Christmas is all about celebrating with your loved ones, honoring the holiday listening to all of your favorite Christmas songs on repeat, and, of course enjoying a delicious meal to end the evening off with a bang! Don’t forget to include all of your family members – and, yes, by that we do mean your furry friend. If you’re looking for a fun easy dog treat recipe for your pets for the holidays, then you have found the right place! This Gingerbread dog cookie recipe is not only simple, but you can easily double it and make extra cookies! Check it out below.

Ingredients

• 1 cup molasses
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 1 cup water
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 6 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger or one tsp. of dried powder ginger

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Next, you will need two bowls, one medium, and one large. Combine the molasses, honey, water, and oil in the medium bowl. In the large bowl mix the flour, the baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger.
3. Then you will want to slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Make sure you combine them well. Now, divide this dough in four balls, wrap each ball in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3 – 5 hours, or you can freeze them for 1 – 2 hours (just don’t let them get solid!)
4. After the dough is cold, lightly flour your surface and roll the dough out to about 1/4″ thickness. Remember, the thicker you make it, the longer it will take to cook. Now cut the dough out into fun shapes, such as Gingerbread men, with a cookie-cutter.

Now for the baking! Bake for around 20 – 25 Minutes, until the cookies start to get brown. You can take one out and break it to see how crunchy it is.  If you want it really crunchy, then you will want to bake them longer.

Take them out of the oven and give your little doggie it’s Christmas treat!