come together, place in a lined loaf tin
3. Place this in the oven to cook for 30 minutes , or until the wet mixture has cooked through (check this with a skewer)
4. Finish the carrot cake off with a cream cheese topping

‘Ice cream’ sandwiches fur the one you love

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup plain yoghurt
2. 1 1/2 cups peanut butter (xylitol-free)
3. 1 tbsp honey
4. 1 banana
5. 160g oats

Preheat your oven to 180°C/ 160°C Fan/ gas 4

1. Add the oats to a blender and blend into a powder
2. Mash up a banana and combine this with ½ cup peanut butter
3. Add the oats to the mixture and combine
4. Roll out the dough into rectangles around 7 inches by 5 inches each
5. Use a cookie cutter to cut out desired shapes from the dough
6. Place these in the oven to bake for 20 minutes
7. For the ‘ice cream’, blend together the yoghurt, honey and remaining peanut butter
8. Place the ‘ice cream’ mix into the freezer for 2 hours
9. Finally, assemble the ice cream sandwiches

Wonderful watermelon pup-sicles:

Ingredients:

• Watermelon
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 tsp honey

Method:

1. Add all ingredients into a blender and blitz on high speed. Make sure the seeds have been removed from the watermelon beforehand
2. Pour this mixture into ice trays / moulds and freeze until solid

Ulti-mutt cheesecake

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup of dog treats
2. 2 tbsp melted butter
3. 200g cream cheese
4. 2 sweet potatoes

Method:

Preheat your oven to 180°C/ 160°C Fan/ gas 4

1. To make the topping, cook the sweet potatoes for around 40 – 45 minutes
2. Once cooked scoop out the middle and transfer to a blender and puree the potatoes
3. Mix the sweet potato puree and cream cheese together to create the top layer
4. For the base, crush up the dog treats into small crumbs
5. Combine the crumbs with the melted butter and press this mixture into small moulds
6. Bake for 12 minutes
7. Allow the base to cool, then spread over the cream cheese topping
8. Place this in the fridge overnight, ready to give to your dog the next day

Coco-mutt cookies

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup plain flour
2. 1 tbsp baking powder
3. ½ cup smooth peanut butter (xylitol-free)
4. 1 cup milk
5. 100 grams shredded coconut

Method:

Preheat your oven to 200°C/ 180°C Fan/ gas 6

1. Mixing the flour and baking powder together
2. Mix the peanut butter, coconut and milk together
3. Combine the flour with the peanut butter and milk mixture to create a dough
4. Roll out the dough until its 2-3cm thick
5. Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes and place on a baking tray
6. Bake for 15 minutes

Things to consider when making homemade treats for your dog