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Homemade Cat Treats: Vet Approved 4-ingredient Recipe

Author: K. Marie Altoby K Marie Alto Updated 2 min read 2 Comments

Homemade Cat Treats: Vet Approved 4-ingredient Recipe by toe beans

It’s the holiday season and you’ve likely spent some time in the kitchen making baked goods, but what about your furry family members? In this post we're going to walk through a simple recipe to make some homemade cat treats.

Below are the instructions on how to make 4 ingredient cat treats! It’s super simple, so give it a shot!

Catnip treat ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 – 5.5 oz can of tuna (I looked for sustainably sourced tuna with little or no added salt)
  • 1 cup of all purpose flour
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tablespoon of organic dried catnip

Step 1:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Oven temperature set to 350 degrees

Step 2:

Blend all ingredients in a food processor until a smooth dough forms

Ingredients in blender

Step 3:

Place small balls of dough (1/4 tsp) onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and slightly flatten (if you have a small mold like us, fill it up)

Ingredients blended and placed in mold

Step 4:

Bake in preheated oven for approximately 15 minutes.

Kitchen timer set for 15 minutes

Step 5:

Reward your fur baby with a homemade cat treat!

Finished homemade cat treats in glass bowl

These cat treats should be stored in an airtight container for no more than 5 days.

Optionally, break it into small batches and freeze them!

Give it a try and let us know how they turn out! Do you have a favorite homemade cat treat recipe to share?

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K Marie Alto
K Marie Alto

K. Marie is an animal lover, wife, pet momma, blogger, writer, and co-founder of Toe Beans®, the premier American manufacturer of direct-to-pet-parent dog and cat wellness supplies. A company that creates certifiably better pet products proudly made in the USA.

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2 Responses

K. MARIE - TOE BEANS TEAM
K. MARIE - TOE BEANS TEAM

August 15, 2023

Hi Goldie – Yes, you can substitute oat flour for the all-purpose flour in the recipe. I think you may need to reduce the amount of oat flour though since it’s not usually a 1:1 substitution. Keep in mind oat flour has a bit of a nutty flavor, so it will slightly change the flavor of the treat for your kitty. Happy baking :) Let us know how they turn out!

Goldie
Goldie

August 15, 2023

Can you use oat flour instead of all purpose flour?

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