Sweet Potato Pup-Chews are a one-ingredient, nutritious, ultra-yummy treat that will keep your dog chewing!
Tips and Tricks for Making Sweet Potato Pup-Chews
- My favorite tip might be loading up on sweet potatoes during the week of Thanksgiving. I just bought sweet potatoes for 25 cents per pound! My friend asked what in the world I was planning to do with the 15 pounds of sweet potatoes laying on my counter. So. Many. Things!
- Use long, thin (about 2-ish inch diameter) sweet potatoes for uniform slices and bake times. Using larger potatoes or slicing strips instead of rounds are options also, but may require longer bake-time.
- Use a mandoline slicer to create uniform sweet potato slices in no time! You can be sure each slice will look uniform and bake evenly.
- Dust with cinnamon before baking because your canine buddy with love it. And your house will smell amazing while these bake!
- Make sure to bake until the snacks are fully dried for the best chew and the longest shelf-life.
Oh The Chew!
My sweet Opie ingests most treats in a gulp – nary even a chew! Sometimes I wonder if he even knows he ate treat… But each of these little bites takes quite a bit of chewing, so the enjoyment lasts. I keep a jar of Sweet Potato Pup-Chews in my kitchen so I can hand my furry side-kick, Opie, one for a good sit or… a couple… just being awesome on the regular! The American Kennel Club agrees that hand feeding your pup comes with many benefits, including relationship building! So bake up a big batch and treat your doggo to a nutritious, delicious bit of relationship-building wellness every day!
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Sweet Potato Pup-Chews
Sweet Potato Pup-Chews are a one-ingredient, nutritious, ultra-yummy treat that will keep your dog chewing!
Ingredients
- Sweet Potatoes I choose long, thin in diameter (maybe 2ish inches) potatoes for evenly sized treats
- Cinnamon, if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°F. Cover a cookie sheet/s or jelly roll pan/s with parchment.
- Set mandoline slicer to 3/16th and slice as many sweet potato rounds as you please. Or slice by hand in about 3/16th inch thickness.
- Place the sliced rounds on the parchment (not overlapping) and ideally not touching. Sprinkle with cinnamon, if desired.
- Bake for 2 hours or until dry. Check for doneness starting at about 1 hour 45 minutes.
- Cool on the baking sheet and then store in a sealed container.
Notes
Remember, using larger potatoes will require longer baking time. Treats should be fully dry when done.
