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Nut butter recipe for dogs.
Skip the Jif and make your own nut butter at home for your dogs with this truly raw Carnos recipe. It will have them licking their snouts!
Dog-Friendly Nut Butter Ingredients:
- 240 grams soaked and roasted almonds
- 240 g soaked and roasted pumpkin seeds
- 64 g hemp seed hearts
- 4 tbsp raw honey (Manuka is best)
- 1/8-1/4 tsp sea salt (optional)
- 4 tsp Ceylon cinnamon (not cassia)
- 15 drops NOW Vit E Oil
- 1/3 cup MCT Oil
Recipe Instructions:
- Soak almonds and pumpkin seeds overnight in salted water to remove Phytic acid from the nuts.
- Drain the nuts and seeds and spread them out on a baking sheet. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees.
- Bake at 200 for long enough to dry the pumpkin seeds and almonds all the way through and lightly roast them. Cut an almond in half to check the center for moisture. Any water left inside will prevent the butter from blending, so the nuts need to be thoroughly dried out.
- Once dry, remove from the oven and cool completely.
- Add the dried seeds and nuts to a food processor or powerful blender along with the hemp seeds, honey, cinnamon, salt, vitamin E and MCT.
- Pulse the blender and periodically scrape down the sides until you reach your desired consistency. If you want a smooth butter, it will take longer for the oils in the seeds to come out and blend.
- You can add more MCT oil as needed for consistency, but make sure to wait for the oils in the seeds to fully blend before you do so to prevent your butter from becoming overly oily.
- Smear a small amount inside our dried trachea or a Toppl for extra enrichment.
- Store a small amount in the fridge in an airtight container and freeze the rest.
Nutritionist Pro Tip: Make sure to feed this and other nut butters in moderation. Nuts and seeds are high in healthy fat and calories, but you don’t want tp overdo it.
Benefits to feeding your dog nut butter.
- This recipe provides an alternative to peanuts, which are legumes – learn more about grains in your dog’s diet here.
- Helps you use up those pumpkin seeds from Halloween pumpkin carving!
- Our nut butter recipe is formulated to maintain a balanced fatty acid ratio; it won’t throw off a balanced diet.
- It’s super tasty for the humans, too! Separate your portion and add a little more salt to taste if you’re saving any for yourself.
- While Manuka honey is on the pricier side, it will add some tasty, complex flavor to the butter and carries its own benefits. That said, any quality raw honey will work instead if you don’t want to use Manuka.