Can I just start by saying that only a crazy person hand rolls a hundred or so dime sized cinnamon buns for their dog?
It started as such a cute idea. “I’ll make bite sized cinnamon roll treats”, I said. Kind of like Cinnabon cereal, only kind of healthy and not so full of sugar and crap. “And then Kol and I will frolic in the meadow and he’ll sleep in and behave himself all the time and I’ll win the lotto and lose 30 lbs!” Clearly, I’m delusional.
Somewhere between slicing the dough into 1/4″ strips and rolling them one by one by one, I realized what a lunatic idea it was and came up with an easier way that taste quite good, despite what is lacking in the aesthetics department.
Our new grain free cinnamon dog treats are super easy to make – no crazy required.
Ingredients:
- 1 over ripe banana
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp. plain yogurt
- 2 tbsp. honey
- 2 tbsp. coconut oil (or olive oil)
- 1 1/2 c. tapioca flour
- 1 1/2 c. garbanzo bean flour
- - plus extra flour to dust the counter
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp. honey
- Cinnamon
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F.
Mash banana into a goopy mess. Whisk in egg, honey, yogurt and oil. Add flours slowly, in equal parts until it forms a stiff dough.
Whisk together the egg & honey for the topping.
Roll out dough to approx. 1/8" thick and slice dough into 1/4" x 4" strips. Brush with the egg/honey mixture and dust liberally with cinnamon. Roll dough strip into a teensy tinesy cinnamon bun. Place on baking sheet. Repeat until you feel like you've lost feelings on your hand.
Roll out dough to approx. 1/4" thick. Slice dough into 1/2" - 1" wide x 4" strips. Brush with the egg/honey mixture and dust liberally with cinnamon. Place on a baking sheet.
Place treats in the oven and bake for 12 - 15 minutes or until the bottoms are golden brown. Reduce the heat to 150F and bake for 2 - 4 hours until treats are crunchy and dry all the way through. (You can also do this in your counter top dehydrator, if you don't want to leave your oven on in this summer heat!)
The Cinnamon Sticks sure aren’t as pretty as those itty baby cinnamon buns, but the dogs don’t seem to care.
They’re loving the spicy cinnamon treats. I tasted one and they’re a tad bland for me, plus Kol gets super cranky when he catches me sampling the merchandise, so I’ll probably stick to the real ooey, gooey sugar laden buns for myself. It’s nice to be able to share one of my favourite things (or a version of it, anyways) with my two favourite guys.
Does your dog like the taste of cinnamon?
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The Lady
18 June, 2013 at 3:25 AMOK, I will have to try these! Daisy likes spicy foods. LOL
Silvie Goldstein
18 June, 2013 at 5:36 AMhm something is wrong… blog hop link just goes to code page…
KolchakPuggle
18 June, 2013 at 5:42 AMThe blog hop code is possessed by a Demon. Last night I couldn’t get it to work either, even though clearly Sugar and I had already entered our links…What’s the deal?!
I just went in there and jiggled some things, hopefully it works now Vie!
Pamela | Something Wagging
18 June, 2013 at 5:39 AMI remember similar misgivings when I decided to make rugelach for Christmas treats. Never bake things that have to be hand formed. 🙂
KolchakPuggle
18 June, 2013 at 5:42 AMAin’t that the truth. LOL halfway through I was like…OK, this is crazy even for me.
Flea
18 June, 2013 at 6:24 AMWell, but couldn’t you make one or two really long rolls and slice them with a very sharp knife? That wouldn’t be so crazy making. They look yummy!
KolchakPuggle
18 June, 2013 at 6:44 AMI did try that Flea, but you couldn’t really see the cinnamon swirl and I’m a fussy perfectionist who probably needs mental counseling. LOL!
Flea
18 June, 2013 at 9:20 AMLOL! That would certainly be frustrating. There’s gotta be a way. When you buy canned cinnamon buns, they don’t bake obscurely. You can see the swirls. Hm. Imma google that and see how it works.
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Flea
18 June, 2013 at 9:21 AMA fillet knife. Did you try a sharp fillet knife? Refrigerate the dough after rolling and use a fillet knife?
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Gizmo Geodog
18 June, 2013 at 7:18 AMThat’s the kind of project I’d think up after enjoying a couple of “adult beverages” like making gnocchi or Chinese dumplings…The sane me goes for the stick version and I know Gizmo wouldn’t care (but those itsy bitsy cinnamon rolls are really cute)
Emma
18 June, 2013 at 7:36 AMThis post was a real downer for mom…she thought it was a great new recipe for her and she loves cinnamon rolls…well, mom, deal with it and help me start baking this for Katie and I! They look super cute and yummy!
Jodi Stone
18 June, 2013 at 9:17 AMWe’ve never tried cinnamon for the dogs. But of course, you know how unmotivated I am to bake. I bought some sweet potatoes to make some dehydrated chips but haven’t yet done it I’m so lazy.
Jackie Bouchard
18 June, 2013 at 9:53 AMThose look fabulous – esp’y the hand-rolled ones. 🙂 But, yes, only a crazy-person (or someone with zero other interests…) would hand roll a mess o’ those babies. Rita won some little mini-cinnamon rolls from an online bakery and they smelled SO good. It killed me every time I opened the bag. She loves cinnamon. I’m pretty sure she would dig these.
Kirby the Dorkie
18 June, 2013 at 5:16 PMI think they are beautiful!
I love you got Ziplist. I’ve been looking into it so I know people have adapted it on Blogger but I just don’t know how well it will adapt to Squarespace.
KolchakPuggle
19 June, 2013 at 5:43 AMLOVE Ziplist. It plays so nicely with WordPress and makes recipes look fo much nicer/easier to print. It was a great change for me. (Thank to Colby Morita for suggesting it!)
Kirby the Dorkie
19 June, 2013 at 12:28 PMA food blogger I follow has it on his Blogger blog. He has helped me with code in the past so I think I’m gonna chat him to see how easy or difficult it was for him to incorporate it before I even think of trying it on SS.
Two French Bulldogs
18 June, 2013 at 5:53 PMYummy yum yum
Snorts,
Benny & Lily
SUGAR: Golden Woofs
18 June, 2013 at 6:49 PMIt’s super cute mini cinnamon rolls. Happy Tasty Tuesday. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
Champers Ands
18 June, 2013 at 8:53 PMThese are so cute! I bet they taste wonderful. We will have to try them!
Sue Kottwitz
19 June, 2013 at 12:07 AMI’ll be laughing all day about rolling all those little rolls… 😉
KolchakPuggle
19 June, 2013 at 5:42 AMWhat can I say? I’m a glutton for punishment! Would you believe I still have every intention of adding them to my retail dog treat menu??
NatashaM
30 January, 2014 at 10:58 AMHave you tried dental floss or thread? That’s what I use for people cinnamon buns and it works great!!! Just roll out the dough into a rectangle and roll it up the long side when ready. Slide the floss under the end and cross overtop and pull across. VOILA! A beautifully cut cookie 🙂