Recipe Reviews for Gingerbread Dog Biscuits

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Zuba was literally barking at the oven for them to come out!

The biscuits turned out exactly as the recipe indicated.

Zuba was literally barking at the oven for them to come out! I put one in the freezer to cool more quickly so he could taste it. What a hit!

The reason I made these gingerbread biscuits is because my puppy gets carsick & ginger was recommended to settle his stomach.

We'll be trying them out on our ride tomorrow. Thanks!

Great Recipe with One Suggestion

by Stephanie
(Wisconsin)

As another person said, they were a little crumbly. I mixed a little warm water with some molasses (about a 1/4 cup total) in a measuring cup and just kept adding, kneading dough using hands.

While working with the dough and rolling out, I kept my rolling pin floured and added a little of the water/molasses mixture as needed. This kept the dough perfect.

I also used fresh ginger so I suggest grating ginger and adding it with the wet ingredients.

I have three dogs, one who has renal failure and nausea and the vet suggested ginger cookies. So far so good. Not giving her a lot of the cookies, just pieces.

Dogs loved them!!

by Hollie
(Montana)

My dogs loved these treats I cut them into fun shapes like snowmen, stars, gingerbread men, and santa's.

Making the gingerbread dog cookies

by Debbie
(Duvall )

I am in the process of making these and they are SO CRUMBLY Must need more liquid. I couldn't get the dough to bind up. Suggestions?

Chef's Comments ~ I'm sorry to hear that. I didn't have any trouble with my batch, so I was surprised to hear your experience. However, I do have a couple suggestions.

Whenever your dog treat dough is not coming together well, and it seems like it is too dry, unsweetened applesauce is a great "wet" addition to help the dough bind together.

A second option is to really knead the dough with your hands. Sometimes this is needed to thoroughly combine the ingredients.

If you try these and you're still having problems, please let me know and I'll do my best to help.

Happy Dog Treat Baking, Michelle :)

Can you substitute a different flour for whole wheat in this dog treat recipe?

by Mary
(Florida)

My dog has Addison's disease. Could you substitute parsley for the ginger? Thank you.

Chef's Answer ~ Yes, you can use a different type of flour for this recipe. Brown rice flour is often available in major grocery stores. You can also use potato or oat flour, too.

I think using parsley in place of the ground ginger could work. I would suggest dried parsley, but you can use fresh too, just make sure to chop it fine so that it will mix into the dough well. Also, if you use dried parsley, whisk it into the flour and dry ingredients. If you use fresh parsley, stir it into the molasses and wet ingredients.

I hope this has helped. Happy Dog Treat Baking! :)

Is there anyway we can use less molasses and less ginger?

I bake this for my dog, but it's such a pain to roll out, after the 1st roll & cut, it doesn't like to keep shape.

It also takes a lot of pricey molasses and ginger, would like an alternate recipe :)

Chef's Answer ~ For your first concern about rolling out the dough, you could always use a tablespoon sized cookie scooper and make drop cookies instead of the cut outs.

Yes, you could use less powdered ginger for these cookies. For your next batch I would recommend using 1 TBSP of ginger. If the cookies still smell like ginger to you, and your dog still enjoys them, then that may be enough for the flavor and health benefits of the ginger.

The molasses will be a little harder to substitute. I would start with adding 1/4 cup of molasses. Then replace the other 1/4 cup of liquid that is being taken away with 1/8 cup of water and an 1/8 cup of unsweetened applesauce.

I haven't tried these changes, but I do think they are a good place to start making changes to this recipe.