How to Make Dog Biscuits Without Yeast

Many recipes for common flat dog biscuit are yeast-free. Yeast in cooking is typically used to make something rise and maintain a fluffy texture, such as bread. Dog biscuits typically do not rise and are made with different varieties of flour. Yeast-free cooking is popular among people who maintain a gluten-free diet, which includes no grains. Gluten-free foods are also available for dogs with grain allergies. Yeast- and grain-free dog biscuits can be made at home with ingredients found in health food stores.

Things You'll Need

  • 1/2 cup hot water
  • 1 chicken or beef bouillon cube
  • 3 cups oat, buckwheat or brown rice flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 cup meat drippings or margarine
  • 1 egg
  • Cookie cutters
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Instructions

    • 1

      Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix hot water and the bouillon cube until the bouillon is dissolved.

    • 2

      Combine the bouillon with all other ingredients and mix well. Finer flour makes stickier dough. Oat and course rice flour biscuit dough may be somewhat crumbly.

    • 3

      Knead the dough and form into a ball.

    • 4

      Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness and cut into shapes with cookie cutters. The dough will yield about 24 cookie-sized biscuits.

    • 5

      Place dough on cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes until biscuits are stiff and browned.

    • 6

      Cool biscuits. They can be stored at room temperature for about a week.