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How to Make Pupcakes for Your Dog

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With the new year quickly approaching, we thought it would be a great time to share a popular recipe from Martha Stewart on how to make healthy and delicious pupcakes for your furry friend. Use these to celebrate a holiday, birthday, for serving during doggie play dates, or just to show your puppers just how much you love them. Enjoy!

Freshly baked homemade dog pupcakes with peanut butter frosting and bone treats on a stand.

This recipe will make 8-9 pupcakes.

You will need:

[For the Pupcakes]

  • 3/4 cup bananas (about two medium-sized bananas)
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1 large egg
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

[For the Frosting]

  • 8 oz plain Greek yogurt
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter

To begin, line a muffin tin with paper liners. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Woman preparing a baking pan with paper liners for homemade dog pupcakes.

Next, place the bananas into a mixing bowl and mash with a fork.

Mashing bananas in a bowl with a fork for a homemade pupcake recipe.

Add to this the peanut butter and mix together.

Mash bananas and peanut butter in a bowl for homemade dog pupcakes recipe.

Now add the egg and milk and whisk ingredients.

Hands cracking an egg into a bowl of mashed bananas and peanut butter for dog
Whisking banana, peanut butter, egg, and milk in a bowl for dog pupcakes.

Then, add in all the dry ingredients including both the oats and flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.

Mixing dry ingredients like oats, flour, and baking powder into wet ingredients for homemade dog

Stir with a spatula until thoroughly combined.

Mixing ingredients with a spatula in a glass bowl to bake dog pupcakes.

Fill each paper-lined muffin cup two-thirds full.

Filling paper-lined muffin tin cups with batter to make homemade dog pupcakes.

Bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes. When finished baking, transfer to wire racks and allow the pupcakes to cool completely.

Homemade pupcakes cooling on a wire rack as part of a dog treat recipe.

While the pupcakes are cooling, prepare frosting by adding Greek yogurt and peanut butter to a clean mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, beat until light and fluffy.

Mixing peanut butter and Greek yogurt frosting for homemade dog pupcakes with cooling baked treats.

Now that the pupcakes have cooled, using either a cookie or ice-cream scoop, place a dollop of frosting onto each one.

Using a scoop to add peanut butter frosting to a freshly baked pupcake.

You can store these in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to one week.

Bonus tip: Feel free to top these with a tasty beloved treat that your dog loves. Here we added festive dog biscuits to ours.

Woman decorating homemade pupcakes with festive dog biscuits in a kitchen.

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