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Pawfect Pumpkin Spice Spookies (Halloween Dog Cookies)

Wheat-free, dairy-free and grain-free Halloween treats for dogs. Uses natural ingredients and herbs to make orange cookies with spooky dark carob icing.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Cooling Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 12 Cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups almond meal
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree May substitute with cooked, mashed sweet potato
  • 1/4 to 1/2 cup filtered water or bone broth
  • 1/4 cup diced celery or carrots
  • 1/2 cup apple, peeled and diced
  • 1/8 tsp ginger, fresh or dried
  • 1/8 tsp cinnamon Ceylon is preferred
  • 1/8 tsp basil, dried
  • 1/8 tsp oregano
  • 1 tsp turmeric, dried
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 egg Chicken or duck
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
  • 1 cup carob chips For icing
  • 1/4-1/2 cup filtered water For icing
  • 1 tsp coconut oil For icing

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine almond meal, coconut flour and dried herbs and spices
  • In a separate bowl, mix together sweet potato, egg, oil, minced garlic, diced kale (or other recommended vegetable) and 1/4 cup of the filtered water (or bone broth)
  • Add wet to dry ingredients and stir well, adding a bit more liquid if mixture is too thick and crumbly to roll
  • Work the mixture with your hands
  • Roll dough into balls and flatten into pumpkin-shaped rounds. Place onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake for 55-60 minutes or until firm
  • Turn off oven but keep cookies in the closed oven as they are cooling (30-40 minutes)
  • Remove cookies from oven and let cookies cool completely (up to one hour)
  • To make dog-safe carob icing:
    Pour chips into a double boiler on medium heat.
  • After about 5 minutes, start mashing the chips with a wooden/non stick spoon until you get a dry, pasty consistency. 
  • Add water slowly until desired consistency is obtained (thinner for dipping cookies; thicker if you are spreading it)
  • Add coconut oil and stir until mixture is creamy.
    Tip: Melted carob doesn’t reheat well, so use up what you have
  • Dip cooled cookies in the carob icing, or have fun drawing on spooky pumpkin faces!